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)...
I find that I can handle losing offline far better than I can handle losing online.
Maybe it's because my opponent is in the same room and we can sort of carry on a conversation while we play or whatever. Perhaps it's because offline play is (presumably) done in the company of friends most of...