Find Gamers to Talk Games With — Text Chat

Start With The Platform And Genre

'Gamer' covers people who've never touched each other's games. Two quick questions, what you play on and what kind of games, turn a generic chat into a real one. A PC strategy player and a console sports fan can still have a great conversation once that's out of the way.

Reliable Gaming Conversations

Threads that work across almost every genre:

• The game that got you into gaming
• Your backlog, and the game you'll 'definitely' finish someday
• Hidden gems that deserved more players
• Hardware: upgrades, handhelds and whether it's worth it
• Single-player stories versus multiplayer grinding

Looking For People To Play With

Chat is a good place to find out whether you click with someone before playing together. If you decide to team up, use the game's or platform's friend system, which lets you block and report. Don't share passwords or personal accounts.

Cross-Platform Chats Are The Interesting Ones

A PC player and a handheld player rarely describe the same hobby. Frame rates, mods and mouse aim sit on one side; battery life, commutes and pick-up-and-play sessions on the other. Rather than arguing about which is better, ask what the other person's setup makes possible, and what it rules out. That single question usually opens up backlogs, budgets and the reason they play the way they do.

Backlogs Say More Than Favourites

Asking for a favourite game gets a rehearsed answer. Asking what someone has installed and hasn't touched gets an honest one — and usually a story about why. Backlog talk also sidesteps the biggest dead end in gaming chat, which is comparing skill. Nobody has ever extended a conversation by proving they are better at something.