Gamecrush.com Crashes Due to High Traffic

Last week, a new site came to the attention of the video game world. Game Crush launched with the promise of giving gamers something they have searched their lives for… a girl to game with. Unfortunately, this isn’t a social networking site to help gamer guys and gamer girls connect with an interest of mutual friendship. Instead, Game Crush more closely resembles a service you’d see advertised on late night cable that comes with a 900 number. For just $6.60, a gamer can play over XBox Live or a browser based game against a hot girl.

Yes, “connecting” to a hot girl has been reduced to 66 cents a minute for gamers (although that rate is better than the $2.99 for phone sex lines). With either voice chat over Live or video and voice chat through browser games, these girls will actually play certain games with their customers.

After each interaction, users are encouraged to rate each girl which, according to the site, will decide which girls get a stronger spotlight on the site. Without a doubt, the most “enterprising” of these gamer girls will quickly figure out what these guys are actually paying to hear.

What’s even more sad at a service like this coming into existence is the fact that it is already becoming an internet sensation. Logging on to Game Crush today, potential “dates” were greeted with the following message:

“The GameCrush Public Beta is temporarily unavailable due to the incredible user response (more than 10,000 inquiries in five minutes). We are adding new servers to provide players with the best PlayDate experience possible. Games with GameCrush PlayDates start at $6.60 for ten minutes.”

With video games being a billion dollar industry, it is not surprising that some people would try to exploit it in such a way. It is disappointing though for those of us who consider ourselves gamers but don’t fall into the pitiful, social derelict stereotype that Jay Moore feels the need to make fun of every year he hosts the DICE Awards.

Now, with a site that makes women again look like something only attainable by paying for their time and the slogan “Be a Player”, all that’s happening is the outside world is getting even more ammunition to fire at us. Congratulations Game Crush, you’ve given gamers one more thing to be made fun of for.