How much time are you spending on GAMES per week

[Flash]

I'm currently reading this book "Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World".
The author talks about 'How certain GOOD games boost our +ve reactions and how it can be applied to the real world to score high'.

As per the book,

A typical gamer spend 1-2 hrs a day.
An average gamer spend somewhat between the typical & hardcore.
A Hardcore gamer spends 20hrs a week and
An Extreme gamer spends >40hrs a week.

All the above data is from the gamers of UK,US,France,Germany and China.

So, i just want to know/discuss about your gaming habits here.
I hope this thread will act as CHECK for people, who spend HIGH hours on gaming rather doing 'what's necessary for their life'.

Let me start with mine.

I spend around 15hrs a week.

PS - I'm not against GAMERS, coz i'm a GAMER too.

---

I cant find a thread like this in TDF. If it is duplicate, it can be closed.

 

[Zangetsu]

The author talks about 'How certain GOOD games boost our +ve reactions and how it can be applied to the real world to score high'.

I agree

I spend 17~18 hrs per week

 

[furious_gamer]

I spend 10~12 hours a week.

 

[RCuber]

2-3 hrs or about 3-4 rounds of BF3 Per Day.. I miss only once or twice in a month .

EDIT: the time spent on gaming will increase with newly launched games or you are playing a game which you never played before..

this happened to me when I bought Portal II and Arkham City.

 

[gameranand]

21+ hours per week for sure, even if exams are going on.

 

[ganeshnokiae63]

^^me too
i game 2hrs in weekdays and 4hrs in weekends total of 18 hrs a day

 

[coderunknown]

23-25hrs.

 

[SunnyGamingHD2]

5-7 Hrs per week, if the game is Kickass then +15

 

[Flash]

^^me too
i game 2hrs in weekdays and 4hrs in weekends total of 18 hrs a day

Perhaps, 18hrs a week?

 

[ganeshnokiae63]

Perhaps, 18hrs a week?

yes, even sometimes i game 6 hrs without food & water and after finishing it "i go to p!$$"
i bet all gamers did the same as me

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

well i spend 38 hours a week
5 hours on weekdays 7 hours on weekends

 

[theserpent]

Lowest here
maybe 2-6 hours/week or even 1/week.
No mood to game.
In holidays it used to be
6-8 hours of TF2 /DAY

 

[arijitsinha]

2-3 hrs in weekdays and weekend 10-12 hrs.. I dont sleep at all at weekends .

Statistics nearly 350 hrs of only dota2 in 3 months

 

[gameranand]

Well when I am in college then I get less time but previously I use to play like 10 hrs a day. But now its around 3 hrs a day.

 

[ithehappy]

All my gaming hunger pops up just before bed, which affects my sleep badly. Just yesterday I woke up at 3 to play

 

[Flash]

well i spend 38 hours a week
5 hours on weekdays 7 hours on weekends

That's awesome, as well as worrisome. Weekend-gaming is somewhat acceptable, as they're happening on leisure days.
No hard feelings, dude. But, 5hrs on weekdays should be controlled IMO.
Are you in 'Game testing' department?

yes, even sometimes i game 6 hrs without food & water and after finishing it "i go to p!$$"
i bet all gamers did the same as me

Surely. Thats why i use 'PAUSE' menu

Lowest here
maybe 2-6 hours/week or even 1/week.
No mood to game.
In holidays it used to be
6-8 hours of TF2 /DAY

Thats not bad, dude. I just wanna know about the gaming habits, especially indians after seeing those data.

All my gaming hunger pops up just before bed, which affects my sleep badly. Just yesterday I woke up at 3 to play

Ooooh! I'm also losing my sleep in night coz of ~1hr gaming per day.
But, waking 3 for gaming is a way to addiction i guess.

21+ hours per week for sure, even if exams are going on.

Have you ever felt the scene from game, when writing examinations? That too when you're blinking after seeing the question that you left thinking it wont come?

 

[sharang.d]

<1 hour a day

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

That's awesome, as well as worrisome. Weekend-gaming is somewhat acceptable, as they're happening on leisure days.
No hard feelings, dude. But, 5hrs on weekdays should be controlled IMO.
Are you in 'Game testing' department?

i forgot to mention the "five hours a day" applies to new games or i get the urge to play a particular game(DMC4 7 hrs flat survival mode one day) normally its 2-3 hrs a day and 1hr two weeks before exam

Are you in 'Game testing' department?

hey i am a "student" right now but that does seem like a viable "career" option

 

[gameranand]

@ ithehappy
I have also wasted countless night and going to sleep when world awakes.

@ Gearbox
Yeah sometimes.

 

[iittopper]

@ ithehappy
I have also wasted countless night and going to sleep when world awakes.

@ Gearbox
Yeah sometimes.

18 hours per week . I am the person who have heard million times from parents , family and friend to leave gaming and focus more on study otherwise you cant crack iit . Well i prove them wrong .