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A growing number of marriages are being wrecked by video game addiction.
More women filing for divorce are complaining that their husbands spend too long playing video games, according to a research.
Of those wives who cite unreasonablebehavior for ending their marriage, 15 percent believe their partners put gaming before them. This has soared from five percent a year ago, the study by Divorce Online found.
In particular, disgruntled wives blamed World of Warcraft, which allows gamers to create their own fantasycharacter for mythical adventures, and Call of Duty, where gamers battle in various war zones.
The games have faced heavy criticism in the past for their addictive properties, with some claiming that World of Warcraft is more addictive than cocaine.
One wife who blames her husband's obsession for the breakdown of their marriage is Jessica Ellis, 24, from London.
She said: "He was addicted to World of Warcraft but played other games now and then. The amount he was playing gradually increased until I could not take it anymore."
Ryan G Van Cleave, an expert on video game addiction, said many partners were unaware that gaming can become an addiction.


电脑游戏瘾正越来越成为婚姻的一大杀手。

调查显示,越来越多起诉离婚的女性抱怨称自己的丈夫花太多时间打游戏。

这项由"离婚在线"网站开展的调查发现,在以丈夫行为不可理喻为由提出离婚的妻子中,有15%认为丈夫把游戏看得比自己更重要。 而在一年前,该比例仅占5%。

心怀不满的妻子们专门指责了游戏"魔兽世界"和"使命召唤"。在"魔兽世界"中,玩家可以创造自己的虚拟人物,开展神话般的冒险活动。在"使命召唤"中,玩家则在不同的战区交战。

由于容易上瘾,这两款游戏早已招致严厉批评,有些人指出"魔兽世界"比毒品更容易上瘾。

来自伦敦的杰西卡•埃利斯现年24岁,她认为丈夫沉迷于电脑游戏是离婚的罪魁祸首。

她说:"他对魔兽世界非常上瘾,有时也玩别的游戏。他越来越上瘾,最后我终于受不了了。"

研究电脑游戏成瘾现象的专家赖安说,很多人都还没有意识到玩游戏可以上瘾。