I so hate conflicting opinions. Why can't everyone get along and agree on at least something? I'd always heard that the more interactive games such as Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero had actually got more girls involved in games, and helped men who had girlfriends who didn't share their love of gaming actually introduce them to the medium. Now word comes out that the larger and more interactive controllers like the dance mat, the guitar, and steering wheels can actually hamper a relationship.

From the article:

Enter the video game accessory as date killer.

Consider Chris Blessitt. He had so much fun with is buddies playing "Guitar Hero II" he decided to buy his own copy of the popular music game -- and the nearly life-sized plastic guitar that goes with it -- much to his girlfriend Kate's dismay.

As the 27-year-old stage actor went looking through the shelves at a Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY - news) store in New York this week, he recalled his girlfriend of nine-months' reaction when he approached her with the idea.

"She rolled her eyes," he said.

Although video game playing has strained relationships since the 1970s, a new generation of games that require fancy and hard-to-hide controllers just make it worse.

Carrie Sloan, editor-in-chief of Tango, a magazine about relationships, says game accessories are the post-modern equivalent for women of the perennial complaint made by men.

"The number one thing that men complain about is her shoe collection," Sloan says.

Read the full article over at yahoo.com