"Women play the men's game, which they are bound to lose," he said in a lecture last year.

The findings reveal that women struggle most to hold down their spouse's attention while they play video games - with a mere 1 percent tuning into what is being said.

A stranger breaks into the house of a couple, ties up the husband and, having a whole weekend at his hand, plays a slow game with the woman, a game of threats, fear, obedience - and intimacy.