Basically, has a game or gaming in general taught you something?
Allow me to give my own example... Halo 3, of all things.
Alright, I used to belong in the 'people who hate halo' crowd. I had played a little bit of Halo 3 beforehand and didn't really enjoy it, and I was another one of those people convinced that Halo was utterly average at best, and that it didn't deserve its huge fanbase.
Then not long ago, I was very bored, there were no new games that I particularly cared about, and lacking anything else to do while I was at home for the weekends, I got a copy of Halo 3. Despite my initially poor reception of the game, when I sat down and started to play it for a longer period of time, I was starting to see things that other people I had heard from were completely omitting; such as the pretty epic 'two scarabs' fight. As of this post, I am on the second to last level on Legendary, and is actually making me consider getting an XBL gold account (as much of a rip-off as I believe it is, being a PC gamer and used to online being readily available) just to see what the online experience is like.
Okay, it's incredibly annoying how you de-scope and un-crouch every damn time you get hit, but apart from that, I found out that Halo 3 was a good game... and here's where my lesson comes in. I had allowed myself to be swayed by other 'Halo haters' even though I'd never had much of an opinion of the Halo series beforehand.
Human beings are easily swayed creatures; our opinions on things can become moulded and pre-defined by the opinions of those around us, even when we are adults and even when they are not (supposedly) actively trying to do so. Not only that, but making sure your opinion ISN'T swayed beforehand very much requires a conscious effort.
So, there you have it. The Halo series indirectly showed my just how fickle, presumptuous and easily-swayed people are; even myself and I hadn't realised it until then. Not only that, but that people's opinions often don't change because they refuse to actually keep an open mind and actually give the thing that holds their ire a chance. Yet more reason to hold the human race with contempt...
THAT, however, is another story entirely.
So, that's my example. A little long-winded perhaps, though. Sorry 'bout that.
So, what about everyone else here at The Escapist? Any similar revelations happen to you because of gaming?
Allow me to give my own example... Halo 3, of all things.
Alright, I used to belong in the 'people who hate halo' crowd. I had played a little bit of Halo 3 beforehand and didn't really enjoy it, and I was another one of those people convinced that Halo was utterly average at best, and that it didn't deserve its huge fanbase.
Then not long ago, I was very bored, there were no new games that I particularly cared about, and lacking anything else to do while I was at home for the weekends, I got a copy of Halo 3. Despite my initially poor reception of the game, when I sat down and started to play it for a longer period of time, I was starting to see things that other people I had heard from were completely omitting; such as the pretty epic 'two scarabs' fight. As of this post, I am on the second to last level on Legendary, and is actually making me consider getting an XBL gold account (as much of a rip-off as I believe it is, being a PC gamer and used to online being readily available) just to see what the online experience is like.
Okay, it's incredibly annoying how you de-scope and un-crouch every damn time you get hit, but apart from that, I found out that Halo 3 was a good game... and here's where my lesson comes in. I had allowed myself to be swayed by other 'Halo haters' even though I'd never had much of an opinion of the Halo series beforehand.
Human beings are easily swayed creatures; our opinions on things can become moulded and pre-defined by the opinions of those around us, even when we are adults and even when they are not (supposedly) actively trying to do so. Not only that, but making sure your opinion ISN'T swayed beforehand very much requires a conscious effort.
So, there you have it. The Halo series indirectly showed my just how fickle, presumptuous and easily-swayed people are; even myself and I hadn't realised it until then. Not only that, but that people's opinions often don't change because they refuse to actually keep an open mind and actually give the thing that holds their ire a chance. Yet more reason to hold the human race with contempt...
THAT, however, is another story entirely.
So, that's my example. A little long-winded perhaps, though. Sorry 'bout that.
So, what about everyone else here at The Escapist? Any similar revelations happen to you because of gaming?
