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A survey has found an increasing number of spouses who don’t play video games are becoming “gaming widows,” seeing their significant other spend all their time in online worlds.

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"That kind of social validation is incredibly powerful for people who don't have it in their real lives," he says. Anecdotally, Yee says that validation can sometimes lead to greater confidence in the real world, but it's tough to say whether online gaming will be a positive or negative force in someone's life.

"There's a lot of stories about people who have fallen in love online and have ended up getting married, but the flipside is also true," he says. "You've got MMO widows who feel gaming broke their relationship up. That's what's so fascinating about MMORPGs. It's really got the good and the bad."

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Yes, my husband has ruined our marriage with his obsession with the evil game of Travian. He has become totally obsessed and even decided to become a woman when playing the game. I think it is disgusting and such waste of twenty five years of marriage. Some of the other players have fallen in love with my husband because they believe him to be this blond bimbo called Rachel. How disgusting is that!!!

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How is this news? I have been playing computer games for 30 years, either in a mall or, now, at home on my PC. The only difference now is that the gaming is online. But 30 yrs ago I played at the mall for hours on end.

Anthony Schmidt of TX 6:17PM March 19, 2012

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