Poll: Do you starve in long gaming sessions?

[The Lunatic]

I... Eat regularly?

 

[electric_warrior]

The only time when I've really gamed for long periods is when I first played Oblivion and I barely ate for days on end.

When I play Skyrim I may actually die

 

[Jark212]

Sometimes I'll have to make myself take a break and have launch or something, mostly while I'm playing Mass Effect or Assassins Creed...

 

[Gaderael]

When I game for short bursts I usually grab a bite, but when I really get immersed in a game I keep telling myself thatI have to eat something, but always say, just five more minutes. This can go on for hours. Luckily, I don't really do that often.

 

[Flutterguy]

Well I've gone about 2 1/2 days without eating and just gaming/sleeping in a long weekend. I more or less don't notice when I got hungry and by the time I had hunger pains I had woken up with an hour to go into work and had a cup of yogurt before i went in.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I tend not to game for long, it's more like blocks, when i play for a few hours, have a break for 30-60 minutes and then back in for a couple more if I feel like it.

That's pretty much my habit as well. Plus, I try not to eat stuff at my desk. It leaves crumbs or some other type of mess.

 

[The Heik]

Or do you eat lots and lots of food?

I tend to be the one who never eats or drinks but I have friends who eat tons of doritos and engorge themselves with soda and stuff.

I eat in the breaks (ie map intermissions, cutscenes). Because trying to scarf down food whilst playing is just going to lead to me choking on something or getting the hiccups.

 

[Scizophrenic Llama]

If I'm REALLY into a game I just won't notice when I am starting to get hungry and won't really notice until my stomach is like, "FEED ME ************." Then there is also considering if it's singleplayer or multiplayer. Singleplayer I'll pause unless I'm at a really intense point or the obligatory cutscene that you can't pause on. Multiplayer I wait it out until a lobby occurs and run to the kitchen.

Although that doesn't happen too often.

 

[thetruefallen]

I play games for however long i can until an outside interruption distracts me, if i don't have a snack/drink/smoke with me then my max game time is about 3 hours before i need refresh. I rarely get more than 3 hours in a row to dedicate to gaming anyway

 

[MorsePacific]

I can't eat during a game. Makes it way too difficult to handle a controller. However, it's rare for me to have really long gaming sessions because, well, I do have other things I also want to do. If I do happen to be playing for a few hours, I'll take a break whenever I need a drink and if I'm hungry I'll have something to eat.

 

[Irriduccibilli]

I have often getting so absorbed into a games atmosphere that I completely forget to cook some food. An example of this was 3 weeks ago where I where replaying MGS4. I got so absorbed into the game that I had a 7 hour long gaming session starting from 16:00 to 23:00, so I didnt eat anything that day... but the breakfest the day after on the other hand...

 

[Dogstile]

I've got a drink next to me at all times and if I feel a slight nagging to eat, usually i'll ignore it as i'm trying to lose even more weight anyway.

If it gets to a point of it actually bothering me though, i'll pause it and go eat.

 

[UlytimateDestruction]

when playing games, it's like my body is in suspended animation. not only do I not get hungry, I don't get tired, I don't have to go to the bathroom, and I stop aging as well.

that last one was a joke, by the way, but everything else is true.

And I thought I was the only one. Basically what this guy just said and I normally get to play videogames for a total of 8 hours per day with school in-between and sleep aswell.

 

[jpoon]

I eat pretty much on a normal schedule, if I need to eat some dinner...thats what I do. I'm not going to starve myself to just eek out another level.

 

[Duck Sandwich]

I can't stand sitting down for longer than 3-4 hours straight. Once I had a session of Starcraft 2 with a friend where I had to take a break every 2-3 matches to use the toilet (I almost always have a big glass of water with me when I'm at the computer). And after about 3 hours, I went for a walk and then made myself something to eat afterwards.

 

[SilentCom]

I typically don't have too many long gaming sessions but if I find myself playing a lot, I also have lots of breaks. During these breaks I may stretch, go to the bathroom, and eat/drink. I typically don't like eating or drinking anything when I'm gaming because it can be distracting and messy.

 

[martin's a madman]

I play a lot of Starcraft 2, so I don't have a chance to eat while playing that.

I also play TF2 a lot, and inbetween games I can eat a little. (some chips, which I don't like eating that much because they're greasy, and I prefer eating healthy).

Apples and bottles of water are my favourite gaming snacks; I can quickly take a bite and put it back down, and then have some apple too.

 

[FalloutJack]

No, I eat regularly.