Entertainment/Gaming Consoles

Metal Gear Solid is really great the first 10 times around. What's awesome about it is that it consumes you. It sucks you in. Watch the cut scenes. Every single one of them. The first time, anyway. Try different things. There are a lot of things to figure out. What's better, it's actually challenging.

Now... if I skip the cut scenes, I can beat it in probably 3-4 hours... but that's a really quick run through, doing nothing extra, and it definitely is a waste of the game.

When I first started playing it back in early 2000, it had me drawn in for probably 2 weeks straight. That's how long it took me to beat it the first time (and *really* beat it). After that, there's lots of reasons to go back and beat it again - the stealth suit, the bandana... submit to the torture... don't submit to the torture... it's all good.

As for longer games that take 3-5 months at 4-8 hours a day... I simply don't have the time. Full time woman, full time job, part time Quake... and I actually find time to sleep in there.