10 Most Ridiculous Things You Did For Gaming

10. Booking Time Off - Or Calling In Sick - To Play A Game

Let's start with something that is (sort of) forgivable and understandable - pulling a sick-day to play video games. We've all done it at one point. It usually came off the heels of a big release; the months of anticipation and excitement built up to the excruciating point where we couldn't do anything else but play the new Halo or GTA.

It made sense when we did it - we've pre-ordered our copies of the game months in advance, got our mitts on the disc and thought of nothing else but to load it in and start mashing buttons.

But herein lies the problem: It really showed desperation, bordering on a worrying addiction when we called our bosses, sniffing and spluttering down the phone as we unpacked the case. Before we even hung up the phone, we're landing in San Andreas and finding a car or two to steal.

Had we just waited a few hours, we'd have achieved the moral victory - we play games to "play", but before that comes work. Like I said, it's okay, just once. It's likely that a lot of us have learned now that holding back just a little bit makes it all the more worth it.