What do you do while you game?

[Spineyguy]

In loading times, which is quite long for me because my computer sucks, I like to paint or watch TV. During the game I like to complain into my mike about people's mic-spam or whine about people's epic sniper skills.

 

[Halfbreed13]

Music. Nothing like going on a rampage in CoD4 with Shinedown in the background xD

 

[hopeneverdies]

Eat bowls of ice cream and other assorted junk food, listen to my music playlist, watch my music go by in Audiosurf's freeride stylizer. Yeah I am totally out there while gaming

 

[neuromasser]

I press buttons :/

I think about stuff, except if it's story-driven game.

 

[Snotnarok]

I don't do any thing to distract me from owning some n00bs.
Off Topic: I really hate it when people listen to music on games with an open mic. Sure you can mute them while in game but in the lobby you have to listen to their crappy music.

That happens more often than it should in Team Fortress 2, I'm always muting some jackass. Who wants to hear distorted Paparoach?

 

[Metalchair]

eat and drink soda pop... or oj

 

[MiserableOldGit]

I don't do any thing to distract me from owning some n00bs.
Off Topic: I really hate it when people listen to music on games with an open mic. Sure you can mute them while in game but in the lobby you have to listen to their crappy music.

The main offenders are those tone deaf pillocks that insist on singing at you down the mike. Some people will stoop to anything to get the opposition to quit.

Personally I like to smoke copius amounts of, er, tobacco and drink lots of tea while I play- which is why I hate context sensitive cut scenes. Just when you think its safe to have a crafty toke and a slurp of your cuppa some 'press X to not die' nonsense comes out of the woodwork, and I have to actually pay attention while whatever I'm playing gets its piss poor attempt at storytelling out its system

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

Playing an online game, FPS mostly: Music playing from the PC next to me.
Playing any single player or any game that has important sound/dialogue: Crank the surround sound, no music.

 

[Aura Guardian]

Play my DS(usually pokemon) While on TF2 a lot.

 

[RyQ_TMC]

With some games, I keep them on windowed and chat over IM... Very often I Skype with my best friend, but we usually play coop, so that probably doesn't count...

Oh, here's one: not really a habit per se, but during a looong boring cinematic (or long WoW flights) I would sometimes use the time to cut my finger/toenails.