To pull the plug on DH's Lord of the Rings game?

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DH has spent nearly the entire weekend on his Lord of the Rings game and cannot for the life of me see what the attraction is.

My fault I bought it for his birthday and he is addicted.

He plays in the spare room and only re surfaces for a drink or when I call him at mealtimes.

Does anyone elses DH/DP get hooked on such games?

No

Lucky you Moondog

Has he just got it?

"only surfaces for drinks and meals" - cor i would leave him to it

i am sure the novelty will wear off in time

leave him to it, and you can MN in peace

resurfaces at mealtimes? do you have dcs?
he sounds like a teenager

OMG are you talking about my Dh our yours???

My Dh wanted an XBOX 360 for ages and seriously I heard about it everyday from October until February until I snapped and got him one just to make him shut up! lol

Now he cannot get off of it. Everynight he wants to play and ok thats fine as he usually takes the monitor for DD and lets me go to bed and chill...However, I miss my DH as we no longer really watch movies or anything unless we are not home or around an XBOX lol

We have fought about it and I told him I would sell it on Ebay while he was at work if he didn't ease up a bit.

Now it is getting a bit better as he listens (sometimes) if I say I would rather he spend time with me.

I am just waiting for the next game to come out and not have my DH for a few days.

Maybe talk to him? My DH always says that the time just gets away from him so he normally makes me come and get him after a set amount of time. I know he should be able to do that himself lol but...maybe tell him you would like to see him sometime

Worst case you chuck the game out the window like a frisbie lol Just kidding!

Is it the one with the sword where you have to wave the sword around to kill orcs etc?

If so, then you would be highly unreasonable to pull the plug, just grab the sword off him and start playing yourself, it is a wicked game.

Moondog,he has had it about 3 weeks now and I apparently there is a fellowship of people around the world you can link up to and they join you in the quests.

It is nice to MN in peace and watch what I want on the TV.

My children are 5 and 7 and ethier play dowmstairs with me or in thier room or go and bug daddy.

DS 7 likes to watch although not sure how suitable it is,DH says it's fine.

Emma ,you have my sympathy.

LittleBella- It's called shadows of angmar-swords are involved I think

I have threatened to re-format games CD's in the microwave.......

ahhh i've founf other xbox widows
ihad a baby four weeks ago and dh was so supportive and brill that i said he could have an xbox as a reward.

why why

i'm lucky if he so muah as grunts in my direction!!!!

worse still its in the living room connected to the main tv

so i don't get to watch anything but bloody halo 3

are you talking about adult grown men??

I was about to say, you are the grown up here, you know what is best, your DS will have to listen to you, your rules are important... then I re read the thread and realised you were talking about and adult!

erm... I am happy to say that we do't have this problem in this house. Though I do know of more than 1 other xbox widow. THe only thing you can really do is to make sure that your DH knows how serious it is ( if indeed it is) that it is making an impact on your relationship...

Not sure otherwise! erm, so i'd say YANBU?

we also have a nintendo wii
2 pcs and a laptop

Yeah me too as soon as dh gets on the WII thats it...I doon't see him for weeks!!

DREAD him getting new games!

Glad Im not the only one

My OH plays world of warcraft

You would think it's real life the way he talks about it and he really wants me to start playing aswell.

Th other day i had to take pics of him on dd's horse holding my nephews sheild and sword just so he could email it to some people he quests with on there.

He plays it everynight and soon as the kids are in bed and he knows if he doesn't talk to me all night he aint gonna get anything in the bedroom.lol

just going to bed now hubby says i'll just play the xbox for a minute. hmmm i think it will be a long minute

long road to ruin.

imo,

Me and dh met playing online games =) We both tried lotr when it came out. Nowadays it's mainly dh who plays but we have a firm agreement that real life comes first. Especially if you have children!

These games are highly addictive though, but I always found that after the first few weeks the urge to play all the time wasn't so bad.

So I am not alone .

What age though are your DH/DP'S ?

Mine is 47 so should now better.

I'm the gamer in our house, not my DH, so I guess I can relate to getting totally hooked on a game and wanting to play it all the time. But that doesn't mean it's a good idea - can you agree on set times he can play it and set times you can spend time doing something else together?

oooh, sounds like an addiction. Sell the xbox. Seriously.

We used to be like this with tv. So we got rid of it. What a pointless way to spend your life.

Oh good...I am not alone then!!!

XBOX widows...has a nice ring to it lol

My DH is currently playing as I am in bedroom on computer.

He now wants 'Rock Band'...which is like £145!!!! I could not spend £145 on one thing!! Ok, maybe I could but still!

Not looking forward to when he gets it, but atleast I will play with him and make him mad with my musical abilities (HA)

How shall we regain control ladies??? Become XBOX addicts and make THEM watch US???? That would show them!

My DH wants to get me a pink controller...like that will make all the difference. MEN!!

the only way to regain control would be to be better than them at gaming hubby has 36 years experience so i don't think i'll beat him.

Lysistrata anyone?