to the point something major was sacrificed or it came close to being sacrificed?

For instance, with me there were a few things:
1. In highschool, thanks to counterstrike I had a terrible attendance record which ALMOST caused trouble with me graduating on time (I know, dumb -- but I was young and stupid at the time).
2. I had a significant other dump me for not setting priorities straight (see above). This had to do with one of the many RPGs I was playing at the time...

And what was the longest?

I'd say pretty close to 9 hours (without bathroom/eating breaks). When I got up, I fell since my vision kinda blurred for a moment...

Haha, this was back in the day for me, but you get the idea.

This is almost embarassing at the same time, but it did happen...

Dune for the sega genesis. I remember playing that game 6 hours a day for almost a year.

marble blaster gold

I don't know why I just can't stop playing

Probably the multi player for the original Halo.

I abandoned my real-life friends to play with the kids I met online. I started a clan with those kids and thats all I ever did. For like, A YEAR.

That was like, 5 years ago and I still talk to one of the kids to this day. I met him when he was in 8th grade and he just graduated high school! Sometimes I trip out on that shit.

Well Although I play Halo 3/COD4 online alot on weekends and Oblivion single player has had me log in many many hours, surprisingly the game that almost sacrificed a passing exam mark was MVP baseball 2005 for PSP. After spending hours upon hours making and trading to get the rosters right I then started a new season and won the world series (I simualted up to the last 2 months) with the Blue Jays (I man can dream?) leaving me with only 1 hour of sleep and no studying done for the exam.

I play an absurd amount of games. Right now I'm on a TF2 binge, but soon I'm doing a HL2 (+Episodes?) speedrun using god/buddha so it'll be quicker. I'm going to attempt to do it straight, in 12 or less hours. Prolly with some bathroom breaks.

I get very deeply into Oblivion. Like, days-at-a-time immersed. I'm not sure what it is, but I hate my roommate for introducing me to it the week before midterms last semester.

Earthbound. I played that game for years, 6 of them I think.

Kovash86:
Earthbound. I played that game for years, 6 of them I think.

Thats another game I was really hardcore into, until I kept dieing fighting Gigyus because I was too dumb to figure out you need to pray again after the failed pray.

I got 100% completion on oblivion and even if it was 100 hours I could have spent outside with real people Im still very proud of myself

Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time. I had never talked about a game for a week straight before.

crimson5pheonix:
The original Pokemon games. I used to be able to recite all 151 Pokemon in about 2 minutes off the top of my head.

Okay Go! (joking)

Usually, when I get a new game, I've the type that has to finish it as soon as possible... but I always study for tests and things if I need to. Gaming is a passion that happens after other priorities.

I was addicted to WoW, but my subs ran out and I couldn't be arsed to pay again

but over half term (no-one to tell me to get off the computer, my parents were away) I finished HL2+EPs. 36 hours gametime from monday 7pm til sunday 11am.

Lord of the Rings Online. Prior to playing it, I had taken a personal vow that I was finished with MMO's. Forever.

But then I downloaded the LOTRO free trial out of curiosity. I was hooked immediately. I bought the game and went so far as to upgrade my sound card, video card, and power supply. I bought windows vista to take advantage of DirectX 10. That totalled about 700 bucks right there. But then two months later, I decided to take advantage of the special holiday pricing and forked over another 200 dollars for a lifetime membership.

So that's about it. 900 bucks for LOTRO, and I'm still quite addicted.

Before it caught the Retard virus, Gunbound was so addictive I stopped going to school and played it four hours on end, neglecting sleep and studying... And often food too.

I bought the Orange Box when it came out and I still can't finish the day without an hour or two of TF2.

The Lumines HD demo.

I don't get it. They're falling blocks. It's a puzzle game. The music is repetitive. So WHY can't I STOP?

Somehow i seem to have a brain implant that prevents me from becoming too addicted because after 3 or 4 hours (max, if it's a really good game) of playing a game i get bored to death by it for at least half a day, regardless of what this game is.

As such, i consider the games that make me play beyond that time...wich would be the GTA Series (on GTA IV i spend 30 hours pure playtime in the first week...yeah thats much for me), the Guitar Hero Series, the Burnout Series and Rockband.

I've actually been addicted to several games over the years...

I used to be incredibly addicted to MUDs, text-based role-play games... so much so my school suffered... then I was addicted to Age of Empires, not so much addicted as such I just kept playing it... I would try other games but always went back to Age of Kings...

That was probably the last major game I was addicted to... I have had very large cravings for Shadowrun but because I'm forced to stop playing it due to no internet connection I'm not fully addicted to it... but when it first came out I played it nonstop for a couple months, racked up some 600-700 games in a very short amount of time...

Dance Dance Revolution

I played regularly for about four years and had a $5/day habit of it for a few months. I enjoyed it, but part of the reason it became an addiction was because I was losing weight, fast. I dropped 40lbs on that machine. As I got thinner, more agile, and more toned, I also got better at the harder songs and it spiraled from there. Unfortunately, I played it to the point of neglecting my non-DDR friends. I don't play anymore, for lack of a good arcade, but I still think about it a lot.

Addictive for fucks sake.

World of Warcraft. I can't say any other game has managed to hold my attention for as long as WoW. I am far too afraid to type /played.

Starfox 64.

It's been 11 years now and I'm still trying to break 2000kills in one play through.

JaguarWong:
Addictive for fucks sake.

THANK YOU!

I would have to say Oblivion too.... my save game file is sitting at 184 hours. And I still haven't finished Shivering Isles.

MGS4 online, or Iwbtg

Morrowind was a massive timesink a couple of years ago. Almost forgot about the outside world. I think between the different character I created, I easily spent about 400 hours or so on it. Then I got Bloodmoon and Tribunal...

MGS1. I play it every few months since its release from beginning to end. I think I'm at 52 playthroughs. And I have a little ritual on christmas night: I watch the theater mode every year.

Guitar hero series. From guitar hero 1 in a game store, to beating Jordan on expert was a journey far to long.

Tetris but that was addictive for my mother and I. When I was younger we would sit and play Tetris for hours and hours everyday.
Mind you even Tetris' addictiveness could not stop me from watch the Conan cartoon the moment it was suppose to start.

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 for the PSP. 300+ hours and still going.

Civ, Master of Orion, Xcom. All three interfered with other aspects of my life with their insistant need to be played. Since then, I've been careful about gameplay... and, looking at those titles, it looks like the death of Microprose is helping me stay on the wagon.

-- Steve

Madden 2004. PS2. No other Madden game can compete with that. I rented '07 once to try it out and brought it back the same day to continue playing 2004. But recently, I've been playing a lot of THAW.