You know you've been playing ... too long when ...

[Hister]

You know you have been playing to long when... you start dreaming about the game at night... Minecraft dreams... very odd. (Or as one dream was, Minecraft and Left 4 dead at the same time )

Haha I had a similar dream a few weeks ago with lego people (like lego star wars)and left 4 dead. It was a very freaky dream, Freud would a field day with that one

 

[Sov.reign]

It's definately the quick save option to life that I'm missing. Now how best to seduce my girlfriend... hmm two ways to do this but if I pick the wrong way I'll not get the chance again for another week, better save... wait what? Oh right... life... I lose at life.

and ofc pretty much all alerts, item noises and HUD screen from Metal Gear... seriously this stuff would be worth investigating in a Psychological study, not whether games cause rape XD

 

[Goody]

Oh and the other day my friend asked me if I could help him and I told him it was cost him a lot of caps.

I may do that to one of my friends, he has a collection of bottlecaps from the beer bottles that we've been drinking in the past year

 

[imnot]

I used to play a PS2 game called "Shadow of Destiny," in which the main part of gameplay is traveling through time to change certain events. After making dumb decisions in real life I would just say to myself that I can just go back in time and fix it.

Also, after a very intense couple of days playing Oblivion for the first time, I walked around in a daze wondering why I couldn't quicksave...

Same thing with Oblivion. I found myself trying to save all the time.

Same here, bloody oblivion,
I once thought gee mt rooms awfully dark best puts some torches up to stop the skeletons!
I facepalmed a few seconds later.

 

[theonlyblaze2]

When you try to enter V.A.T.S. and you look out for Radscorpions whenever you here Jazz music.

 

[Jake0fTrades]

After a long period of CoD, you turn a corner and instinctively panic knife the person who walks into you.

 

[tharglet]

You know you've been playing World of Warcraft(and MMOs in general) too long when...

You ask your supervisor at work if coupons stack with your employee discount.

Lol, if I was your supervisor, I'd know what you were asking. I've occasionally used MMO terminology in "RL" only to find out people don't know what I'm on about ><.

 

[Cybele]

After having played wow until 4 or 5 am I was dead tired and went to bed but I just couldn't fall asleep. I just couldn't stop thinking about the instance run, what we did, didn't and what I could have done better. After a few hours of trying to stop thinking of wow I gave up and somehow fell asleep. Needless to say my dreams were filled with wow.
I felt really tired the next morning.

 

[icame]

When I see a saw blade and get instantly excited. This is when you know you've been playing to much half life 2.

 

[Ca3zar416]

When I realize the sun is rising....again.....yeah.....whoops.

 

[Wolfram23]

When your CPU is ~90 C...

That's a sign that your heatsink isn't doing it's job and needs cleaning and/or reseating and/or your case needs better ventilation. No CPU made should hit 90C.

 

[Natural Philosopher]

God I will never forget this moment. I had been playing GTA4 online for weeks and one night I was driving with friend when suddenly some pedestrians were came into view and completely instinctively I started slightly veering the car towards them......I didn't even get out of the lane before catching myself and quite frankly being a little disturbed and scared of the scenario. Needless to say, I thought to myself "...Okay, thats definitely a sign to stop" ^^;

 

[Slangeveld]

You know you have been playing to long when... you start dreaming about the game at night... Minecraft dreams... very odd. (Or as one dream was, Minecraft and Left 4 dead at the same time )

LOL? D: You serious? I had the EXACT thing...

Weirdly enough, It was more focused on creepers/bombers than zombies xD But man was it weird. I even remember a few parts.

 

[The Wykydtron]

After playing alot of L4D2, anyone in a hoodie makes me fumble for a shotgun that isn't there...

And theres the "why can't i climb bulidings?" Phase after playing any AC game

 

[Wolfram23]

I know I've gamed too much when my power bill is $20 more one month to the next...

I know I've gamed a lot when I have game related dreams. Not long ago I dreamed of making a castle in a cave (minecraft) with lava all around it. And there were people there. *shrug*

Also, I know I've been playing too long when I hold me pee so long I don't have to go anymore.

 

[zehydra]

I fell for the old Fallout 3 syndrome were you look at a bobby pin and think you need it for picking locks later.

like this, except whenever I see a medkit attached to a wall, I wonder if there are stimpaks inside.

 

[LewHammer]

I remember once years ago playing MGS2 all day and then leaving my room and my mum was standing there and i thought "Oh shit i've been spotted" and expected to see the 'Alert' thingy appear then quickly realised i was actually back in real life now...

 

[TheSolemnHypnotic]

Music Games= when you look away from the cascading notes to a wall in your house, it appears the paint is moving.
I once woke up to find myself air guitaring in my sleep.
Thumbs move while you sleep (trigger fingers ready).
When you close your eyes you see screenshots.
You lose 10+ lbs during Christmas break because you forgot to eat. (I finally got Among Thieves for Xmas).