How do you game?

[jh322]

For me it's a late night thing these days. I don't get to game as often as I used to, because I got a new, more demanding job, and so time with my girlfriend has taken precedence over gaming, for those of you still enjoying a lot of free time - make the most of it! But yeah, it's sat at my PC, with a set of really nice headphones, and escaping for a few hours. That's about it I suppose, my only pre-game ritual is checking reddit/the escapist to see if there's anything I might want to get for my next session.

Interesting question...even if it has yielded some really bland answers like mine

 

[DrgoFx]

I have two chairs in my room. One is a stationary dining room chair and the other is a wheel chair. I sit in the wheel chair and I place my food and drinks on the stationary flat chair since it's at the right height. At least that's with console gaming. I also have a custom made controller but I'm not advertising anything. My normal pre-xbox ritual is the following:

Grab a soda bottle.
Make some cheese fries/nachos
Take them snacks to the gaming room, set it all down.
Boot up, see who's online.
Once the game is at the menu, I can have my first fry/nacho. During the loading screen, first sip. Everything from then on is dependent on the game and such.

 

[Necroid_Neko]

I often game in bed due to my weak spine which makes sitting up straight/slouching for too long difficult. I also often watch tv while gaming if I've played the game before/it's not a plot heavy game.

 

[EHKOS]

I have the TV in my room. Very soon to be HD. No room for a chair so I just sit on the end of my bed. If I'm in it for the long haul I usually lay on my stomach with pillows under my chest half way through the session.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

bottom-half naked. because i sit on my left leg. because i tilt my chair.
now the reasoning:
if i wear jeans, then they make those indentations in my legs and cut off just enough blood flow to give me a dead leg and make me plow through my wardrobe when I get up. i sit on my left leg because that way i can use it to balance on my tower and also not put my foot through it. i tilt because i'm weird.

 

[Wyld Fyre]

All my extra income that is not headed for my little girls collage fun goes to my "EPIC MAN CAVE!" I keep an 360, Ps3, WII, and a PC(media server with some gaming power) all in the living room for my family and any guests we may have. But when I have time to sit down and game it is off to the "EPIC MAN CAVE!" I can crank the sound up, keep all my extras like the racing wheel and flight sticks out, swear at people, and I have a fridge in there, and all of the furniture from the old living room set. I got strange lights, all my ThinkGeek crap, and the posters and collectibles that come with special editions out there to. Plus I can keep my Dreamcast and other old systems out there. I work hard and I play harder if I want to crank it up to 11 and get smashed with my friends playing rock band I have the perfect place for that. It may sound like I am boasting and maybe in a way I am, but I love what I have made and the freedom it gives me to let my FREAK/GEEK flag fly.

 

[Kinguendo]

Balls to the wall!

AKA Hardcore... and by hardcore I mean, in a comfortable chair with my quilt wrapped around me and a nice cup of tea so I dont get cold. For tactical reasons, of course.