iVillage is teaming up with game giant EA to go after the growing "casual gamer" market.
This is very good news because the Casual Gamer is quickly becoming the Female Gamer. Why do I care? Because my wife is female. This means she could-possibly-soon-maybe become a...(emotional pause)
Gamer.
Actually, the future may already be here. Lately Christy and I have developed an interest in Hexic HD. With two children asleep upstairs, your party options are limited. Before children, we usually occupied this time by getting high and taste-testing things like raw flour straight from the bag.
Now's it's Hexic and gosh-darnit, it's just as much fun as raw flour. It's satisfying to watch The Office together and then, instead of flipping the channels to some garbage, getting into a TAG TEAM marathon round of Hexic. Helping/annoying each other by pointing out strategies, cheeky high-fives after some daft-cunning bomb demolition and a shared sense of accomplishment when we somehow summon the elusive black pearl. It's true, couples who play together, stay together.
Things aren't perfect yet. Right now, it's impossible to spend even 30 minutes alone with the XBOX 360 without guilt. I feel guilty because I know my wife would be fine if I came home tonight and told her I wanted to return the "white devil". She's not 100% sold on it and the time I spend with it.
I hate this feeling. I feel like I have a mistress. And I'm beginning to feel that my wife thinks of my 360 as exactly that, a homewreckin tramp. But I want peace between the two. Now that I've introduced them to one another, I want my wife to accept my mistress and rid herself of any animosity towards our relationship. I want to turn what appears to be an extramarital affair into a loving, mutual three-way. I want Christy to be comfortable with my mistress living in our house and spending time with our children.
Damn, that turned out to be a really poor choice for a metaphor, but I think I made my point.
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