Games most likely to cause a breakup

[Sal Atticum]

You would think Halo would be on this list:  http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/games-likely-to-cause-a-breakup?icid=aimDBDL2_link1-a

I can see the other ones though.  I spend enough time on the computer without trying to wrangle time from my girlfriend (hi!) to play video games when I'm already procrastinating from doing work in order to do other things that make little sense.

What game takes the most time away from your life?

[Meest]

I'm suprised that Counter-strike isn't on there... I don't know if this is an all-time game competition either, or just current... since they have EQ live on there, (My original breakup reason) WoW, my current. Civilization (another break-up, although in high school)

others i would have put on there... HALO, Alpha Centauri, Duke Nukem (Strippers, DUH!)

[pmp6nl]

I purposely try to stay away from most of those games.

Mostly strategy games have been known to take up hours of my life over the past years; damn Starcraft.  I have recently become a bit addicted to Simcity, I mean it takes a long time to build cities.

I avoid games that I know I will become overly addicted to as I dont need anything else taking up time.

[Meest]

They have to be somewhat catchy to you, otherwise they're just plain horrible games...

I loved EQ Live, then EQ2, but then all the people I knew online quit playing and moved to WoW, so now i'm playing that. I don't think its addicting, Its more of a way to communicate and hang out with friends that I've found throughout the 8 or so years of playing MMORPG's. its freaky how many you catch up with randomly in game...

If its raining out, heck I can stay at home with a 6 pack of sam adams, hope on WoW and Ventrilo and have a good time for the evening. Heck alot of my friends in town even join me.

[Sal Atticum]

I used to play MUDs back in junior high, but they weren't addicting (and I didn't really have a girlfriend at the time anyway).  Most of what I'm interested in from the games now is some aspect of social interaction.  I see no reason to play Halo alone, but I'll sit there with three other people for a couple hours and do it.  Maybe it has the effect of taking the stress out of social situations--you can talk about whatever and it doesn't feel like you're trying to force a conversation.

[pmp6nl]

Yeah the social aspect of it is good, multiplayer games are always fun.

I personally have been trying to stay away from single player games that keep me locked in my room for hours.

[ajekt]

I once had a girl friend that spent too much time playing video games herself.