Gaming habits: Know your enemy

Picture the scene. Your friend has called you up and suggested a weekend of food, merriment and non-stop gaming. You agree because logic dictates there’s no better way to spend the weekend. You’ve rolled up at your friend’s abode, you’ve got the snacks, fizzy drinks (or beer, whatever) and you’ve had the half-hour discussion about what pizza to get. You settle down to a Smash Bros marathon, and then you remember. You remember why you don’t like playing games with your friends. Or just why you don’t like your friends in general. The reason you should never mix alcohol or an unholy sugar rush with gaming and friends is because they’re bound to have at least one unremembered irritating gaming habit. And when you’re not in your right mind there’s a strong chance you’ll give in to the craving and leap across the sofa to batter them unconscious with your controller.