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Video Games and Snacking, The Art Of
Idx86
Long days and pleasant nights.Registered User regular
Long days and pleasant nights.Registered User regular
If you are like me (and I hope you are, because that means things are going well for you), you have an exciting and daring appetite for all things food related. Game time is no exception, and no matter how absorbed I get I must still obey the demands of my gastrointestinal overlords.
What types of food and/or beverage do you consume whilst playing games? I have evolved a lot since high school in terms of the food I would eat during gaming sessions.
- In high school, every guy at our LAN party would bring a case of Mountain Dew and nacho cheese Doritos. The room would smell like death after a few hours. But shit, I LIVED on that stuff when I gamed.
I also remember binging on Mike and Ikes for a long time in college. Now I eat Wheat Thins and drink water. Sure is a far cry from my high school days.
What types of food and/or beverage do you consume whilst playing games? I have evolved a lot since high school in terms of the food I would eat during gaming sessions.
- In high school, every guy at our LAN party would bring a case of Mountain Dew and nacho cheese Doritos. The room would smell like death after a few hours. But shit, I LIVED on that stuff when I gamed.
I also remember binging on Mike and Ikes for a long time in college. Now I eat Wheat Thins and drink water. Sure is a far cry from my high school days.
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If I'm doing something that keeps me from noticing how much I've eaten? Double bad.
I don't snack. Especially not while gaming.
Fruit (Kiwi, Banana and Apple mostly)
Cereal (Fruit and Fiber)
Leftovers (whenever I cook, I intentionally make too much so there is leftovers for when I am hungry)
Drinks -
Ribena (light, because I drink far too much of the stuff)
Water
And if I am feeling unlazy, I make Lemon/Orange juice. Pint glass + Juice of one lemon and one orange + top up with water.
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In stunning contrast my snacking would consist of
Pringles
McCoys (Flame Grilled Steak of course)
Kit Kats. I open them all before I eat and put like 20 'fingers' in a bowl and eat them all.
Drinks?
Pepsi, Coke, anything carbonated.
Sometimes water.
Often beer.
And yet I only weigh just over 12st for someone 6ft 1.
Wine, Red or Rosémon mostly.
Koppaberg pear Cidre
Magners or Bullmers.
Christ that makes me sound like a hambeast. I'm totally not a fatty guys.
For someone from manchester you seem to have a fucking high class taste.
colour me perplexed.
Then I snack all the time
Lately though i've found myself munching on frosted mini wheats and a glass of milk...mmm
Beer is not a "snack." It's a meal, and don't you forget it!
I'll have some sort of beverage while I play, but unless it's a really slow game, I don't eat at all -- that involves putting my controller down, and why would I do that? And if you do decide to eat while gaming at my house, I'm dropping some Wet-Naps knowledge on y'all because I'll be damned if you grease up my Rock Band controllers with your Cheeto-stained digits.
Nowadays? Water. Occasionally some peanuts, or triscuit or something.
EDIT: haha, crafted this post while only 4 were still showing up. Beer. That's a snack too. Right now we're working on a case of Boulevard Bob's 47 we got for dirt cheap from our local liquor proprietor.
I do drink, usually water or coffee. But, then again, that's what I usually drink anyway. I don't have weird, video game related food habits. I don't really understand that.
So...after reading that, I did cut up an apple, get some brie and crackers out for Murder on the Orient Express but I never really eat and game.
And I drink water. Unless, of course, I'm having an adult beverage for the distinguished gentleman.
I find RPG's are the best things to snack with. There's a lot of downtime and if you have a lot of snacks and drinks I find it really easy to get absorbed for a long time.
Despite all the junk food and crap I eat I am the farthest away from fat you can possibly get. I'm fucking tiny.
You don't even need to game, you just need to eat it.
Now.
I guess I'll add to this thread. I only really eat when I'm playing computer. I've found myself more in the habit of stepping away and eating upstairs at the table or our counter instead of at my computer now, since it's more comfortable and allows me to unwind a little better. Food ranges between anything that is edible really.
As far as drinks go, I'll sometimes have a soda (I get free ones at work so I try to stay away from em at home) and will usually have milk or water.
Diet Dr Pepper
Coffee
Water
Food:
Sea Salt Reduced Fat Ruffles. They taste way better than regular Ruffles and you can put your hands on your controller without feeling like you're leaving a trail of grease in your wake.
Apples
Turkey breast/reduced fat Swiss cheese sandwich (if I'm particularly hungry)
Dr. Pepper
Sprite/Sierra Mist
Orange Juice(...?)
Food:
Ramen
BBQ chips
Ice cream
Pears/oranges
I'll eat almost anything at my PC or console.
I don't drink anymore whilst playing games because it just makes me get worse and worse at them, then I drink more and more trying to get the 'buzz' back so i'm in the zone again.
Then I get slaughtered and end up with a hangover or insulting my ex girlfriend on MSN, or worse, having them come over to my place where I sober up immediately and kick them out again.
I'm surprised that somebody else here has even heard of Scratches.
Anyway, water and possibly apple juice are my 2 main staples, and maybe some fruit. Generally though it's difficult to eat / drink and game at the same time, so snacking usually only really comes into it if I'm watching (or sometimes reading) something instead of gaming.
Lol
Hopefully you are referring to me calling Rosé wine Rosémon, not the fact that I am a borderline alcoholic.
the commissions you get from savvy gamer feed your rabid alcoholism dont they?
Nah, those are going towards his trip to Amsterdam.
this post made me laugh because i remember that other post in that other thread concerning lewiep and amsterdam which still makes me chuckle a few times a day.
I occasionally drink red wine whilst playing. I usually just drink from the bottle however, as I'm rock n roll and it saves me digging out wine glasses.
As for snacks: I don't tend to munch on much while playing unless I'm going for a long haul session, then it's Mccoys or Pringles and maybe some Revels and a large bottle of water or coke.
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