JAPAN: Japanese housewives, online gaming addicts

A small percentage of Japanese housewives lose themselves in torrid love affairs. An even tinier percentage become heavily addicted to online games, a new book claims. Writer Yuki Ishikawa tells the story of nine online gaming housewives in her book, Netoge Haijo. "Netoge" means "online games" while "haijo" means "wrecked women". One 37-year-old woman interviewed for the book talks how she spends her entire day in pajamas (like me!) and doesn't even bother closing the bathroom door when she sits on the throne (how embarrassing!). "I made love to this guy (whom she had dated in an online game) on the first day I met him in real life," says another 41-year-old online gaming housewife about a real-life grinding experience. "But actually, I instinctively had a feeling of disgust." The book's angle appears to be that online gaming has made these women spend more time playing that doing household chores. (Kotaku)