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    Using the first time you started gaming as a starting point, what's the longest period of time you've gone without playing a video game?

    I went about a year once when I was working/travelling, a couple of years back. I remember the first time I played a game when I came home, I busted out a 12 hour session on Command and Conquer: Red Alert on the PS1 with a friend using a LINK cable. It was awesome.

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    Maybe a week...? When going hardcore on a writing project or something.

    That's pretty rare though.

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    Uh like... a week or so, when I get my cluster headaches and I can't concentrate or think?

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    Are we not counting like mobile apps? Maybe 2-3 weeks if not? But if so, Terra Battle is my current addiction. Dat Sakaguchi.

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    According to my parents, when I was only 2 years old, they found that I had managed to sneak out of my room, get out the NES, and hook it up to the tv. At that age, I'd play games as often as they let me, and that's never really changed. I'd say the longest I've gone without gaming would be a week, and that was because of going to church camps in high school.

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    Probably a few months.

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    Aside from age 0-6, probably just a few months. In recent times, it's not been uncommon for me to only play maybe a 2-4 hour session about once a month or so, depending on what my life obligations are like at the time.


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    Several months, though I don't remember an exact time. I just know for a while I spent more time role-playing on forums than playing games.

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    About a year after Michael was born

    No wait, who am I kidding

    About 10 months after Michael stopped sleeping all day

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    Probably a month. I'm not exactly sure, I usually game a little bit daily here and there.

    Apparently, I have been declared banished.

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    Studying for the bar exam, so about a month or two. It's in July, so I remember bitterly clicking away during the Steam sale like, "I am going to play the trout out of all these games when this is over..."

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    post-7, I doubt I've ever gone more than two weeks without some sort of game.
    everything is wrapped in gray
    i'm focusing on your image
    can you hear me in the void?

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    Not even a week since about 20 years.

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    >>> Like 3 or 4 months. I was busy doing other stuff.
    >> The black orb glitters ominously... but nothing happens..

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    About 3 or 4 years? I don't think I played a game from about 2006 to 2009?

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