Welp... since Steam's last time counting reset (Beginning of this year maybe?) I've spent 288 recorded hours on Steam games.
This number can safely be multiplied by four to get approximately the actual time (including time spent before the reset, and time Steam simply didn't count correctly). This equates to over a month in real-time spent just on Steam.
Yeah, I'd say it's time well spent. I do notice an interesting trend, though - there are four types of games I have on Steam. Those that I buy because they're cheap but don't really play (One to twenty minutes), those I try but that don't interest me (About an hour, routinely - Empire: Total War fell into this camp, although I may try it again later.), those I play until I'm bored (twelve to fifteen hours - this includes Torchlight and Just Cause 2), and those I play to completion (24 to 30+ hours - games like Mass Effect 2 and Risen).
I have a bit of an exploring complex - I like new things, and unless a game's story and gameplay really interest me I'm unlikely to play it past the point where it stops being new.
This number can safely be multiplied by four to get approximately the actual time (including time spent before the reset, and time Steam simply didn't count correctly). This equates to over a month in real-time spent just on Steam.
Yeah, I'd say it's time well spent. I do notice an interesting trend, though - there are four types of games I have on Steam. Those that I buy because they're cheap but don't really play (One to twenty minutes), those I try but that don't interest me (About an hour, routinely - Empire: Total War fell into this camp, although I may try it again later.), those I play until I'm bored (twelve to fifteen hours - this includes Torchlight and Just Cause 2), and those I play to completion (24 to 30+ hours - games like Mass Effect 2 and Risen).
I have a bit of an exploring complex - I like new things, and unless a game's story and gameplay really interest me I'm unlikely to play it past the point where it stops being new.