I literally can't play stuff like Civilization and the like. There's no natural point to stop, so I just keep playing until the sun comes up. "One more turn"
Young me was this close to getting fired due to Civ3 being released, I started dozing off at work and playing all evening and night :D
In other games there's usually a save point, you hit a difficult boss, or the round ends in multiplayer games - those give a natural point to stop playing.
I remember buying The Sims when it came out originally. I started a gaming session that evening, and after a little while I noticed the sun coming in the window. I'd played all night without noticing. Since then, I've given that kind of open-ended game a wide berth. It's a bit disconcerting for a gaming session to achieve flow state.
This is also how my partner stopped complaining about my late night gaming, the first time I woke up and they were still playing - hadn't stopped all night.
"...I get it now" and no complaints from gaming since =)
I literally can't play stuff like Civilization and the like. There's no natural point to stop, so I just keep playing until the sun comes up. "One more turn"
Young me was this close to getting fired due to Civ3 being released, I started dozing off at work and playing all evening and night :D
In other games there's usually a save point, you hit a difficult boss, or the round ends in multiplayer games - those give a natural point to stop playing.