Do you keep track of how much time you spend playing games?

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Do you keep track of how much time you spend playing games?

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Since I installed Xfire I've been impressed. Not with the matchmaking or IM services. I've been impressed with the way it tracks how much time I've spent playing a particular game this week and for all time.

I'm hooked. For some reason I want to do this in all games, even when I play Might and Magic III. Does anyone else keep track of how much time you spend playing games? If so, how do you do it? Paper and pen? Xfire? Is there some other tool besides Xfire that will keep track?
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I don't keep track per se. But when the dirt and debris around the house gets too high, I know it's time to take a break.

Apologies to Dirt and Debris. :)
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Huh, who knew that Dirt and Debris were such stoners. Let alone mooching off of BD like that. For shame.
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Post by Ridah »

I only keep track because of Xfire, its kept a record of how many hours I've put into DS2 and Psychonauts in the past few weeks.
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If I knew how much time I spent playing games, I would be severely disgusted with myself and become depressed. Ignorance as they say is bliss!
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Bad Demographic wrote:I don't keep track per se. But when the dirt and debris around the house gets too high, I know it's time to take a break.

Apologies to Dirt and Debris. :)
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Post by Jeff V »

I do have the data on hand for the last six months:

September: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes.
August: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes.
July: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes.
June: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes.
May: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes.
April: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes.
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Post by Zarathud »

Many of us would be truly disturbed by how much time we spend in this forum -- and by how it crowds out computer gaming time.

I need a personal timer or stopwatch, for both personal and professional use.
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Why would I possibly want to give my wife more ammo? :D
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vino wrote:If I knew how much time I spent playing games, I would be severely disgusted with myself and become depressed. Ignorance as they say is bliss!
+1... no, wait! I'm not going to start doing that. It's stupid. Seriously, everyone: stop doing that.

"I agree."

Though not having the pitiful statistics at my fingertips doesn't allow me to hate myself any less. In the amount of time I spent playing World of Warcraft from last September to March, I'm moderately certain I could have developed the cure for cancer.
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Zarathud wrote:Many of us would be truly disturbed by how much time we spend in this forum -- and by how it crowds out computer gaming time.
+1. I mean, "amen to that." I don't start a game unless I have at least a couple of hours free...whereas I can pop onto the forums for "a few minutes" at any time.
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Ironrod wrote:
Zarathud wrote:Many of us would be truly disturbed by how much time we spend in this forum -- and by how it crowds out computer gaming time.
+1. I mean, "amen to that." I don't start a game unless I have at least a couple of hours free...whereas I can pop onto the forums for "a few minutes" at any time.
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I would but that would actually take time from playing games.
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No. I don't pay attention to the time when I'm having fun.
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Post by tals »

Yeah I like its time tracking - I wish they could add in a way (would be relatively simple) of custom adding games rather than waiting for the devs to add them.

It's great advantage is being able to hook up with friends when you see them in game however.

They're steadily improving it - now has a grouping option, a simple voice chat ability and a group chat option - still not at MSN levels but suffices and on my game machine it tends to be the app that is always running.

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