How can I estimate the amount of time I've spent playing video games my whole life?

Hello, my name is Nathan, and I LOVE video games. I'm sure every kid says that, but I say it with meaning, and heart. I'm turning 16, and I was going to ask my parents for some cool video games for my birthday. They said, "What happened to all those video games you've played?" Well, I've beaten them all, they've released new series, and so on. I was bored this weekend and made a list. A list of every video game I have ever played. I played my first video game in December of 1998, the Gameboy Advance, ever since then, video games are everything to me. According to my list, I have played a total of 480 video games. Below is a list of 150 games... but what I really want to know is, is there any way to estimate how much time of my life I have spent playing video games, and what my life would be like if I never touched one? SERIOUS ANSWERS PLEASE. I put a lot of time and effort into this personal project. Thank you.








Nintendo Gameboy Advance


Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku


Golden Sun


Golden Sun: The Lost Age


Kirby %26amp; the Amazing Mirror


Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land


Namco Museum 50th Anniversary


Pokemon Ruby


Super Mario Bros.


The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past


Wario Land 4


Xbox Original


007: Agent Under Fire


ATV Quad Power Racing 2


Call of Duty 2: Big Red One


Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge


Destroy All Humans!


Destroy All Humans! 2


FlatOut


Ford Mustang: The Legend Lives


Forza Motorsport


Freedom Fighters


Godzilla: Save the Earth


Half-Life 2


Halo: Combat Evolved


Halo 2


Medal of Honor: European Assault


Midnight Club II


Mortal Kombat: Armageddon


MotoGP 2


Need for Speed: Carbon


Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2


Need for Speed: Underground


Project Snowblind


Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands


Star Wars: Battlefront II


Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic


Thrillville


Tom Clancy鈥檚 Ghost Recon 2


Tom Clancy鈥檚 Rainbow Six 3


Tom Clancy鈥檚 Splinter Cell


Xbox 360


Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare


Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2


Call of Duty: World at War


Fable II


Fallout 3


Grand Theft Auto IV


Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock


Guitar Hero World Tour


Guitar Hero: Aerosmith


Halo 3


Halo: Reach


Just Cause 2


Kung Fu Panda


Left 4 Dead


Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures


MotoGP 3


Rock Band


PC


Age of Empires III


Assassin鈥檚 Creed: Brotherhood


Audiosurf


Call of Duty 2


Call of Duty: Black Ops


Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe


Command %26amp; Conquer: Generals 鈥?Zero Hour


Counter-Strike: Source


Crysis


Dark Messiah of Might and Magic


Day of Defeat: Source


Fallout 3


Fallout: New Vegas


FlatOut 2


Garry鈥檚 Mod


Grand Theft Auto IV


Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas


Half-Life 2


Half-Life 2: Episode One


Half-Life 2: Episode Two


Half-Life 2: Lost Coast


Halo 2


Halo: Combat Evolved


Just Cause 2


Left 4 Dead 2


Microsoft Flight Simulator X


Minecraft


Mirror鈥檚 Edge


Need for Speed: Shift 2


Plants vs. Zombies


Portal


Portal 2


Red Faction: Armageddon


Red Faction: Guerilla


Ship, The


SimCity 4


Sims 3, The


Stronghold 2


Team Fortress 2


Unreal Tournament 2004


Warcraft III


World of Warcraft


Nintendo DS


Animal Crossing: Wild World


Cooking Mama


Diddy Kong Racing


Drawn to Life


Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy


Mario %26amp; Luigi: Partners in Time


Mario Kart


Metroid Prime Hunters


New Super Mario Bros.


Nintendogs


Pokemon Diamond


Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team


Pokemon Pearl


The Sims 2


The Sims 2: Castaway


Spider-Man 2


Super Mario 64


Nintendo 64


Automobili Lamborghini


Hey You, Pikachu!


Pokemon Stadium


Star Fox


Super Mario


Gamecube


Animal Crossing


The Fairly OddParents: Shadow Showdown


GoldenEye: Rogue Agent


James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire


Kirby Air Ride


The Legend of Zelda: Collector鈥檚 Edition


The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker


Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy


Mario Party 4


Medal of Honor: European Assault


Namco Museum


Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door


Pokemon Colosseum


Spider-Man 2


SpongeBob SquarePants: The Battle for Bikini Bottom


SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Game


Super Monkey Ball


Super Smash Bros. Melee


Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams





- Nate|||WHOA THAT IS ONE CRAZY LIST


AND YOU ARE ONE CRAZY VIDEOGAME FAN TO THE CORE





So to find out how much approx in hours





Find out how much you play per day on average. Then multiply this by 365. This value you get is approximately how much you play per year. Then multiply the value by 12, assuming you started on December 1998 and have been playing for 12 years. That should give you a rough value of how much you played.