Game Widows

In this time of goodwill to all men spare a thought for the less fortunate this Christmas. The Beeb ran a piece today about the growing number of "game widows" - women taking second place to their partner's consoles. The article suggests that it is online games that are the most addictive - and after a few hours of laggy, but still damn fine, Pro Evo 4 last night I can see their point. Still, it's all about balance right? Any gamer who lives with their partner knows the score. Cook dinner, wash up and then grab an hour's guilt -free gaming. I feel sorry for those who can't justify 17 hrs of GTA as "work", like I can. Ah, if only Aleks was here to argue that game widowers were a growing trend too...