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Anyone had that experience of playing a game so often that when you lie in bed at night trying to get to sleep all you can think about is the game? I remember I got to a point with Quake where I was even dreaming about Capture the Flag games I'd just played. Very scary
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Oh yes... There was a stage in my life where I was playing games about 12 to 18 hours per day. I would buy the latest game, hole up in my office and secretly play the game during office hours, then as night fell I would pop out for a quick burger then be back in the office "Working", sometimes until 3am, then I would fall into a fitful sleep, dreaming about the game, getting up with my mouth feeling like the proverbial cocky cage and I couldn't wait to get back in and start playing the game again - it was lucky I owned the business - Jeez, the time I wasted in those days.
Lucky these days I have a family to support and can't afford any time to play games.
-Mar
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I think we all have: it happens for the first few days after you buy a new house and get a new mortgage to pay for it!
[Less] Seriously I went through a phase if being heavily into simulation games (SimCity and SimTower etc), although I loved Acorn's Revs in my A level years, and I bought one recently with all the old excitement. It's still sitting on the shelf boxed, dusty, what happened on the way home?!
ATL Student :rolleyes
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No, I usually can't get to sleep because I'm thinking about the code I've worked on that day. I play games for a bit at days end to clear my mind so I can sleep
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Yes it happen in our office also, we play Starcraft/half-line during lunch hours. Even after working hours, we start the game sharp...But this only just hot for few months only, after that everybody back to normal life.
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I once played Baldur's Gate 18 hours / day, untill I wanted to use the space bar in real life. I didn't understand what a person was saying to me, and I wanted to pause for a moment. After that, I drasticly reduced gaming..
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The last thing I want to do when I get home is see or even think of a computer!!!!!! :-
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I know what you mean, but for me the computer is really more like a toy when I'm at home. I guess it's because these days I'm not putting any extra hours at work so when I get home I'm not tired of it. On 12-hour work days though, I feel just like you
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Running Windows 2000 on a laptop: not a lot of options. I must admit to getting hooked on Freecell though
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I'm an Age of Empires addict. I play version 2 (Age of Kings) and just recently got the Expansion set. It's pretty awesome!
Regards,
Alvar
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I'd have to agree, I feel like i'm wasting my time when I play games, but Age Of Empires is too good a game to pass up
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Same for me, time's short but good games are hard to ignor
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playing Games was the reason for me to buy my first homecomputer (Amiga) and to start coding (on AmigaBasic).
So I love to play games (now too) and I dont think its a waste of time.
BTW:
AgeOfEmpires is really good but in the moment I am an counterstrike addict
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yeah, counter strike is so hot nowadays, specifically
in s'pore and phils., turning almost every
computer shops to virtual killing zones!
i'm into it too. counter terrorist win
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Quake III: Arena and Dark Reign II... mmm, theraputic.
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I go in cycles. There are very few games that really catch my attention.
Some all time favs:
Ultima VII: Parts I & II (and earlier ultimas...)
X-Com: UFO Defense
Diablo
Civilization II
Alpha Centauri & Expansion
Age of Empires I & II
Diablo II
Baldur's Gate I & II
IceWind Dale
Basically, either adventure or economic development games.
If a good one comes out, I can spend 10-20 hrs a week on it. But then I've also gone six months with no time at all spent on games because no new good ones have come out.
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Correct. I will play a good game.
I am a 'builder' person, and anything that lets you build instead of flying/driving/walking/teleporting/<you name="" it=""> all over the place blowing things up is appealing to me.
So my all time favorites have been (and I might forget some) and some still are:
Railroad Tycoon (The original DOS version...)
Civilization (Any version... even the DOS one...)
SimCity (Any version... even the DOS one...)
Railroad Tycoon II
Pharoah
Civilization : A Call To Power
Civilization II : A Test of Time
Alpha Centauri
Majesty
I am somewhat looking forward to Tropico from PopTop.
I have not tried The Sims, though I might some day.
Now, since I started dating (women, also one of my favorite games of all time...) I have not played a computer game in about 4 months. Of course, it gos without saying, the women take up more time than the computer games EVER did...
I guess what with starting to date, maybe The Sims will seem like old hat...we will see...
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If she starts to nag... 
there is always...
Master of Orion I & II :cool
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