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Phew. It's not every day that I see a genuinely new point. I hadn't considered that, thank you. Other things that don't end: some computer games (but some compu
by ekjhgkejhgk 11mo ago
Phew. It's not every day that I see a genuinely new point. I hadn't considered that, thank you. Other things that don't end: some computer games (but some computer games do), tinkering with computers (but some thing you do with computers do have a definite end), tinkering with the physical world.
- theshrike79 11mo agoRe: Games I literally can't play stuff like Civilization and the like. There's no natural point to stop, so I just keep playing until the sun comes up. "One more turn" Young me was this close to getting fired due to Civ3 being released, I started dozing off at work and playing all evening and night :D In other games there's usually a save point, you hit a difficult boss, or the round ends in multiplayer games - those give a natural point to stop playing.
- DamnInteresting 11mo agoI remember buying The Sims when it came out originally. I started a gaming session that evening, and after a little while I noticed the sun coming in the window. I'd played all night without noticing. Since then, I've given that kind of open-ended game a wide berth. It's a bit disconcerting for a gaming session to achieve flow state.
- theshrike79 11mo agoThis is also how my partner stopped complaining about my late night gaming, the first time I woke up and they were still playing - hadn't stopped all night. "...I get it now" and no complaints from gaming since =)