Let's be real about this. Women always want attention, and probably a lot more than we want to give. I've known this my whole life. We spend a lot of time acting like we're paying attention to them, when we're really not. The problem with games are, you can't fake it as easily.
But, more to the point. I, like many, would play Civ type games for hours on top of hours, and if my girlfriend came in, well, I still needed to sack Rome, and she needed to realize it. Of course, if she didn't, then she was smart enough to know how to get a man's attention, without even getting him angry. Any woman that doesn't, is probably so ugly you're better off without her, or so stupid you are. If girl can't get a man's attention, she needs to go ask her mother some questions about men. We're not that hard to manipulate, and we don't even mind it if done properly.