What do you guys do during loading times?

[Lordmarkus]

Scratch my nose?

I don't know about some of the other people in this thread, but my computer doesn't run on coal.

Exact my thoughts. If you have a computer that loads Half-Life 2 in more than 5-10 seconds then just stop, sell your computer on e-bay or something becasue your shit.[footnote]Nothing serious, just want to see how many that gets the reference[/footnote]

 

[Hazzaslagga]

I play guitar that i keep nearby just for such occasions.

 

[Aesir23]

Just sit and wait for it to load. There's not enough time to do anything else besides get a drink.

 

[robodukky]

During the loading times I twiddle my thumbs just for a bit.

 

[Kekon3]

I go to the forums and ask what people do during loading times.

 

[David_G]

I've got a pretty bitchin' PC, so games usually take only a few seconds to load up, even Mass Effect's elevator rides went by fast for me. Though, Dragon Age's loading screens got longer and longer during the time I played it. By the time I knew about the memory leak problem I'd already finished the game.

 

[SkoopMaster]

back in the day when I sat in front of the living room TV (it was HUGE)with my PSX I would just roll around on the floor.

Now I just sit up side down if it takes that long.

 

[PatrickXD]

I tap the right and left triggers in tune with the loading song (If there is any) Otherwise, I take a nice long drink from my coffee.

 

[xbrandon]

crash back to cruel reality, close my eyes for a bit and look outside the window for a change

 

[Kortney]

I sing.

 

[Jfswift]

I usually come here to burn some time or watch stuff on youtube. Either that or I go on a snack run to the kitchen (this is important).

 

[IBlackKiteI]

Sometimes I look at the games box slowly phoenetically pronoucing every word I see verrry sloooowly.

Or I will just hum Seven Nation Army really really loud.

 

[The Gawaine]

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

YOu are amazing.

Ot: For the ones that take a while, I do stuff on my compter (my compter shuts down if I play games on it for more than 2 hours straight so sad.)

 

[Lord Kodous]

Read some of the book I'm reading at the time.

 

[Miffmoff]

flick through a magazine or hum tunelessly to myself

 

[JoshGod]

go to the bathroom. get food/drink! stroke a cat. wait. sometimes i read what is on the screen if the game is something like oblivion. look at the image on the screen and grow to hate it.

 

[Hateren47]

What load times? I can barely light a cigarette before the next level/round starts.

 

[joshuaayt]

Takes me about 20 seconds for any source game, so I can usually wait. My benchmark for annoyance is the amount of time it takes fallout 3 go from the first slide to the start menu slide. I actually had it written on my wall for a while, wonder where it went...

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Cheydinhal...

I keep a magazine beside me for when I play Oblivion and have to wait for that wretched city to load.

Bethesda, please let us fast travel to indoor locations in your next game, it would save us from all that endless loading.