17. Strategic Thoughts
While being subjected to conversation with actual human beings, you retreat inside your own head and instead spend your time making strategies and thinking how you can get even better at your game of choice. Where appropriate, nod like Leo encouragingly to make it look like you at least care slightly.
16. Midnight Madness
Like a trooper, you're there out in the cold, freezing your testicles/mammary glands off in the name of receiving the latest release mere minutes after it is released. Despite the fact that you probably won't get home to half one, exhausted after clubbing away several nerds who tried to jump the queue, you're determine to have the game and play it all night long afterwards. In reality, you'll probably end up asleep, controller in hand before the title screen has even loaded.
15. Backlog Blues
Take a look at your gaming collection. Now count how many of those you haven't actually played/finished. If you've answered more than five, you're playing far too many games and have developed the ability to actually buy so many games there simply isn't enough time in your life (that's entirely devoted to games) to get anywhere near finishing them. But who can pass up buying FIFA 08 for like 25p, right?
14. You Have Everything
You're at the game store, rifling through the second hand games for the umpteenth time that week, silently willing something to appeal. It won't though; since you're a devout follower of games and know what's good and what isn't, you have everything awesome, and all the turds on the shelves will hold no interest for you. Defeated, you retreat from the shop, resolving to try again tomorrow despite the exact same thing will happen.
13. Toasty!
A reasonably common phrase to express happiness at being warm or - occasionally - to describe actual slices of heated bread, the phrase toasty is one you simply can't help reacting to. Without warning you'll immediately shout 'TOASTY!' in a stupid, high-pitched voice whenever someone says the word.
12. Don't Mind Me...
After your mate has discovered you rifling through his missus' knicker draw, your immediate excuse is, naturally, to claim that you were merely searching for potions and discarded treasure. After years of playing RPGs, you are now completely convinced that rifling through your friends and stranger's possessions is more than perfectly acceptable and don't see what the problem is.