My main gripe with Civ5 (spoiler... its a woman)

[Schuesseled]

Solution - Have you tried hitting her?

 

[Rusty Edge]

I like the "get her addicted too" idea... I still have lofty dreams of building a second computer so we can game together, side by side, in our geek room...

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wish me luck. lol

My wife and I use our laptops in front of the tv. She shops while I play civ. As long as we respond to each other's comments and questions, it's together time.

 

[Venereus]

My wife and I use our laptops in front of the tv. She shops while I play civ. As long as we respond to each other's comments and questions, it's together time.

So you purchase tiles while she wastes the money on clothes?

 

[GoRy]

My wife and I use our laptops in front of the tv. She shops while I play civ. As long as we respond to each other's comments and questions, it's together time.

My missus has started to slowly attempt to take ownership of our living room PC because she killed her laptop (6 years old and needs a full motherboard replacement including cpu, I ain't paying!). The PC is one of my old gaming rigs - 8800GT and a E6500 Dual core which still runs Civ5 fine.

So now I get banished to the office room. But wait, that's too far. She can't interact! So I'm back in the living room watching her use the backup Civ5 PC. So....

PC hooked into Flatscreen TV!

 

[kaltorak]

Videogames and womens have always been a problem for me. I love gaming and always end up dating girls who hate computers.

EDIT: starcraft violent???! omg, show her some first person games like bioshock

 

[MadRat]

"Wife Aggro" makes me lol. I had never heard that awesome name for it.

It is a term first coined in Everquest where aggro was the term used for NPCs attacking the players.

Rat

 

[Freethis]

My girlfriend and I have played Civ IV multiplayer until we could barely speak. I think the only disagreement we've ever had when it comes to Civ is when I wouldn't give up III and she loved IV.

 

[guczy]

whats with the "voice of reason"?
i wouldnt let her play, especially if you only have 1 computer!! 2civfanatics, 1 computer isnt going to mix well

now you have to apease her somehow, i would go with the luxurys (flowers, chocolate, dinner and girly dvd), that should buy you some time for civ .. in the end u are going to have to give up some time or she may take you along to a civ anon meeting .. need to keep away from that!! .... oh she might divorse u also and as long as she doesnt get half your computer or steam account u can play civ all day and night long

I've tried that (girly dvd) but she didnt like "Teen Anal Games 3" that much...Shall i try "My Huge Holes 5" instead or someone got better tips?

 

[RX2000]

Same thing is happening to me OP. I came to bed late every night last week when it first came out, & my wife isnt too happy with me right now...... I'm hoping maybe if I spend the whole day with her tomorrow we can smooth things over.... Guess we'll see.