Downtime

Marriage, so we are told, is what couples do when they have nothing left to talk about. Fortunately, technology has once again stepped in to fill the yearning void.
According to figures published in the Times last week, console sales have hit 7.4 million – equivalent to almost one in three silent, resentful households – surely an indication that the market for computer games is widening, although not quite as fast as the gap between husbands and wives.