Signs That Video Games Are Destroying Your Sex Life

Don't wait until it's too late.

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To be really good at a video game. It takes an enormous amount of practice, and with video games increasing the number of hours to complete, the time spent on them can create a bond that crosses over into everyday life. You use video game related terms in everyday situations like, "I found an extra 20 bucks in my pocket FTW" or calling someone a noob if they fall down a flight of stairs. 

A sex life isn't excluded from the areas where a video game influence can leak into. If a person is too engaged by gaming, there is a chance that knocking boots can become more of a co-op video game experience than an intimate one. What used to be sensual petting turns into an opportunity to enter a cheat code, sound effects replace the sounds of love making and the PlayStation Move camera becomes an eye into your twisted fantasy realm.

Watch out for these telling Signs That Video Games Are Destroying Your Sex Life.

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Role playing becomes too complicated.

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You think of "The Kamasutra" as a strategy guide.

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There are thousands of romance help guides available to add spark to a sex life. Contrary to what a disillusioned, overly video gamed lover would assume, BradyGames does not publish one. Books like the historically famed book The Kamasutra don't have card-style break downs of partner strengths and weaknesses. The only way to level up the love making is to leave the manual in the case and set the difficulty to "1999."

Petting is a series of cheat codes.

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Making a sex tape involves the Kinect or Move camera.

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Foreplay includes Pacman or Super Mario Bros. sound effects

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Controllers have to be replaced for the wrong reasons.

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