Teen in Tennessee Breaks GTAIV World Record
I’m sure all our readers have fond and/or horrible memories of crazy game binges. Be it that time you beat Mass Effect in a single sitting or that 10 hour LAN, World of Warcraft night with your buddies, we’ve all been there. However, no matter how intense you think your video game sprees may have been, I can tell you that they don’t compare to others out there, like David Scherer’s new world record for GTA IV.
Officially breaking the world record for “longest time playing GTA IV,” Scherer topped the previous time of 40 hours, 21 minutes this very morning at 4:22 a.m. Adding insult to the injury on the previous record holder’s title (an Indian citizen named Chirantan Patnaik) Scherer, a 19 year old student from Tennessee, even used the bathroom fewer times during his GTA IV romp. Score one for America!
According to Scherer, his overall goal in taking the title was as a fund raiser for the swim team he helps coach. Talk about virtual car jacking for a noble, albeit random cause. One way or another, congratulations to you Scherer, we salute your tenacity and ability to game while suffering mass sleep deprivation. I’m sure if I were in Scherer’s shoes I would have shot myself within the first 12 hours after having “Cousin Roman” force me to play darts for the 600th time.
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Wow. I can’t think of a single game I could play for 40 hours straight. And I can’t believe that anyone could stand playing GTAIV for 20 hours straight, much less 40.
I’ve got something crazy to admit (regarding playing games for too long for consecutive hours). It’ll be up on the site soon.
I swear I hear stories all the time of gamers in China playing for over two days straight. That’s 48 hours and counting. 40 hours of GTA doesn’t seem so record breaking, to be honest.
wow thats nuts.. I liked GTAIV but dont think I could play that game for 40+ hrs straight..
He playing the game for way too long. I wonder if he made it into the Guinness World Record for longest time playing a game.
I wondered why he picked such a terrible game.
/obvious
I would be afraid of my by eyes bleeding not to mention my 360 bricking for being on that long. I couldn’t begin to fathom how boring 40 hours of straight game play must be.
I must be one of the few people who is completely unimpressed with that record. GTA IV is not the most intensive game out there. Heck the only reason these is even a record is because it’s the first time recorded.
Similar to what others said, GTA4 would not be my game of choice for a marathon.