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Someone explain this to me.

H has been playing Skyrim like mad for days. Every time I go in to see if he's still alive he's just repeatedly pressing one button doing something totally inane. Like earlier, he even taped the button down and then watched Burn Notice while the taped-button controller fought a wolf for him. 

But "ZOMG! It's the greatest game ever!"

Huh? Then he explained that "They created a whole virtual world and you can do anything you want!" He had me read an article on Cracked about it. The author is all like "ZOMG! I can pick mushrooms and tan leather!"

Um, this is the world. You can pick mushrooms and tan leather here too, if you really want to. And - bonus - at the end of the day you'll have something to show for it, besides carpal tunnel.  

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  • If you ever discover the answer to this please share. I'm totally serious.

    If E could have played War Hammer and COD MW3 at once today he would have.

    Oh and I asked about the mouse thing. E said you get points for sneaking and you have to hold the mouse to do that. It gets you experience and then gets you further along in the game.

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  • I think there's a video-game-playing gene that some people just have. We obviously do not.
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  • imagemeltoine:
    I think there's a video-game-playing gene that some people just have. We obviously do not.

     Hear, hear.  I can spend hours online or reading without giving it a second thought, but after  ten minutes of gaming I'm wondering if the bathroom grout needs scrubbing.

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  • I like that I can't talk to my husband while he plays MW3 but he has full on conversations with the other guys in the game.
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  • This has nothing to do with your post, but how on earth is your baby 9 months old already?
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  • imageLemonLover33:
    I like that I can't talk to my husband while he plays MW3 but he has full on conversations with the other guys in the game.

    Seriously! E is playing war hammer tonight and is sitting super intently on the other couch licking his lip in his super focused way that he does. I have to raise my voice and kind of be bitchy to get him to listen to me. Its so annoying! 

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  • imagestyme46:
    This has nothing to do with your post, but how on earth is your baby 9 months old already?

    I have no idea. I think I must have Rip VanWinkled about 6 months in there somewhere. I can't believe he's almost ready to start walking :-O 

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  • imageLemonLover33:
    I like that I can't talk to my husband while he plays MW3 but he has full on conversations with the other guys in the game.

    That drives me nuts too. I went so far as to make C get headsets for every game system so at the least I don't have to listen to the guys on the other side of the screen.

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    imageLemonLover33:
    I like that I can't talk to my husband while he plays MW3 but he has full on conversations with the other guys in the game.

    That drives me nuts too. I went so far as to make C get headsets for every game system so at the least I don't have to listen to the guys on the other side of the screen.

    That's one thing I'm definitely thankful for - DH plays alone. None of that nonsense. When he lived in VA and his brother was still in college (before I met him) they used to play together, but not in a while. 

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  • I'm not particularly impressed with Skyrim- played for a few hours on my friends PC the other day.

    However, I will be glued to the computer pressing my 3 buttons like a maniac once Diablo 3 comes out.

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  • He has a headset and he still yells! At least I don't have to hear the 13 yr olds on the other end cussing up a storm.
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  • imageLemonLover33:
    He has a headset and he still yells! At least I don't have to hear the 13 yr olds on the other end cussing up a storm.

    This was my issue exactly, coming home from a long day at work to listen to a bunch of boys cuss and yell at each other over a stupid game.

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  • imageLemonLover33:
    He has a headset and he still yells! At least I don't have to hear the 13 yr olds on the other end cussing up a storm.

    This was my issue exactly, coming home from a long day at work to listen to a bunch of boys cuss and yell at each other over a stupid game.

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  • imageLemonLover33:
    I like that I can't talk to my husband while he plays MW3 but he has full on conversations with the other guys in the game.

    Actual conversations? Or just cussing at the screen and rage quiting twice an hour?

    I swear, if that game and the one mentioned above weren't distracting R from the new Star Wars game that's almost but not quite out, I would probably be protesting against them both.

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    imageLemonLover33:
    I like that I can't talk to my husband while he plays MW3 but he has full on conversations with the other guys in the game.

    Actual conversations? Or just cussing at the screen and rage quiting twice an hour?

    I swear, if that game and the one mentioned above weren't distracting R from the new Star Wars game that's almost but not quite out, I would probably be protesting against them both.

    Cussing plus work stories if he's Playing with a buddy. Or "my wife is trying to talk with me while I'm playing. She's ruining my kill count!"...
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  • Yeah my husband is an all star for the National Hockey League...on PS3. Sigh. Thankfully he only plays when I'm gone since the last time he did it "just to decompress" was followed by a 10 minute meltdown on my inability to decompress, pee alone, eat w/ both hands, etc.

    I'm pretty sure it looked like I was being exorcised.

  • imageLemonLover33:
    imageAmaristella:

    imageLemonLover33:
    I like that I can't talk to my husband while he plays MW3 but he has full on conversations with the other guys in the game.

    Actual conversations? Or just cussing at the screen and rage quiting twice an hour?

    I swear, if that game and the one mentioned above weren't distracting R from the new Star Wars game that's almost but not quite out, I would probably be protesting against them both.

    Cussing plus work stories if he's Playing with a buddy. Or "my wife is trying to talk with me while I'm playing. She's ruining my kill count!"...

    Wife aggro!! 

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    imageLemonLover33:
    imageAmaristella:

    imageLemonLover33:
    I like that I can't talk to my husband while he plays MW3 but he has full on conversations with the other guys in the game.

    Actual conversations? Or just cussing at the screen and rage quiting twice an hour?

    I swear, if that game and the one mentioned above weren't distracting R from the new Star Wars game that's almost but not quite out, I would probably be protesting against them both.

    Cussing plus work stories if he's Playing with a buddy. Or "my wife is trying to talk with me while I'm playing. She's ruining my kill count!"...

    Wife aggro!! 

    Once upon a time, I named a Death knight Wifeaggro. Best.name.evar!

    "I'll ruin your kill count" *devious laughter*

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