Games do affect me somewhat..but just at a perceptual level. Only once did I game so much before an exam that my scores dipped. After that I'm more careful and finish studying quickly so I can game for sometime, without affecting my scores
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As regards the perceptual level..well when something goes wrong, my hand automatically goes to the position that would have been occupied by the F9 key (Quickload in Deus Ex and Half Life) if there had been a keyboard in front of me
If I need sumthin' my hand tries to press the F1 key, to bring up the inventory screen (in Deus Ex). After playing games like QIII and UT and MotoGP2, when I'm on the road, I feel like blowing everyone off it (I can actually see them flying off after an RL shot hits them! I can even see the rocket trails...the fire...everything!) and going full speed ahead! After playing Euro 2004, well..even when I start playing another game, I ready my left hand to hit the 'A','D','E' and 'S' keys.
As regards the records:
QIIIA - finished it in 7 hours straight.
Deus Ex - played one level for four-five hours just to try out the various permutations and combinations.
DeusEx- Woke up at 10:00 am. Had my breakfast. Loaded at 11:30 am. Played continuously for 3 hours (not much) had my lunch, came back, played for 4 hours, took a 2 minute break for some coffee, came back and played for another 3.5 hours before my mother dragged me to the dining room. Came back after that to play till 2:00 am.
I don't remember my NFS scores. I sucked at the older cars anyway.
FIFA 2000 - Half-time score - 7-0 (shows why Fifa 2004 is way better)
FIFA 2002 - Half time score - 6-0 (or is it 7-0? I'm not sure)
Euro 2004 - 1-0 and 2-2 are the max I have got
Searched for a way out of the 'nether world' in HL: Blue Shift for two hours! That was more because I was feeling reely sleepy and cldn't see sumthin' lying right b4 my eyes..or rather b4 the camera, and not because it was very complicated.
Nice thread BTW.