Yes, this can be frustrating. But let’s use our nerd brains here and turn the situation around by *pretending* we haven’t made it through the puzzle. Of course, once we formulate our plan, we can start to offer up some *innocent* help.

At first, it can’t work – to cover your tracks. But then, you start to give *suggestions* that make her think she’s doing it on her own. All the meanwhile making headway with her rapport until BAM! Enter the negotiation phase. This is where she gets so close to solving the puzzle that she starts making promises to you for more help. Granted, she must be that kind of gamer and you must play the cards right. But if all works out, you might just end up with some beer, food, and a *good time* or two – if you catch my drift.

This, my friend, is the way of the nerd.

the evil nerd moves.

^ Sounds healthy.

AAAAAAAAAAGH… i just got done trying to solve a puzzle in Portal and here i stumble on a cartoon with Portal in it… :O

Is it wrong if this picture gave me a boner?

This is hilariously true. But hey now, let’s be fair here. I beat the single player before my boyfriend did! He beat the multiplayer with a friend before he even started playing with me, which is why he found it frustrating to watch me working out the puzzles. But I found it equally hard watching him working on the single player puzzles after I’d beat it.

I hate beating something, and watching someone else struggle with the same thing. Not just on Portal, but any game really.