a MALE friend once stayed up all night with work the next day just so he could beat his housemate's computer game record by 2 seconds
someone please explain? i like computer games but i struggle to comprehend how someone could like them this much.
(ladyintheradiator, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 0:17, 18 replies)

RE
darn it i must know; did he beat it or not?
What game, what system, what level & what time must I beat???
(rickster999, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 0:37, closed)

Sounds about right...
I'm in the process of playing a driving game on my iPhone at every possible opportunity to set a lap time my father in law can't beat.
Reports from the mother in law are that he's doing the same and has abandoned reading the paper or watching TV until he gets a time he's sure will kill me.
It'll end when we die I suppose.
( difficultchild, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 1:08, closed)

2 whole seconds ?
this dude rocks
(danceswithferrets is leaking sanity, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 2:04, closed)

It's a bloke thing.
I've played RE4 through about 15 times trying to beat my time, get every weapon get through without saving etc.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 31 Dec 2009, 2:30, closed)

I have breasts.
But i will stay up forever til i beat someones score. Then again I don't need to do this often :)
(Just Me being probed by aliens since, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 11:53, closed)

Do you have breasts?
i like breasts
( broadsword now that's fresh, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 4:46, closed)

I like breasts too ;) very much so.

(Just Me being probed by aliens since, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 12:03, closed)

Careful
The statement "I have breasts" is not the same as "I am a woman"
( difficultchild, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 23:54, closed)

It's not about liking a game as such...
It's more about how addictive the game is. I'm not a particular fan of Spore, but it's now half six in the morning and I've been playing it for around the past five hours. It's quite fun, but that's really excessive. I'm at a loss to explain it, really. :(
(idle insomniac enjoys listening to Sigur Rós at stupid hours, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 6:29, closed)

Ooh I know that one...
Nothing like sitting there at 5am with eyes like a panda, a 5o clock shadow and coming to the realisation that you stopped enjoying it around midnight.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 15:10, closed)

Definitely a man thing
basically bragging rights over anything. Doesn't matter how pointless, how trivial, as long as you need to use a little bit of skill or physical strength then the next guy is gonna want to beat it.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 9:24, closed)

Yes
I do not get this either.
( cakelady, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 9:29, closed)

It's not about the game...
It's about WINNING!
(mike.sufc, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 10:00, closed)

men compete with each other...
...we like doing it. And generally the looser doesn't take the loss personally.

I think the difference between men and woman in this area is responsible for 72% of the problems in the workplace.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Thu 31 Dec 2009, 10:21, closed)

I just enjoy it.
Good fun for me I find I do it alot with driving games. Very much so.
(Just Me being probed by aliens since, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 12:12, closed)

^^This
I can't stand having my lap times beaten.
( MatJ LOOK, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 13:11, closed)

:) aye

(Just Me being probed by aliens since, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 13:34, closed)

it's not that the game is good
it's the satisfaction gained by beating your mate's time.
and yes, i'm female.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 17:26, closed)