How long can you sit and play a game for without a break?

[nupoile]

The longest I can sit and play is completely a function of me thinking I should be doing something productive. I haven't played games too much recently but when I do I can only go for an hour or so before I need to get up and work on something. If I was taking time off or didn't have a regular job and really got into a game I suppose I could go for 6-8 hours besides snacks and gentlemen's room breaks.

[Zagnorch]

What's with this "sitting" nonsense?

Real gamers play standing up... ya buncha weak-legged sissy-marys.

On a more serious note: it usually depends on what size Big Gulp I have on hand while I'm playing. Could be as long as two hours, or as little as fifteen minutes.

If it's a fave FPS, I can usually play for about 90 minutes before nausea sets in.

Back in my teens, I could go for about four hours straight.

[Sirgin]

Not more than 2-3 hours realistically, unless I'm very much into a game then it can be a bit more.

[bombatomba]

What's with this "sitting" nonsense?
Real gamers play standing up... ya buncha weak-legged sissy-marys.

But how can you just stand?  If I stood while playing I would feel obligated to shout compulsively (WOOO! WOOOO! WHOOOO!), dance, and give the goat (which is how I act while playing my MAME arcade cabinet)

My seven-year-old hops around the room like a jackrabbit while playing on the 360.  Not sure how he can, but he whoops my butt in Plants Versus Zombies whilst doing this.

[GameboyGeek]

I've been known to sit for extended hours along 7-8 hours when I was younger, but now that I am older and hairier the hair on the back of my legs and ass hurt after sitting for a while. I have to move and do something else in an hour usually.

[raffa1985]

Not more than 1-2 hours (unless something really good get me stuck on the couch), but back in 1998 i spent up to 8 hours without getting a break with Ocarina of Time completing the Fire Temple and the Water Temple in a sequence.  I was really nauseous after it, i almost puked on the controller. Never did it again.

[Cryptid Collector]

Sometimes I get up at 5AM and play straight until around 10AM.  My longest was probably a straight through speed-run of RE4 clocked in around 6-7 hours though.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

For some reason the more booze I have the lower my score gets.

I thought this was law. But there are exceptions. I very vaguely remember being completely trashed and completely dominating a match of Halo 3 with like 35 kills.

Most of the time its really sloppy and running around and getting like 3. Or playing a game that would be easier sober and doing terribly.

I was way better at WoW when I was wasted. I posted my best dps when I was blacked out, not even joking.

[gamer2112]

On a more serious note: it usually depends on what size Big Gulp I have on hand while I'm playing. Could be as long as two hours, or as little as fifteen minutes.

These large size soda drinks were banned here in NYC, so I switched to beer.
Gaming sessions got shorter...obviously.

[blcklblskt]

What's with this "sitting" nonsense?
Real gamers play standing up... ya buncha weak-legged sissy-marys.

But how can you just stand?  If I stood while playing I would feel obligated to shout compulsively (WOOO! WOOOO! WHOOOO!), dance, and give the goat (which is how I act while playing my MAME arcade cabinet)

My seven-year-old hops around the room like a jackrabbit while playing on the 360.  Not sure how he can, but he whoops my butt in Plants Versus Zombies whilst doing this.

You should have seen me when I used to play Guitar Hero/Rock Band.  I couldn't just stand, I had to jump around and move. 

[Slowman]

Normally I go for 2-3 hours in one sitting and this happens maybe once or twice a week. 

I really only marathon game when my brother comes over to visit.  I have my flat screen/new consoles and CRT/old consoles set up in the same room so he played Skyrim on 360 while I played Chrono Trigger on SNES start to finish, so about 18-20 hours.

[Crabmaster2000]

Normally I go for 2-3 hours in one sitting and this happens maybe once or twice a week. 

I really only marathon game when my brother comes over to visit.  I have my flat screen/new consoles and CRT/old consoles set up in the same room so he played Skyrim on 360 while I played Chrono Trigger on SNES start to finish, so about 18-20 hours.

That is a pretty wicked gaming session if I do say so!