If your significant other is so into video and online gaming you feel like you aren’t in a relationship anymore, have I got a to-do list for you: 1) Pack Your Bags, and 2) Leave the Premises.

If this is too simple and insensitive for your tastes, perhaps you’d rather attempt to win back the man of your dreams by rewarding approximations of behavior and using creative distraction. If this sounds to you like an out-of-context excerpt from Parent magazine, you’re not alone, but before you think anyone’s suggesting a woman should treat a man like a child, the list goes on to include deceit and dress-up. The latter is a little iffy; could go either way –- child or adult. Let’s see how it plays out (pun intended).

In “Seven Ways to Win Back Your Gaming Spouse,” Yahoo!’s Mike Smith advises gaming widows to incorporate aspects of the gaming world into their marriages and domestic lives in an attempt to woo their loved ones away from virtual reality. From the use of positive reinforcement (mimic a game sound when he does something good around the house) to turning off the electricity, Mr. Smith’s to-do list reads more like a parenting manual for those women whose children have ADHD and/or are teenagers.

If the idea of a wife playing mother to her man doesn't turn the Mrs.'s stomach, perhaps she could turn her desire to be desired over to Milla Jovovich by watching many a gamer’s favorite, Resident Evil, with her beloved. Once your sweetie is all fired up, and before the movie ends, Mr. Smith advises moving it to the bedroom, donning game character costumes, and kicking it up a notch with night-vision cameras. These kinds of costumes and cameras are not difficult to find, according to Mr. Smith.