So there I was last night, playing my way through Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess which I've been playing for a little while. Actually, I've been playing it for 32 hours and 43 minutes. Wanna know how I know that? The game keeps track of it for me. Every time I save, it adds more and more time to that clock telling me how long I've been playing

I am not a fan of this. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with logging hour after countless hour playing any game that has the ability to keep me interested. And few games (if any) can offer as much fun for hour after hour like the games of the Zelda series.

But there's the rub: countless hours playing video games do not need to be counted. That's the whole point. I know that I spend a large amount of time playing games. I just hate to have my system remind me of exactly how many hours and minutes total.