What do you guys do during loading times?

[The_ModeRazor]

Drink something. I usually always have some form of bottled water/soda/etc. on my desk, so it seems like the logical choice.
Or have a beer.

 

[Calico93]

On any loading screen I'll always start tapping my legs, developing a funky beat and seriously get into it and start moshing .. by the time the games loaded I'll have a headache
Then play the level

Or just stick some music on

 

[SpireOfFire]

wonder what life would be like if i wasnt addicted to video games.

 

[SeriousSquirrel]

Refill my glass of chocolate milk, check my phone for texts, tell my chihuahua she's the best, and stroke my beard

 

[Jenova65]

I tend to sit there cursing BioWare's name for getting rid of elevators for THAT................! :/

 

[Trivun]

I just wait, and oft-times I'm lucky because the game I'm playing has good music, so I listen to that. Fortunately, the games I've recently been replaying either have no loading times (Final Fantasy X and X-2), or have cool music (Halo, Rome: Total War) - Rome is helped by the nuggets of Roman military wisdom at the bottom of the screen too . The only games I really hate the loading screen in are things like Assassin's Creed 2, anyway, and even there you can always just run around to your heart's content (yes, I know, I'm a sad act who finds amusement in the basest of things...).

 

[DRSH1989]

I remember that my ass is broke and that I can't afford a decent gaming PC.

 

[savandicus]

Masturbate.

I do this as well.

You two must only last about 15 seconds to be done before the loading screen finishes, i bet your significant others (Or future significant others) wont be very impressed.

On topic, i generally fiddle with various things that are about my desk. (Take that lack of innuendo in this thread). At the moment i generally shuffle my deck of cards.

 

[Kingshadow6]

I have a slinky I play with. His name is Warren.

 

[Shemming]

I comment to anyone nearby or the Escapist about how bad the loading times are.

 

[Enemy Of The State]

I use L3 and R3 on the PS3 controller to click out little drum beats. Never really noticed it until now.

 

[Antitonic]

Re-read instruction manuals. I'm the only person I know who'll fully read the instructions before playing a game.

 

[RichardThompson]

Quite often they're not that long. But, in fairness, when I played Jax X on the PS3, the stupid thing took half an hour to make a save game.

 

[Kajt]

I surf the web. Windowed mode is awesome when you have 2 monitors.

 

[Deathisgood]

I'm normally listening to my weird sense of music or listening to CoMutiny while i play games mainly FOR the loading screens. http://comutiny.com/ -A gaming podcast

 

[NotSoNimble]

I curse the fact that I am playing a PS3 game. But then again, since I have one, I feel obligated to buy games for it.

I laugh when people say halflife is still a great series.

The ten steps then wait 10 sec to load is the fucking worst thing that any game has made me suffer through in the last 10 years.

I might like the series more if the devs weren't so lazy and out of touch.

I have no desire to argue about this, I know you fanboys think I am being a hater/troll, but I could care less about that. The facts remain that I have no love for the series, so I doubt you can change my mind. Let us just agree to disagree since I know half of you all would kill your parents to say you love the company, no need to argue with me please.

 

[Quid Plura]

When I started playing Dead Rising, I basically read a book, pushed a button, waited for the next loading screen. That game is really full of them.

But mostly, I just wait.