I think the highest I averaged was approximately 50 hours per week, that was from between 2003-2005. I then averaged 20-40 for awhile. During professional school, I think I hit 20-30 max, but more 10-20 per hour.
Now with a wife and kid and working 60-80 hours per week. I average about 5-10 per week with a max of 20 per week when my wife and kid are out of town. I pretty much only have a 2 hour window to play games and I am always on-call while doing it. The more I play, the more sleep I lose basically. Such is life.
I always wonder how often some people play.
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In the winter i may get up to 5-10
Too busy and most of my free time I prefer interacting with people in the real world.
Gaming is for for nights where I have nothing else to do, bad weather days, or situations where I'm stuck at home.
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at 17 I played more then 40 yours.
at 27 I played between 30 and 40 hours
at 37 I played between 20 and 30 hours
and now 39 that I got a actual rl thing going, up to ten hours.
I expect it will go up again at the age of 59..
we all need a hobby at every age
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Who plays video games for 70+ Hours a week unless they're retired, disabled, or unemployed? Those are the only reasons I can think of that would allow for the time sink.
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I technically work 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off, but the reality is, I don't as i have a wife and kid. But let's say in the future, when I'm off and my kid goes to school and if hell freezes over (i.e. my wife gets a job), i'll play 8 hours a day M-F, then 16 hours both weekend days and boom you hit 72.
Problem is, I play Path of Exile mainly, I'd have to get super immersed in a game or play more than 1 game at a time. Also with PoE, since I play HC only, if I die I take a break.
Hmm, also I think I could do 70 hours a week only during some weeks. As I rotate my location per week.
10 hours a day x 7 = 70 hours. Work for 8 hours, sleep for 6 hours, and game for 10 hours. Hell you could nap at work . Better to work for 6 hours, nap for 2 hours at work, sleep for 4 hours at home, game for 10 hours .
Here's another question, what's the most you've played in a row: I'm somewhere between 24-30 hours.
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Lately I've been playing realistic military shooter types.
I had fun once, it was terrible.
I wonder what's the record? Looked it up.
Guinness record of longest game session set at 135 hours with Black Ops 2. The Guinness World Record for longest video game marathon was set by Australian Okan Kaya this week, after he played Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for 135 hours over seven days.Nov 22, 2012
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Since quitting SW:TOR early 2013, I haven't found another MMO that I want to play so my main addictive gaming motivation is gone. I only play single player games which are completed quickly, but a lot I give up on quickly too.
What tends to happen is I'll have 1 or 2 decent gaming sessions a week. So, if I have a Saturday free, I'll get all my chores done, cook a nice evening meal, then maybe game solidly from 7pm - 2am. I might not game again until the following Saturday. However, if I'm playing a game like Cities Skylines, or Prison Architect, those are the sorts of games I can play in the background so I'm more likely to turn them on, tinker a bit and then leave running whilst I cook / eat / smoke. If the game requires my full attention then I'm much less likely to play on a work night.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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Since deciding to catch up on single player games I'm now remembering how little sleep I can run on.
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During weeks when I have fun games to play and not extremely active social life I probably average at 15-20 hours per week. Last week I didn't play anything at all.
Its far from my MMORPG gaming days when on a regular week I played 20-30 hours and while I was in between jobs I played for 70 hours or more per week.
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Have not yet though. Maybe there is hope?
Nah there is really none for me or the human race.