My (28m) brother (38m) and I grew up on games. Whenever he played games, I would often watch him no matter what it was. I was exposed to a lot of cool series that way, and I often attribute my love for games to my childhood when I was able to spend so much time with him. Nowadays we live further apart, so I only get to see him once a month on average, for 2-3 nights per visit. My fiancé (29) recently bought me a game for my computer. It’s a very layered puzzle game with a lot of cool mechanics and an amazing community. As we were playing it together, I immediately began thinking that I would like to show this game to my brother. Well, a few days ago I got the chance to show him. His buddy’s bday was then, and his is 3 days later; they tend to make it a shared event by partying together. Before I came to town, I mentioned on the phone that I wanted to show him this game, and his response was normal enough. At some point during buddy’s bday, bro asks to check out the game. It wasn’t my intention to interrupt during the party, but since he asked I decided it was okay. We play for a few minutes, and I immediately sense that he’s not very immersed. He’s a bit of a drinker on special social occasions, and I chalk it up to inebriation and ask if he’d like to try again the next day when there’s not as much going on. He agrees. Well yesterday was that day, and stuff did not go well. There were still some drinks left over, and I could tell that he had gotten into them again He still didn’t take the game seriously. He intentionally made decisions that got him stuck or k!lled. Once again I ask if we can try again tomorrow. He says he thinks the game is stupid, and that it’s an insult to puzzle games. I don’t take this well. I tell him that I was really looking forward to showing him this game, and that I would appreciate it if he took it more seriously. I also remind him that I have a limited amount of time before I have to go back home; I have to leave the day after his bday. He snaps at me saying that it’s okay for him to not like my game, which if he hadn’t been drinking I would’ve accepted as final, but I pushed back asking him to try the game one more time when he was sober. Things heat up further when he asks me “why are you doing this to me on my bday.” My volume rises when I respond, reminding him that I don’t have much time in town, and that I’m not going to push him to play *my* game on his bday, which was still in two days; this day and tomorrow (now today) are my only chances to do this with him. He hasn’t even gotten past the tutorial stages, and that on top of his inebriation makes me feel like his judgment is unfair. Am I wrong for wanting him to keep trying, and insisting that he try the game one more time?