Recently my brother was playing Age of Mytology on the PC. I was sitting next to him playing Shadowgate on my Nintendo. Even though I conquered it more than 20 times I always like to revisit it's dark setting. :P As I was playing he asked me why I kept playing that game even though I knew the story, knew what would happen, and knew what to do. I gave him the control to play for a while, but he only lasted about 2 minutes and then he got bored. This made me wonder why is it that at his age I could sit down and play Shadowgate for hours, even though I would make no progress some days, but my brother can't sit for a minute. Maybe all this technology has spoiled him. I remember a day one day in particular I was on the couch for at least 3 hours and I had done nothing, but moved around the rooms trying to get a freakin key from a skeleton. My parents were mad as hell, but I presisted and told them that I needed to conquer the game or I would not be able to sleep that night. Finally I conquered the game. No tricks, magazines, or cheat codes. I had conquered Shadow gate on my own.
My questions are:
Am I the only one that NEEDED to pass this game in order to sleep comfortably?
What game did you play that did not let you have a good night's rest?