Balancing game-time with your job

[Bilge_Rat]

in between work, wife, family, friends, dogs, chores, etc., my game playing time is also limited, though I can usually manage a few hours early saturday-sunday morning when the whole house is still asleep (i'm a early riser) although it is usually not that long before my dogs are staring at me to get up and take them for a walk.

I have pretty much drifted away from subsims, more because the market has moved on and the SH series is getting long in the tooth. Lately I have been playing il2 battle of stalingrad and Rise of Flight.

The only subsim I still play on and off is SH4. However, I recently picked up a campaign where I had left off 6+ months ago and am now all in again.

its like riding a bicyle, you dont forget..

[Armistead]

reminds of a FPS I played years ago where we had squad tournaments, usually Friday nights, so no saving or leaving during a match and my wife walking in in sexy outfits........I realized I had become too addicted to the game...

[james_nix]

Luckily I'm single so I have lots of free time (aside from the girlfriend) but I spend more time modding the game than actually playing!

I'm always tweaking, experimenting, start a career, then go back and change something else. I think I am finally getting close to a perfect game for me.

When I first started playing I was obsessive about the game and submarines in general. Then I got burned out and didn't want to look at the game ever again.

Now I'm back in the obsessive stage again!

[Onkel Neal]

I recall playing Command Aces of the Deep while feeding the baby at night.

[Tchocky]

Sometimes I'll chuck the laptop in my bag to play SH3 on breaks.

But strangely, about 90% of my time playing subsims came before I created my account here. Hence the GT lurking

[Eichhörnchen]

I work at home, which is not a good idea when you're surrounded by dozens of shooter games, sims and role-playing sagas (and you think SUB games are long!)

I always marvel at the neatly kept gardens of the retired, but in those particular neighbourhoods I suspect that the odd unkempt one belongs to the gaming/subsim nerd... mine is not always as tidy as it could be either.

I usually continue working into the weekend to make up for all the skiving during the week, although for some reason I much prefer gaming in the evening, whilst my wife is about her hobbies and my boy is in his room doing godnose what.