If you boys (or girls) are getting bored and lonely playing Modern Warfare 2 by yourself, then GameCrush might be exactly what you are looking for. Launched on March 23rd, GameCrush is offering a service where XBox Live players can pay for the services of a “PlayDate” to play with you on games such as Modern Warfare II, Gears of War 2, Halo 3, etc. What exactly is a “PlayDate”. For a little over 8 bucks a game, over 1200+ PlayDates are available on GameCrush to provide a mix of flirt and head shots.
On GameCrush, guys are Players and girls are PlayDates. Players pay to play and PlayDates get paid to play. Guys can browse PlayDate profiles (there are currently around 1,200), view photos, and even chat with girls for free. Publicityhazard’s turn ons include vibrating controllers, for instance, and is turned off by three red lights. Once you find a gal you fancy you send her a game invite and if she accepts you get six to ten minutes of one-on-one gaming time. PlayDates have the ability to block any guy they want for any reason. When the service launches tomorrow it will only support the Xbox 360 and a few casual games hosted on the GameCrush website.
You must be 18 or over to create a GameCrush account — it’s being touted as the first social site for adult gamers. It’s not an explicitly explicit service, but PlayDates set their gaming mood to either “flirty” or “dirty.” What the two of you chat about is entirely up to you. Signing up is free, but you must purchase credits in order to get your game on. For $8.25 you get 500 credits, which is enough for one game (400 credits) and a 100 credit tip at the end. An Xbox Live game will last 10 minutes, while a casual Flash game will get you six minutes of face time with your PlayDate. That’s literal face time, because you can video chat with your lady while playing a casual Flash game. Again, what goes on in that video chat is up to you and your PlayDate. GameCrush says it modeled its pricing structure after the cost of buying a girl a drink at a bar. In a bar, you’re basically buying the opportunity to chat a girl up. GameCrush is hoping players will look at their service the same way.
Currently, the GameCrush site went down due to the massive amount of inquiries that the site is getting from players. Considering the service only provides a few XBox title games and a couple random casual games such as online chess, if GameCrush takes off, there are plans to extend the services to Playstation, Wii and World of Warcraft players. Now the question is, what are we expected to see from these PlayDates. I guess it all depends on who the PlayDate is. PlayDates are independent gamer gals and not part of GameCrush’s staff. Anyone can apply to be a PlayDate so the “service” provide will vary pending on the PlayDate. Considering the price, expect to pay and “arm and a leg” or more for these PlayDates to “play”.
Hit the jump to check out a few of the PlayDates available on GameCrush (MILDLY NSFW)
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