Do you play games Full screen or in a Window?

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#1 Lox_Cropek
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I prefer fullscren, but I have a friend that prefers to play in a window

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#2 deactivated-5e7f8a21de9dd
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Maybe he plays Minecraft. Or watches porn in one window while playing a game in another.
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#3 XaosII
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I run a dual monitor setup. Some games, like any of the Total War games, i run in Windowed mode since they dont require constant attention.

Sometimes, but very rarely, i play two games at the same time. :P

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#4 DanielDust
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Fullscreen except DIablo 2, it looks so bad I have to run it windowed (tho, I haven't played it since last year and I'll never will again, waiting for Diablo 3 now).
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#5 deactivated-57e5de5e137a4
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Fullscreen 99% of the time. I used to play City Of Heroes in a window so that I could easily switch between the game, Firefox, Songbird, and Ventrilo.
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#6 Mograine
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Always in a window, I will always maximize the window if the option is given.

Since I've learned to do multitasking having to wait for the computer to make the switch has become too painful.

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#7 ArchDuke1
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Windowed, just because right now my GPU overheats if I do otherwise. But if a working PC is available, then 100% of the time fullscreen.
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#8 ShyGuy0504
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Fullscreen. I can't stand seeing the bars around games when they are windowed. Plus I don't have to sit as close to the screen.

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#9 mattuk69
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Only for WOW i play windowed.

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#10 NerubianWeaver
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Only in Half-Life 2 (Windowed) cause it makes me dizzy when playing at full screen
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#11 Masenkoe
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Full screen 98% of the time. Only run windowed if I'm trying to do something on Firefox or something.

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#12 mr_zombie60
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Only in Half-Life 2 (Windowed) cause it makes me dizzy when playing at full screenNerubianWeaver

Ahahaha I can't recall but doesn't that have something to do with the perspective in that game? Like the angle or something..? I swear there was something funny about Half Life 2..

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[QUOTE="NerubianWeaver"]Only in Half-Life 2 (Windowed) cause it makes me dizzy when playing at full screenmr_zombie60

Ahahaha I can't recall but doesn't that have something to do with the perspective in that game? Like the angle or something..? I swear there was something funny about Half Life 2..

The field of view? I adjusted that already but sadly I still have to lower the resolution and play it windowed to make it playable for me.
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#14 Inconsistancy
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Fullscreen ~95% of the time.
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#15 James161324
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full screen 95 percent of the time, if i can't reach 1080p then i will probably play in window or for other reasons

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#16 AltarBozdaa
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I always play at fullscreen. Except when I play Minecraft
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#17 scar-hawk
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Fullscreen, except for Terraria.
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#18 raven_squad
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I only play in fullscreen.
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#19 broken_bass_bin
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If it can be fullscreened, I will fullscreen it.

The only exception is Minecraft. Because a) I usually use the Minecraft Wiki alongside it, and b) if I enter and then leave fullscreen, none of the menus become usable.

[QUOTE="NerubianWeaver"]Only in Half-Life 2 (Windowed) cause it makes me dizzy when playing at full screenmr_zombie60

Ahahaha I can't recall but doesn't that have something to do with the perspective in that game? Like the angle or something..? I swear there was something funny about Half Life 2..

Yeah, the default FOV (field of view) in Half-Life 2 is strangely quite low, and it can give some people motion sickness. The default is 75 degrees, but ideally it should be around 90 (although the exact number depends on your aspect ratio).

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#20 -DaNuTz-
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Full screen, except Zuma & Chuzzle Deluxe :P
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#21 gmaster456
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Depends. Minecraft and Terraria i play in windowed mode, the rest is full screen.
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#22 sirlag01
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Fullscreen of course, why would you want to play in a window?

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#23 Freak2121GTAF
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It depends, sometimes I'm on an irc or monitoring some things so I play windowed.

Most times it's fullscreen, though.

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#24 -Rivfader-
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Mostly fullscreen. However I did play WoW and LOTRO in window mode a lot since I talked on google messanger and had itunes up a lot when waiting on queues, people to show up for raids, etc.

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#25 adders11
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Full screen. Running a game like FEAR in a window ruins the atmosphere.

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#26 deactivated-5e376fa88bd45
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I've got two monitors. For me clicking on the second monitor usually involves minimizing the game completely and that will usually throw me off. So yeah, I go windowed whenever possible but i prefer that my first screen for gaming be as filled up as much as possible.

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#27 axething
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I like playing Civ 4 windowed, so I can Facebook or MSN or whatever. It is a turn-based game after all. Other games I like to play fullscreen.