Please allow me the opportunity to defend my self... cough... the reason for taking the day off is three-fold:
1) My place of work employs a flexi system where by I can build up my hours towards a day off. There is a maximum amount of hours I can build up and a maximum amount of days a month I can take off. I have enough hours to take Friday off. If I do not I will loose the opportunity to. Therefore while, 'yes' I have taken it off for Halo 3, I would have had to have taken one day off over the next two weeks anyway.
2) I am guessing you are not married/have a new house/have kids (delete as appropriate), otherwise you would know why it is important to take a day off to game (if it is ones hobby) when no one else will be at home. You really think the weekends are my own?!?!
3) cough....... I am an addict.