We've written about GameCrush, the online gaming site that lets people pay to play simple video games with some stranger they might fancy. But we felt neither bold nor beautiful enough to be that attractive stranger. GamingAngels' Tiffany Nevin did.
She decided to become a "PlayDate," a person who makes 36 cents an hour a minute from GameCrush for every hour that paying customers log on and play games with her. Don't think that video games are the main point of this site?
An excerpt:
Today, if Player 3 had any cash, I think he would've been forking it over. (Yeah, I'm good.) I regaled him with incredibly-embellished stories of my college youth (which was actually two years ago) and he finally said, "I wish I wasn't broke." I knew he was. I used him for practice, I'll admit it. I'm sitting here in my pajamas with my hair a mess and no makeup on. I'm not going on camera like that, even if you do pay me.
But thanks for the practice.
Actually, wait. He just agreed to a chat minus camera on my end. I know where this is going. We meet up, and then…well, to quote Elaine from Seinfeld:
He took it out.
Nevin plays with some of these guys, then chats with more experienced PlayDates about the money they've made, the guys they've encountered. Pity the male PlayDate she spoke with who no one is paying to challenge.
Nevin's adventure in GameCrush is fascinating. Give it a read.
Do you want to be my PlayDate? Undercover at GameCrush [GamingAngels.com, via Twitter]
Note: The pic for this post is a portion of a standard front-page banner from GameCrush.com.