This post is prompted by THIS article.
So, the summary of the article is that the husband is torqued becasue his wife spends all ehr time playing WoW, ignoring parental and household responsabilites, had an affair with a guildmate, and refuses to regognize the problem.
The columist says that Online gaming does seem to be highly addictive for some people, and “World of Warcraft” is a prime offender..
World of Warcraft is a set of instructions on a server that accepts requests from and interfaces with a remote terminal client. It lacks the capability to be an “offender,” any mroe than crack, cigarettes, coffee, booze, or sex do. They are simply things that must be dealt with rationally. If the wife refuses to acknowledge that there is responsability in life, then that is HER problem. It’s not WoW’s fault.
Also, this seems like an awefully biased and one sided issue to be giving advice on. I’m not saying that if the husband is being truthful, the wife doesn’t deserve a kick in the cooter shin, but this could very well be the husband blowing things way out of proportiong. Even the affair part could be an exaggeration (though it is entirely posisble).
As for the husband, I think he needs to take a hint. Seriously, it seems like she doesn’t want anything to do with you or your family. Take them and get out of there.
All that said, I have serious doubts as to the authenticity of this letter. It only tells one side of the story, and absolutely villifies WoW players as lazy, irresponsable addicts. Sounds like a worst-case scenario letter written by one of those vehemently-anti-video game mommy’s groups.
Hell, I have doubts about the whole advice column idea anyway. I don’t think an advice column is a viable substitute for real counselling, and if you wrote in before seeking real counselling, then I’m afraid for your children, since that’s a wonderful example of taking life lessons from celebrities. We all know that celebrities all make the best decisions. (Though I have to give the columnist credit for suggesting counselling).
So, the columnist is trying to pass responsability to the game and give advice on a situation that she only knows one biased half of, the hubby’s a whiney bitch who may or may not be real, and the wife is a WoW addicted guild-slut.
At least that’s what I get out of the article.