In the Near (Vita) discussion thread, I posted about having a date via a person I met using the Vita's Near application.



While we may have Dating age threads already in |OT| I felt that one specifically geared towards the gamer side of things using applications such as Near was warranted.



Being that both parties would likely be video game aficionados, similar opinions and discussions would benefit here rather than |OT|



Anyways, I keep getting all these random friend requests from locals in my area. I ignore almost all of them except this one guy who probably lives down the street from me (35 passes?!). Although one time I responded to this gal, sparked up a conversation and now we're going to meet up. She thinks my game choice is interesting, and asked for advice on new games to play.



She likes RPGs, mostly.



It turns out she goes to the same university that I do, and we plan to meet up soon. I'm not sure if I could consider it a date or not, but I'm going to call it one for simplicity's sake.



What's your take on meeting strangers from an app like Near? I've met strangers on sites like fetlife and okcupid before, but this is way more vague than you can be on those two sites.



However, the biggest part is that already have a core interest of video games; moreover, we have a shared interest of great RPGs.



I suppose this is a not-so-veiled attempt of asking for advice. I usually treat all women equally, but knowing we share something so vital to my interests is making me biased. I want to try to avoid that terribly cliche "It's a gamer girl! Yahoo!" sort of thing.



Have any of you met anyone from being randomly added/messaged from PSN (or Steam or XBLA, I suppose)? Dating girls (or males) who like games? How does it work? I can usually handle people with different interests than mine, but I've never had this happen before. It's new territory. GAF, I need your input. I don't want to get off on the wrong foot.