Last night when I couldn't go to sleep...

[Shaka Khan]

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?

[pilonv1]

I usually stream some stuff on twitch.tv when I can't sleep. When their shitty iOS app works that is

[Cormacaroni]

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

[Don Flamenco]

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.   

[Powerslave]

Read GAF on PSV, every night until exhaustion.

[Sho Nuff]

Gimme some 90s cyberpunk on an old-skool Kindle, that knocks my ass right out

[Eric P]

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.

[cool breeze]

Try watching Rahxephon or playing Kirby Epic Yarn.  You'll be out in no time.

[pickle]

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.

[TEEEPO]

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.

[Cormacaroni]

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

[Phoenix Dark]

watching people play videogames

[Joe Molotov]

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.

[Shaka Khan]

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.

[Cormacaroni]

i watch Quake demos all the time, but not when i want to sleep

[Smooth Groove]

NVM, wrong thread

[chronovore]

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.