One Hour Just Turned into Five Hours

[unicron44]

At 1 AM I sat down to play some Saints Row 2 with the intent of only playing for an hour, now I just finished and it was five hours. This seems to happen to me all the time whether I'm playing games, surfing the net or reading a book, I just lose a dramatic track of time.

So Escapists, how often does that happen to you?

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I actually lose more time here than when gaming, to be honest.

 

[otakon17]

Been there before.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I lost a whole day while playing ME2 for the first time.

The same thing will probably happen again with ME3.

 

[blankedboy]

A fair bit, usually chilling on my frequented sites (this, youtube, equestria online, equestria daily, facebook, gmail) and playing Borderlands. Those chew through time like anything.

 

[trollnystan]

All the time. I'll sit down to play a game at 20:00 and (if my cats don't disturb me) next thing I know it's 01:00... It was worse when I was a teenager though; of course that was due to depression, not gaming or interneting. Back then I could sit and stare into thin air, daydreaming for what felt like 10 minutes, and suddenly 2 hours were gone.

 

[DJDarque]

Happens to me all the time. Mostly when I should be sleeping, or doing something else equally important.

 

[Zeema]

3 words: Fallout New Vegas

i go sit down at 10:00am and its now 4pm

 

[Tentickles]

"Time flies when you're having fun."

 

[Sp3ratus]

Well, one game or rather mod in particular I remember this happening with, was Minerva: Metastasis. I was completely hooked right from the start, played it all the way through and that was 5 or 6 hours very well-spent. It's a brilliant mod, no wonder Valve hired him after that.

The latest game I've done it with was Alpha Protocol, which I also just finished. I liked the game a lot, despite the flaws that might be in it. It's a cool setting, not one seen all that much in RPGs anyway and despite the bosses being kind of meh, the stealth, sneaking and the characters were great.