Weekend Hot Topic: Longest ever gaming session
Readers discuss the longest they’ve ever played a single video game for, and what they did about issues like eating and going to the toilet.
The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Tolly, who asked what’s the longest you’ve ever played a game without any substantial break. Did you purposefully set out to play for that long and if so, what preparations did you make for it?
How long is long varied for each person but the most common reasons for an extra length gaming session were chasing achievements and being alone for the night.
Nerdish decadence The longest I ever did was a little under 30 hours. I started on a Friday evening, playing Bloodborne, and I got so into, while enjoying a surprising amount of success, that play all the night through and ended up going to bed on Saturday at a normal time (well, a bit early to be honest).
I’ve always been a bit a bit of night owl and still play until 3 or 4 in the morning without too much trouble. This time I was so drawn in by the game though that I just couldn’t stop myself. My girlfriend was away for the weekend, so I didn’t have to worry about anyone else, just where I was going to make a break for the toilet because, it being a From game, you can’t pause at any time.
Once I realised the way things were going I found a safe space to stop and organised “dinner”. By which I mean I found every bit of junk food I could in the kitchen and brought it into the living room next to me.
To be honest being a slob like that was kind of a enjoyable and I revelled in the nerdish decadence of it all. I got really far in the game too, broke the back of it, so to speak, and to be honest it’s one of my cherished gaming memories. I’ve never really had the chance to repeat it
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