Download or read book Game Widow written by Wendy Kays and published by BookPros, LLC. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your loved one constantly monopolizing your computer or TV to play video games? Is your schedule constantly set back by entreaties of ?five more minutes? or ?let me find a save point?? If so, you might be a game widow. Wendy Kays, former game widow, is here to help. In this book, she successfully bridges the gap between those who game and those who don?t by sharing invaluable advice and practical strategies for reclaiming your relationship with a video-gaming spouse, friend, or family member.?This timely and insightful book?provides some remarkably well-balanced answers to why online games can be so seductive and what you can do when your partner has a gaming problem."?Nick Yee, founder of the Daedalus Project, researcher at Palo Alto Research Center?Game Widow is an important effort in capturing the family dimension of our new digital world and exploring it in a thoughtful, thorough way.??Erin Hoffman, game designer, freelance journalist, quality of life activistWendy Kays has been married to the lead designer of the SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals video game series for six years and was once a game widow herself. She has been interviewed as an expert on the games industry and culture by various news media, including the Seattle Times. She currently resides in the Pacific Northwest.