Out of the Blue [Nov 23, 2004, 09:34 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
I was already running a little behind this morning, and a little plumbing
problem set me even further back. According to our friendly neighborhood
plumber, the pipe to the radiator in our second-floor bathroom, which had
apparently been rusting for years, finally failed, causing a (thankfully minor)
flood in the basement. Turns out this is sort of good news that this finally
came to a head, as he says this was impeding the heat on the second floor as
well as my office above, so having the pipe repaired may well help us keep our
house warmer.
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Mirsky and Warhawk, I'm just curious about the troubles you guys are having with getting "free" time from your spouse to play HL2.
Is it a problem for you to stay up past the time your spouse goes to bed to play HL2? For example, for awhile I had an arrangement so that I wouldn't play any games while my spouse was awake in the evening and would focus my attention on her. Then, when she went to bed, I would get an hour or two to play Counterstrike, Halo, etc.
Another thing I did, was to get my spouse excited about HalfLife herself. I had her play through the first game, and to get over any objections that it was wasting time or that she wasn't interested, I offered to do any housework that needed to be done while she played.
Of course, we don't have kids so this frees up quite a bit more time to do stuff, but since "interactive" entertainment is important to me, it provided an impetus for her to at least take a look into it. Now I always look for cooperative games for us to go through together. Halo worked out great, since having a coop player in that really makes it a lot easier, so she felt that she was needed by me to get through it.
Anyway, I was curious about what arrangements aren't working out for you guys. Maybe the rest of us can help you brainstorm new arrangements
Is it a problem for you to stay up past the time your spouse goes to bed to play HL2? For example, for awhile I had an arrangement so that I wouldn't play any games while my spouse was awake in the evening and would focus my attention on her. Then, when she went to bed, I would get an hour or two to play Counterstrike, Halo, etc.
Another thing I did, was to get my spouse excited about HalfLife herself. I had her play through the first game, and to get over any objections that it was wasting time or that she wasn't interested, I offered to do any housework that needed to be done while she played.
Of course, we don't have kids so this frees up quite a bit more time to do stuff, but since "interactive" entertainment is important to me, it provided an impetus for her to at least take a look into it. Now I always look for cooperative games for us to go through together. Halo worked out great, since having a coop player in that really makes it a lot easier, so she felt that she was needed by me to get through it.
Anyway, I was curious about what arrangements aren't working out for you guys. Maybe the rest of us can help you brainstorm new arrangements
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