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Americans will spend more time gaming this year - 75 hours on average - than watching rented movies, according to Fortune magazine.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...?from=storyrhs
75 hours? A) Where'd that number come from and B) what a bunch of wusses. That's a through playthrough of an RPG for me.
Stupid average Americans with their social lives and non-gaming interests. I mock them, mock them for the lightweights they are! :)
James
Rented movies? Shit, I barely watch the crap they churn out at any point. Add a zero or two and they'll be right in my case.
My wife has been watching an excessive amount of rental movies recently, but I still kick her ass in hours wasted playing games.
Wasted hours? While gaming? Proposterous! The real chumps are out mingling with the opposite sex or furthering their careers.
I'd rather be wasting time playing videogames than wasting time on a "shopping date" with some broad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny
videogames > shoe stores
Zerodash is right. And as goes "rented movies" I haven't rented or seen, save a movie or two, anything. Besides, most of the time i'd rather just buy the DVD or game instead of renting it, it's only a couple bucks more anyway.
75 HOURS A YEAR??
That's hilarious. That ain't shit. Amateurs indeed.
America, stop wasting time watching crap TV and paying $9 for an average 1hr30min movie.
Yeah, it'd be more economical to pay $50 for a 7 hour game like PoP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
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Burned by RedCo... *kills self*
I can't sit through a movie without popcorn and a drink. That vaults the total price of a movie to $17 -- not to mention that I'm usually obliged to bring my wife along as well.
In the cost/time-benefit analysis, videogames win handily over movies, and just about everything else, too. Pathetic perhaps, but I'm ok with it.
75 hours? I spend more than that on SWG in two weeks!
Now what is the first of the 12 steps again? :sweat:
Playing more games. That's what everyone tells me, and I turned out OK.
I'm assuming that's abit of an exageration, but seriously, how do you find the time to spend 20+ hours a week on gaming?! I probably spend about 4-5 hours a week and that's enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
Although I now realise why I'm finding Ikaruga difficult compared to some folks.
I have little spare time, but I MAKE the time for videogames. 1 hour a day monday-thursday. 2 hours a day Saturday and Sunday (friday is reserved for drinking and girls). 8 hours a week minimum is just fine for me.
I watch little to no TV. I make time to play videogames every day, at least 2 hours, even when I'm really busy. 75 hours a year is a joke...wow. Every member on TNL can do that in a week easy.
Well, that was a good article. But yea, I spend anywhere from 8 to 20 hours a week on gaming. If I am lucky I can squeeze in about 24 hours on a weekend alone, but that is a rare event now a days. Like Sunday I was up at 9 and playing either Culdcept, Pop'N Music, or GGXX untill about 12am (midnight). That was great, haven't gotten to do that in a while.
Also, I know that I play way more than the average gamer, but less than a hardcore gamer does.
-Regards
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Originally Posted by DjRocca
I think I'm running at 75 hours a month myself, which seems a might high, but like a crack addict or a sex fiend my urges can not be denied.