Modern video games boast longer and longer playtimes - but does the idea of spending hundreds of hours on a game make you feel excited, or exhausted? In the winter of 1996, I almost lost my job because of the acclaimed management sim Civilization II. I was supposed to be reviewing it for the video game magazine Edge, where I was a fledgling staff writer. But I got so hooked, playing it was all I did for three weeks. During that period I ate, slept and drank Civilization II. At the end, I handed ...
Modern video games boast longer and longer playtimes - but does the idea of spending hundreds of hours on a game make you feel excited, or exhausted? In the winter of 1996, I almost lost my job because of the acclaimed management sim Civilization II. I was supposed to be reviewing it for the video game magazine Edge, where I was a fledgling staff writer. But I got so hooked, playing it was all I did for three weeks. During that period I ate, slept and drank Civilization II. At the end, I handed ...
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