"Wait... its 3 am!?"

[C F]

I don't often do this, but this premise was actually my modus operandi the first time I got my hands on Mass Effect. My roommate/brother was staying the night elsewhere, so I had the room to myself. It was also the weekend, so I had no pressing engagements. My mind and I were in agreement: "I am so going to binge on this!"

...MAN was that fun.
Pro-tip: don't drive the Mako through Noveria while sleep-addled.

 

[Wanderer787]

Civilization 3, 4, and 5; X-Com: UFO Defense; Minecraft; Orcs Must Die!; Avernum: Escape from the Pit

There have been others, but those are the ones that spring to mind. Not all are current.

 

[Reaper195]

Maybe not 3am, but I do stay up late, generally when playing video games. But I pass the fuck out around 1 since I have to work, and work is tiring as christ.

 

[Sehnsucht Engel]

Whenever I play a really good game. It's usually some rpg, like Dragon age or Mass effect. I did it with Saints row 2 all the time...

 

[Baldur Moon]

I am currently experiencing that with Dark Souls. "Oh, I will just play for 45 minutes, nothing special... WTF, how did it become 3 hours later all of a sudden?"

God that game played hell on my internal clock...
"*Yawn* man I'm getting tired, should probably get some sleep for school tomor- *alarm goes off* Wait...what!?"

"Well, I should probably turn in now. Got work tomorrow. Wait, why is it light outside? ...Oh crap."

Pshhh sleep's overrated anyways, you don't need it.

 

[thesilentman]

"Boots Just Cause 2 at 10 pm" Right, only one hour!

...

"At 11 am" Thank God it's Saturday.

Others include AC: Brotherhood, Skyrim, Shadow of the Colossus (for some reason), and Demon's Souls.

Watching ZP or YouTube has this effect too.

 

[Risingblade]

League of Legends though I think that has more to do with who am I playing with than the actual game itself.

 

[targren]

Thankfully, I beat the EnderDragon today so there's not much left for me to do, unless I roll a superflat creative world to make my replica of Babylon 5...

If your planning on going life size... God help you and your employment

I can understand the "god help me" part, but where does my employment enter into it? I haven't ever missed a day of work because of MC (or any other game in recent memory.)

 

[thejackyl]

Civilization
X-Com
The Darkness
Rocksmith once my fingers loosened up (My parent's LOVED that one)
WoW
Diablo 3

I have played all of these without realizing it was getting/was late.

 

[GamemasterAnthony]

Most RPGs to be honest.

Same here...though lately my main bane has been Pokémon.

 

[octafish]

I remember the first time this happened to me. A friend had recommended this game to me and I sat down after dinner one night to try it, the next thing I know the sun is rising and birds are chirping outside my window. The game? X-Com, and it can still do it too me. In fact there are really only three games that have had this grip on me, X-Com, Civ II, and Minecraft, the rest I can quit about one or two o'clock, but those three can still make the sun come up.

 

[Baldur Moon]

Thankfully, I beat the EnderDragon today so there's not much left for me to do, unless I roll a superflat creative world to make my replica of Babylon 5...

If your planning on going life size... God help you and your employment

I can understand the "god help me" part, but where does my employment enter into it? I haven't ever missed a day of work because of MC (or any other game in recent memory.)

Just a joke. Wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

 

[sora91111]

pretty much every good rpg, because in my opinion if it doesn't take you in it isn't doing its job

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

civilization, all of them. I put them in then it's 2 days later.

 

[SomeLameStuff]

Heroes of Newerth. That game just seems to chew up all my time.

A fun one was when Skyrim first came out. I unlocked it on Steam at 12.01 am and sat down until I felt a little hungry.

"Right, I guess it's time for breakfast. Hang on, it's still dark? I'm sure I've been playing for longer than tha- HOLY CRAP! IT'S 9PM?!

 

[The_Lost_King]

Since summer started I usually go to sleep at around 2:30. I heard that a Teen's body is meant to stay up late and wake up even later.

 

[Kal-Adam]

Most recently, Fallout 2, but pretty much any decent RPG have the same effect.

 

[recurve6]

I usually do this playing...Pokemon! Yes, Pokemon. More specifically, doing Pokemon Nuzlockes because the regular thing is just boring now.