Word.
As much as you know you need to be sleeping, there always that "one more thing" you can hash out before you shutdown for the ... morning.
As much as you know you need to be sleeping, there always that "one more thing" you can hash out before you shutdown for the ... morning.
Maybe you can't sleep because you're consumed by guilt over harvesting all those little sisters??? You monster!
I like the gambling analogy, and I would add to it by saying that the payoff for some people in gambling is not just the winning, but also the losing. Gaming can be similar, I got stuck on a mission in Red Faction : Guerilla last night for about 30 minutes, and my wife just shook her head as I cursed, knowing that I wouldn't stop until I had mastered it. I'm a glutton for punishment that way.
Excellent post!
I like the gambling analogy, and I would add to it by saying that the payoff for some people in gambling is not just the winning, but also the losing. Gaming can be similar, I got stuck on a mission in Red Faction : Guerilla last night for about 30 minutes, and my wife just shook her head as I cursed, knowing that I wouldn't stop until I had mastered it. I'm a glutton for punishment that way.
Excellent post!
It's been a while since I played a game so awesome that I just had to keep going like that. These days I usually stop when reasonable.
Prince of Persia recently had this effect on me, but for all the wrong reasons. I really did not enjoy playing it, but I "had" to beat it because everyone else I knew already had, and I was really late to the party!
This always happens to me with action games, no matter how little fun I have with them. There's too many of them to count, and so little time!
This always happens to me with action games, no matter how little fun I have with them. There's too many of them to count, and so little time!
:] Mag I finished it lately as well. I found after getting 500 light seeds surprisingly it was fun to collect the light seeds. And I totally predicted the 1001th light seed and where it would be/what it would do :P The game itself gets tedious but it has its moments.
I look forward to the sequel. I hated all the Prince of Persia's except the PC/SNES version, Sands of Time and the sequel to that.
I look forward to the sequel. I hated all the Prince of Persia's except the PC/SNES version, Sands of Time and the sequel to that.
For me, this manifests most in the Metal Gear Solid series. I'm literally beyond the ability to track how many sleepless nights I've happily dumped into the series as a whole.
The other nasty one at the moment is Team Fortress 2. Once I get on a roll I just don't stop. By the time I've convinced myself a break is in order, my hands are practically destroyed. My left, nearly fused to the keyboard, and the bones in my right hand appear to have been molded specifically to sit over my mouse, like some kind of sickening meat-glove.
The other nasty one at the moment is Team Fortress 2. Once I get on a roll I just don't stop. By the time I've convinced myself a break is in order, my hands are practically destroyed. My left, nearly fused to the keyboard, and the bones in my right hand appear to have been molded specifically to sit over my mouse, like some kind of sickening meat-glove.
This rarely happens for me anymore. I was like this with RE5 for a bit, and I'm with Blindfire on MGS games. I played MGS4 at all different hours of the night, over and over for a couple weeks.
I used to be really bad about playing games until around 4am. After a while though, I started falling asleep while playing and waking up walking into walls and getting killed all the time. I decided that it was probably a good idea to stop getting to that point, no matter what.
I am looking forward to the next game that can convince me otherwise though. :)
I am looking forward to the next game that can convince me otherwise though. :)

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