Power Outage Gaming!

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#1 Enragedhydra
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My power just went out...

How do you keep gaming when your power goes out??

I grabbed my PSP and played Mercury Meltdown in the dark!! Great game I got today for $5 bucks!

Always important to keep your handhelds charged, now I just gotta hunt down my 3ds and I'll have access to that next time as well!

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I don't have any gaming handheld devices and I don't play mobile games so the last time my power went out I starting reading some old gaming instruction manuals lol.

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#3 mrbojangles25
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I light some candles and read a book

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#4 pyro1245
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I have enough battery backup to keep my server rack up for an hour or so, which includes internet.

Though the battery backup on my computer would probably last only 20 minutes or so at full load.

I guess if all else fails I can play the PiGRRL i made.

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#5  Edited By Enragedhydra
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@mrbojangles25 said:

I light some candles and read a book

I don't own candles, my roommate was yelling at me because I didn't have candles. I told him to just use his phone haha

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#6 Enragedhydra
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@warmblur said:

I don't have any gaming handheld devices and I don't play mobile games so the last time my power went out I starting reading some old gaming instruction manuals lol.

At least it has to do with gaming lol. I always like rereading the original Starcraft manuals

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#7 Sgt_Crow
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Can’t even remember the last time the power went out. I was very little.

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@Sgt_Crow said:

Can’t even remember the last time the power went out. I was very little.

Thankfully it came back on in about 45 minutes but I enjoyed busting out my PSP and the new game I just bought for it

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I have regular power outages. So I play mobile games to keep me entertained.

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#10 tonylogan007
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Board games and books!

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#11 bgres077
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Nintendo Switch - Probably fire up BotW or Golf Story. If the battery runs out it's time to bust out the GBA and play that, tons of rechargeable batteries ready to go at all times.

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#12 Johndmgs
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I've got a 3DS and GBA so I'd probably play one of those

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#13 npiet1
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car battery + inverter but I havn't had a power outage since 2011 because of flooding.

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#14 Gatygun
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@Enragedhydra said:

My power just went out...

How do you keep gaming when your power goes out??

I grabbed my PSP and played Mercury Meltdown in the dark!! Great game I got today for $5 bucks!

Always important to keep your handhelds charged, now I just gotta hunt down my 3ds and I'll have access to that next time as well!

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#15 madrocketeer
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Laptop. GOG Galaxy. Look for something old and good. Boom.

Still, need to buy a UPS, one of these days...

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#16 Enragedhydra
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@Gatygun said:
@Enragedhydra said:

My power just went out...

How do you keep gaming when your power goes out??

I grabbed my PSP and played Mercury Meltdown in the dark!! Great game I got today for $5 bucks!

Always important to keep your handhelds charged, now I just gotta hunt down my 3ds and I'll have access to that next time as well!

That is 500 dollars in Canada...