THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Shaka Khan on March 26, 2013, 01:51:34 AM

Title: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Shaka Khan on March 26, 2013, 01:51:34 AM
Instead of drifting to something on my iPad's Netflix like I usually do, I slept to a 90 minute video of someone playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It felt so good, yet so dirty to sleep to some old school tunes and random moving colors (though I woke up with the weirdest desire to yiff).

Can anyone relate?

Also, does anyone have a similar suggestion, of something old and nice sounding?
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: pilonv1 on March 26, 2013, 04:34:30 AM
I usually stream some stuff on twitch.tv when I can't sleep. When their shitty iOS app works that is
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Cormacaroni on March 26, 2013, 07:05:32 AM
screens are a terrible way to get to sleep, biologically. Books are the way to go, no matter when you were born or how much you loved Nintendo
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Don Flamenco on March 26, 2013, 02:18:35 PM
I usually stream some stuff on twitch.tv when I can't sleep. When their shitty iOS app works that is


Me too.   There's nothing quite like somebody constantly resetting while going for a world record to get you to sleep.   
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Powerslave on March 26, 2013, 02:25:43 PM
Read GAF on PSV, every night until exhaustion.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on March 26, 2013, 02:30:09 PM
Gimme some 90s cyberpunk on an old-skool Kindle, that knocks my ass right out
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Eric P on March 26, 2013, 02:36:39 PM
screens are a terrible way to get to sleep, biologically. Books are the way to go, no matter when you were born or how much you loved Nintendo

there's actually something i've noticed when i read comics (it doesn't matter the content or color vs b&w or whatever) I will have a harder time getting to sleep and staying asleep than if i read just a regular book.  i'm curious if there's some mental thing that goes on when you try to comprehend pictures and words versus just words.
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: cool breeze on March 26, 2013, 02:37:41 PM
Try watching Rahxephon or playing Kirby Epic Yarn.  You'll be out in no time.
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: pickle on March 26, 2013, 05:28:19 PM
My routine: Sleeping pills. Shower. Bed.

Make sure there are no light sources in your bedroom. Avoid light with blue wavelengths 1-2 hours beforehand, it fucks with your circadian rhythm.
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: TEEEPO on March 26, 2013, 05:43:03 PM
Instead of drifting to something on my iPad's Netflix like I usually do, I slept to a 90 minute video of someone playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It felt so good, yet so dirty to sleep to some old school tunes and random moving colors (though I woke up with the weirdest desire to yiff).

Can anyone relate?

Also, does anyone have a similar suggestion, of something old and nice sounding?


i feel you. i've watched Day[9], a StarCraft2 commentator, quite often before going to bed and it usually does the job since i rarely make it past part one of any of his videos . i've done other Lets Play's and they all seem to do the trick, even Giant Bomb's quick looks or you can just load up some oldschool rpgs on your Vita, though be cautious of what you pick - last night i was in bed for two hours crafting and fucking around with a Vagrant Story save :(

and using my iPad's Netflix, while not being in any way related to videogames, i've found The Twilight Zone (depending on the episode) and the original Star Trek series do the job quite well.
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Cormacaroni on March 26, 2013, 11:19:26 PM
My routine: Sleeping pills. Shower. Bed.

Make sure there are no light sources in your bedroom. Avoid light with blue wavelengths 1-2 hours beforehand, it fucks with your circadian rhythm.

Sleeping pills is not a recipe for actual sleep dude, all it gives you is unconsiousness
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 26, 2013, 11:57:32 PM
watching people play videogames :bow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0fV5KADifY
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 27, 2013, 12:03:02 AM
I go to sleep with the TV all the time, but I don't actually watch it, just close my eyes and drift off while listening to it. Put on some MST3K and turn the brightness on my TV down to the lowest setting.
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Shaka Khan on March 27, 2013, 12:12:56 AM
I go to sleep with the TV all the time, but I don't actually watch it, just close my eyes and drift off while listening to it. Put on some MST3K and turn the brightness on my TV down to the lowest setting.

That's what I usually do with Netflix: Set the brightness to the lowest and play some Classic Doctor Who or 1950's sci-fi movies. Length and not quality is the key though.
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Cormacaroni on March 27, 2013, 12:13:24 AM
i watch Quake demos all the time, but not when i want to sleep
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: Smooth Groove on March 27, 2013, 12:28:24 AM
NVM, wrong thread
Title: Re: Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...
Post by: chronovore on March 27, 2013, 03:07:01 AM
Don't try failing the same firefight a dozen times in Max Payne 3. I think it not only made me not-sleepy, it may have made my allergies worse.