Quote Originally Posted by barvaz
For a long time of my married life, I use to have a secret plan to find myself a job in the gaming industry, be it in a gaming magazine, development studio or website and have myself a permanent ultimate excuse – ”hey honey, I am bringing work home tonight and need to play...errr...work late again, sorry”.
Doesn't work out that way, sadly.

I've been a game developer for years, building character models for things like Unreal Tournament, Oblivion, and Hellgate: London.

Want to know a secret? I have to spend more time making the darned things than playing them! ^_^

As for the wife, I'm lucky there. My wife and I play a number of games together, like Guild Wars. She enjoys watching over my shoulder while I play games like Neverwinter Nights 2 and Bioshock, and, past that, she likes time by herself as much as I do.

We just had our fourteenth anniversary. The secret to success is finding some way to accept what the other enjoys doing, instead of constantly fighting against it.