World of Warcraft (Activision/Blizzard)
Conducted by Divorce Online, the study breaks down the reasons couples split. Of the wives that pointed to “unreasonable behavior,” 15 percent said their husbands put gaming before them.
One year ago, that figure stood at 5 percent.
So which games are the biggest home wreckers? Perhaps unsurprisingly, Activision’s mega franchises World of Warcraft and Call of Duty get the lion’s share of the blame. Such is the price of success.
Relationship experts say excessive gaming is actually a symptom rather than a cause, though. The disconnect between family and fantasy is often less a matter of neglect and more about the controversial subject of game addiction. And while it might be easy to simply walk away from the problem, it’s one that can be fixed (and, subsequently allow the marriage to be saved).
“Often men take to playing video games as a stress buster and as a filler to fill a vacuum in their lives,” said Dr. Kamal Khurana, a psychologist speaking to the Times of India.
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