It's just the principle that when you're playing a video game your attention is completely focused on the game. If your wife or girlfriend are around while that's happening it just irritates the hell out of them.
Imagine the most annoying sound in the world and only you can hear it, and it...
It's fine, as long as it goes something like this.
Wife: "You spend too much time on that god-damned video game."
Husband: "Yeah? Well I think you spend too much time scrapbooking."
Wife: "Those scrapbooks are gonna get passed down to our kids and they'll be (insert more bitching) but...
The truth:
Wives and girlfriends hate video games like poison. Nothing, and I mean nothing can capture a man's attention for as long as a video game. Not even football. And women don't like competing for attention.
If they come to you asking for a compromise, the game is already over. Her...
Want to do another round?
Clothing Optional Bosses:
Algol (Soul Calibur) vs. Gill (Street Fighter)
Werewolves:
Talbain (Darkstalkers) vs. Valkenhayn (BlazBlue)
Movie Stars:
Fei Long (Street Fighter) vs. Johnny Cage (Mortal Kombat)
Cops:
Stryker (Mortal Kombat) vs. Lei Wulong (Tekken)...
Song of Ice and Fire got me in the mood to look for more grim, gritty fantasy. I found some really good stuff.
First up, The Black Company series by Glen Cook. It's a big fantasy epic, but instead of following the VIP's around you get the story from the perspective of the mercenaries on the...
What the hell were they? The framerate was smooth as silk.
I'd like to know more about these things. I got this 60" plasma last christmas, but I have no idea how to calibrate it with the PS3 for the best picture.
As in, I can get blu-rays to look "demo quality," but not games.