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[MaestroMike]

When I was younger I liked sunlight coming in or had some lights on, but now I like the room to be pitch black. One of the reasons though is because I have an OLED, but even if I didn't I think I would still want the room pitch black.

 

[Laptop1991]

Both really unless the game has a dark setting or the sunshine is stopping me seeing anything on the screen, depends on the scenario.

 

[Lasha]

I always play in a well lit room. I find it easier on my eyes.

 

[Captain Toad]

Window shades? I don't have windows in my gaming/theater room. Lights off.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I too like it very dark when I am on the OLED monitor which has been my preferred gaming display lately

 

[Putonahappyface]

As dark as possible so my oled televisions picture looks it's best.

 

[R6Rider]

Usually dark, but not super dark. Dimly lit.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Not since I got rid of my projector system.
I used to have a 10 foot screen in a dedicated media room. Had to keep it pitch dark for good contrast.
Moved to a new house and bought a direct view led screen. I can't believe I went so long in the dark for so many years.
I can see and talk with others while playing games and eating snacks. I can see the bowl of chips!
Never going back to a dark room again.
Movies on the other hand I can choose to turn down the lights.

 

[Happosai]

Dark. But that's mostly because I work later.

 

[CrashNBurn_281]

Oled needs dark to shine. I do it in the dark.

 

[Mithos]

I always play in a well lit room. I find it easier on my eyes.

Pretty much this, eyes "hurt" when watching in the dark.

 

[AJUMP23]

I will use a backlight on my tv or a table light.

 

[GMCamaro]

I never gave it much thought.

 

[ReBurn]

I usually have some sort of ambient light on. No need to get eye strain.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

It depends. Some games I like in the dark and others in the light. Depends on fidelity, brightness of game itself, etc.

 

[delfrickintree]

Missing poll option "why dont you come over and find out"

 

[darrylgorn]

Soft lit lamp. Too dark or bright will give you eye strain (over time).

 

[DavidGzz]

Dim. I like a light on in an adjacent room or I turn a lamp on that shoots up toward the ceiling to the right and behind the television. I also use an OLED. So beautiful.

 

[bitbydeath]

It depends on if my lights are on or off.

 

[Robb]

Bit of both, although I prefer having the lights on.

 

[Pimpbaa]

In the dark to get the most out of my LG CX. I used to leave some lights on when I was still gaming on my old Sony edgelit LCD since it just looked awful in the dark (technically all non FALD LCDs do).

 

[NeonGhost]

 

[In Cold Blood]

I game the same way I have sex. Lights off, and my undies on.

 

[Knightime_X]

Depends on my mood and genre.

 

[DelireMan7]

Usually with some lights but not too much.

But recently I played a lot in the dark due to very dark atmosphere games like REmake 2 and Last of Us 2.

 

[GymWolf]

Lights off, the led from the pc and modem already make a bit of light so i'm not in complete dark.

 

[FrozenFlame]

 

[CGNoire]

As dark as possible so my oled televisions picture looks it's best.

Same but for Plasma.

 

[Bavarian_Sloth]

 

[Pedro Motta]

what a bunch of pansy ass 50 year olds.

Horror games ALWAYS in the dark.

 

[AV]

Well lit room, I spent 9 hours a day on my PC for work as it is, gotta be kind to the eyes.

 

[Stratostar]

I play casual games like Overwatch and racing games with the lights on but for single player games and especially horror, strictly in the dark.
Real dark. I’m talking blooper‘s ink-level pitch black.
I also ideally wait until it’s fully dark outside too for horror games. Smoke a bowl, throw on my Pulse 3Ds and I’m set.

 

[CHEROKEEE]

as an Ambilight OLED Owner I´d say: The darker - the BETTER ! It also helps, that my "Gaming/Hometheater Mancave" is located in the Basement...

 

[Hunnybun]

I have an OLED so if I'm playing at night I won't turn a lamp on or anything, but I have to say I've never really noticed any spectacular difference in the picture between light and dark environments. I only bother to draw the curtains during the day if there's actual glare on the screen.

 

[MayauMiao]

Dark, it adds to the immersion of being in the game world.

Lights only when its old 2D games.

 

[begotten]

I play whenever I can, so both.

 

[MarkyG]

Main light off but I pop on my x3 Philips Hue lights, for a little ambience.

 

[Drizzlehell]

I'll put on some LED lights for ambient illumination. Bright enough to avoid straining my eyes but not so bright to be a bother.

Sitting in front of a screen all day is already bad enough for my eyes so they don't need that extra punishment.

 

[mrmustard]

Put a little smart LED bulb behind my tv and monitor.

 

[Icymanipulator]

I always play in a well lit room. I find it easier on my eyes.

This.
Not good for your eyes in a dark room with only the screen as a light source.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Dark room with a lamp on.

 

[Skifi28]

Dim light in the distance so I am not in darkness but at the same time it's still quite atmospheric. A completely dark room is terrible for gaming much like a full lit room.

 

[The Cockatrice]

always in the dark. sun or lights on is annoying/immersion breaking.

 

[Schmendrick]

Depends on the time of day I´m gaming.

Daytime: Well lit.
Evening/Night-time: Cinema-like ambient lights.

so, both.

 

[STARSBarry]

Only time I have lights on is when the PSVR2 goes on, as it's required for the tracking.

If you have an OLED you should really be playing in the dark due to there limited brightness.

 

[Kumomeme]

im wearing glasses

so i avoid dark to prolong my eyesight from getting worse

gamers should not take lightly on this matter too.

 

[Sidney Prescott]

Always in the dark myself. It helps pull my focus to the screen and helps me get fully immersed. I find light distracting for the most part.

 

[drganon]

Since I work overnight, I do most of my playing at night with just a lamp on so its not pitch black.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

It varies. I have an OLED TV but there is nothing quite as satisfying and nostalgic as a Saturday morning/afternoon gaming in a bright room. At night, I have bias lighting from lamps on either side of my TV that helps me avoid headaches from a bright screen in the dark, and it's actually enough light that I can walk around to the kitchen, eat, do whatever else without turning on the overhead lights.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

I do it in the dark.

Are still we talking gaming ?

Joke aside, I play in dark or pitch black.