I'm a video game widow

I knew from the get go that Marty was a video game junky. Our home has pretty much every single video game console there is. Excluding the PS2, which Marty boycotted for some reason. And I mean every video game system. Atari, Calecovision, Nintendo, Playstation, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Genesis...there all in the attic. Currently hooked up are the Wie, Xbox and the prized prized possession: the Xbox 360. Then there is a shiny, new, expensive PS3 that is still sitting in a box. Apparently, there are no games out that are worthy of playing. So we have a lovely $642 box of hardware that is collecting dust nicely. But I digress...

Last night was the release of (GASP!) HALO 3!! Ummmm...you probably cannot tell, but that was said sarcastically. So now I get to hear Master Chief (the futuristic looking soldier guy below) shoot these little gremlin like creatures while I spend time at home with my husband. The gremlins make some little comments that are actually kind of funny.


I often think that I should get a job for Electronic Gaming Monthly as a writer. I can usually tell if a game is good by the amount of time my husband spends on the couch with the dork Xbox live headset on (who wants to play alone when they can play with a million strangers?) and the xbox or wie controller in his hand. For example: The most recent Zelda game was good, but not great. In other words, Marty would play it for a few hours, but seemed okay if he didn't play it for days at a time. Gears of War on the other hand has gotten many many many hours of my husband's attention and hands down is the best game of the year to date in my opinion. And I have never actually played the game. I'm just going by the hours my husband has logged playing it.


I get to hear loud guns and chainsaws killing these ugly ugly beasts (the Locusts. FYI: those are the bad guys.) who make guttural noises and monster sounds. The sounds are so horrid, If I happen to fall asleep on the couch and Marty sees his chance for a match, I will normally wake up because I've had a nightmare where someone is chasing me with a chainsaw. And the chainsaw wielding maniac of my dreams usually resembles a locust. Pretty, aren't they?

I cannot be too hasty with this Game of the Year business though. Get back to me in a few weeks and we will see if Halo 3 is in and GoW is out. The future looks bright for Halo 3. There were at least 8 straight hours of play last night! Electronic Gaming Monthly, do you hear me? I know what I'm talking about. And if you guys have a contest for the Best Significant Other of Gamers, I am totally in. Who do you think drove to Game Stop to pick up the Halo 3 that was prepaid for in July? Yep that was me. Here I am on about two hours sleep after waiting up all night outside of Kmart to buy the XBox 360:


Can you say "best wife ever"? Sigh. So, I lose my husband sometimes to the video games and that is why I am a "video game widow". It could be worse, right? He could be a drug addict, addicted to internet porn who beats me... Oh! And don't tell him, but sometimes when he is not home, I sneak in some Guitar Hero II by myself to hone my skills. He hates that I can beat him at a video game. Play on!