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Hey guys, it's Dan or as everyone here knows me (including you, because you're looking at my blog), EternalDeathSlayer. Yeah, I jacked it from Grandma's Boy, eat me. Anyway, I love video games, but more importantly I also love to talk about video games, hence why I am here on Destructoid with you. I've got a wonderful little family of 2 kids and a wife and we all play games in some shape or form. My wife enjoys WoW (probably a bit too much) and playing Halo with either myself or her friends. My kids like kid stuff like Kinectimals or flash games on the PC. And me? I like almost everything. So long as a game is fun or has the ability to effect my feelings or emotions, I'm game.
Consoles:
Xbox 360
PS3
Wii
I play them all, but truthfully it's not in an "All Consoles are Equal" sort of way. I prefer the 360, mainly because I know more people who own one, but I do play my PS3 whenever a worthy exclusive is released. The exclusives make the purchase worth it. As for the Wii, well, it gets ignored most of the time. But I pull it out from time to time, usually when a big Nintendo game is released for it.
My Favorite Games:
10. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
9. Gears of War
8. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Theme Song FTW)
7. Final Fantasy IX
6. God of War
5. Super Mario Galaxy
4. Chrono Cross
3. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
1. Resident Evil 4
And there you have it. I love Destructoid and it's amazing community. I will probably never leave.
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Really, it did. Of course, it probably won't feel as good tommorow morning when we encounter each other, but that's alright. This joy, however fleeting, is well fucking deserved. Why am I posting this here on Dtoid? Because it is video game related. You see, my wife is a World of Warcraft addict. No jokes here. This is the most horrifying thing I have ever seen before, watching someone get this sucked into a a game! A GAME. Seriously, can any of you tell me what the big fucking deal is? It's a well designed and certainly an ambitious game. The scope is admittedly pretty fucking incredible. And I give the developers credit for absolutely nailing that "Epic" atmosphere. You can't argue with 40 person raids. Still, no game is good enough to take over my life. No game. I've been obsessed with games before. Sometimes all I want to do all damn day is play a particular game, but I don't follow through. There's more important shit going on. My wife doesn't seem to get this shit. It's seriously ruining my fucking life right now. Never thoug ht I'd be saying a game is fucking up my life, but here I am, at my fucking breaking point. Hell, I've barely got the urge to blog lately. I'm too damn tired. See, the other night, I pulled some ninja shit on the woman. Every morning I'd get up with the kids, and she'd stay sleeping, ignoring me or whatever. I went with it for a while, started using it to my advantage to play more games and shit at night. But lately I've been worn down by my kids and work, so I've been trying to see just how long she plays for. Oh, did I mention that when I do get her up, she plays WoW almost immediately? Yeah. So like I said, the ninja shit. I set my alarm for 4 A.M. and awoke on time. As soon as I opened the bedroom door, I saw it. The light from the computer monitor. She's playing the fucking game! At 4 AM!!!!! WTFF??????????????? She says some bullshit about "an instance" and some other shit in a language I don't understand. Says she'll be done around 5 AM. Right. So I tell her I don't speak WoW language and go back to bed. In the morning, I once again let her sleep. What is the point of this story? There really isn't one. My wife needs a good smack to the face if you want the truth, but that's obviously not happening. I'm not her mom. Also, sorry for the rambling. I'm fucking tired. It felt good to put the foot down for now, but it won't last. She has the vagina. I'm fucked, aren't I? PS: Sorry for the emo. I hate WoW. Good Night.
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Just kidding, I'm whipped just like you.
PS: I've never played WoW.
*offers an emotional hug*
I've got a cousin who's addicted, can't seem to get him off of that game... I tried loads of shit already... not even destructoid was interesting enough for him to stop playing, so you know its cereal...
Yeah JonDarkwood, I saw the same thing at my College, Loads of the 'new' guys started playing WoW and suddenly fraternities ran empty, bars were deserted... I had to do my own thing to cater to NON-WOW-gamer... :-) (more on my blog)
Just remember that if the PC Gamer Syndicate does this for you that one day we may call upon you, and that day may never come, but when we do you will be asked to perform a service for us.
you'd be best off to
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cancel your account
delete it from your computer
break your game disk
tell your wife to find other forms of recreation
and buy Starcraft 2 when it's released
I briefly dabbled in WoW, and quickly realized you won't get anywhere in that game unless you invest a very large amount of time in it. We're not talking dozens of hours of play here either, we're talking about hundreds and even thousands of hours. It's just a huge grind to get anywhere, which is exactly how they're designed.
It's not just WoW that does this either, it's pretty common for any similar style game. For about 3 years I played a MUD (like WoW, but all text), and put in over 2000 hours. That's a three entire months over two years just playing the game, and I hardly made a dent in the solo content. Forget keeping up with other players, as there are some who have put in whole years of productive gametime into that MUD.
I've lost touch with a good dozen friends because they spend all their free time playing WoW. We don't go out anymore, and we certainly don't hang out and play other games. Not even just single people either. I know a few couples who claim to have personal conversations over their guild channels, even though they're just feet from each other.
About the hours played tally: back when I used to play, you could check the total hours by typing /played into the chat box. Try logging on with her character and typing that in.
Well done for taking a stand and kicking her off. Keep it up, it's definitely in her best interests to let you do it.
she has 3 reasons she should not be playing that game like that.... its the 1st 3 pics in your profile data.
This is a mother of growing children, kudos to you for doing it, but seriously, she needs that addiction curbed. Its good to see we can still be level headed...
Good luck getting your wife back.
Also the best reasons are in your sidebar, your kids. My sister is due in July, and if her husband or her for that matter get addicted to something like this with a kid they'll get a swift kick in the ass.
*Warning: single guy advice.*
Also, you can check playing time, but I forget how
literally cyber crack
get used to it