Have you ever taken a day off work for a Video Game? (Poll)

I chose C, 
 
I have also just taken a day off to relax and chill out whilst playing Video Games/do stuff around the house... 
 
Would you take a day off work to exclusively play a Videogame?
 
(I did not include School, as I believe work is more of a responsibility, but please choose the corresponding answer if you are at school.)

Not work that I can think of but school yes, many times. My annual leave this year though will be dedicated to lounging around and playing games though. And I have been to launch events though just didn't stop me from fronting up to work. Launch parties aren't too common around were I live anymore though. Not since Ultimate Games closed and Gametraders Carousel become total shit.

I take days off whenever I feel like I need em. I do not feel this way very often and take pride in my work. For that reason, a day off here and there never hurts.

Never with the sole purpose of playing a game. I have had the occasional day off work (well my old job anyway) because I felt like I needed some time out and relaxation, and this would often include playing games, but I have never had a day off where my sole intention was gaming.

Every Halo launch except the first (Edit: not ODST), Gears of War, and Fallout 3 I have been to the Midnight launch and took the next day off for Halo 3 and Gears 1.

I did this for GTA 4. Silly me

Never, mainly because I enjoy money. Though, when I bought my first Xbox, I bought Silent Hill 2, and then got sick on the way home. It sucked being bedridden while my new console stayed untouched.

I have to go with A, there are no midnight releases here so I cant choose C :( 
 
Still, I own the place where I work, so I can take a "day off" to play whenever I want. Most of the times I choose not to, I dont trust that much in my employees, somehow, they manage to create problems when I am out.

I took plenty of days of school for games. At least in sixth form, I was known as a good enough student and an honest enough lad to get away with it. 'Can't make the lesson on Friday, Gears of War is out, so let mek now what you're doing and i'll catch up.'

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it hasnt happened to me before to have a great game released on a work day, but if it happens, you bet your ass i'd skip work that day.

For Grand Theft Auto 3.

Before I got married I picked up WoW Burning Crusade at midnight, and probably installed when I got home and maybe logged in and scoped out the new area a little bit, but I was at work bright and early the next morning.  Nowadays that kind of behavior is out of the question :)

Nope, never, and imo it seems a bit silly to do, when it's solely because of a game.

When I was playing Fallout 3 there were days where I probably should've taken the day off - instead of sitting at work staring at my screen thinking about Fallout 3.

Took a day off school for both GTAIV and Little Big Planet.

I have yet to do it but I would. I almost took the day off for the release of Bad Company 2 but luckily the release of it fell on my day off. I might take off for Halo: Reach when it is released.

C: GTA IV Midnight Launch and then playing it the day after. 
My boss called and said something like "So you got the GTAIVirus too huh?" (He said the letters IV, not "four") and he just chuckled and said "oh well, I expect a written review with sparkles on it when it's time for the review to be done!".. 
 
And back in the days I was in th hospital, with my own room which had it's own TV. 
I had to bring my PS2 along because SOTC had just come out. 
Doesn't really count but having food delivered too you while you're in a bed and playing games = Good times

took a day of High school off a couple of years ago to play GTA 4

If you're desperate to play a game and you're in a relationship - family, girlfriend, whatever - then taking a day off of work is more acceptable than if you were single. If you're single and you're taking days off to play video games, there's something wrong with you. Single men - you know, pizza boxes lying around the apartment, whatever - taking days off when they've got all night to play a game when they come back from work just seems wrong to me. And by wrong, I mean socially wrong. Go to work, people!

I have taken a day off from school and played video games and I've been to midnight launches of games, but never one because of the other.

I have certainly taken a day off Homework to play games, but I have never skipped school for one.

no, i have only gone to midnight release. i remember when gta 4 came out i went there in the morning and there was still a line. it was funny. i wasn't expecting people to get it in the morning. i wanted to play the game a little before school but that didn't happen.

A midnight release followed by an all nighter is always a great time!