Ever play a game too much and it carries over into real life?

[Nay-Owe-Me]

oh I don't doubt that playing a game frequently enough may effect subconcious judgements like your example, but i find i hard to see how someone can be affected to the point where they may find themselves literally wanting to quickload. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it doesn't happen to me.

Even as much as I've played both Modern Warfares and other FPS's (about two-three weeks time total for both CoD's) I've never had a tendency to do anything in real life that I'd do in the game.

I think it all has to do with how your individual mind works. I see a vague bit of right brain/left brain going on here, but I'm really not quite sure how to word it. It's like... some people carry over the literal aspects of playing a game, others carry over the simulated experiences, i.e. your wanting to use a single action after having the virtual experience in Red Dead.

I dunno, am I making any sense?

 

[The White Light]

I can only think of once. I broke my wrist while swimming and when we got back home I played Fallout 3, so my dream was about finding a brace to heal my hand. (I play with mods)

Same things happen with Pen and Paper role playing games when I DM them.

 

[icyneesan]

Persona 3... I put so many things to my head and shouted random demon names that my parents considered sending me to a shrink

 

[War Penguin]

I've been a victim of the quick-save effect. There were many times when I wanted to "save" before doing something. Man, has that led to some consequences.

 

[Croix Sinistre]

I see what your saying, but most of the effects i see from video games for myself and others is a change, or possibly a diversion from current interests at least temporarily. A few months from now I might reconsider why I traded my old gun for a new one.

Movies, books and pretty much any kind of entertainment have this effect however.

 

[phohouse]

Sometimes when I'm tired I have a very vivid hallucination that there's a controller or a keyboard in front of me and I start pressing buttons in the air. Once I did that at my friends house and he thought I was having a type of mild seizure.

 

[Dr. Dice Lord]

For me, my video game crossover is usually in the form of dreams I have difficulty remembering. They usually involve a feeling of stress and a demand for "MORE OVERLORDS!"

In a different case, after watching all of Spartacus Blood and Sand I had a series of very vivid, violent dreams... really not a big surprise there though. At least I got to use my great sword finally, even if it was subconsciously.

 

[Nay-Owe-Me]

I see what your saying, but most of the effects i see from video games for myself and others is a change, or possibly a diversion from current interests at least temporarily. A few months from now I might reconsider why I traded my old gun for a new one.

Movies, books and pretty much any kind of entertainment have this effect however.

True, true. It might also have to do with different levels of immersion. I saw Last Airbender recently, never watched the TV series before, just thought it looked like a fun movie, and wow... I got sucked in. Soon after the credits were rolling, I closed my eyes for a moment and actually started seeing some pretty vivid things based on the different bending effects in the movie.

Maybe it's more complicated than left brain/right brain... I know I'm rambling a bit, but I'm suddenly really intrigued by all of this. It's like a study on the human mind or something. Tell me, when you're around different kinds of people, do you tend to adapt some of their mannerisms and characteristics a bit more than most people typically do?

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

once i saw a crowbar, and wanted to use it on some crates...

 

[RUINER ACTUAL]

CoD4 / MW2.

Too many examples to name, but here's one:

I thought a Christmas light in someones yard was a tactical insertion...

 

[gamer_parent]

I dunno, I hear a lot about how games supposedly negatively effect behavior, but all of the effects they've ever had on me have been quite positive in my opinion. Lots of good memories, adding spice to life here and there, helping keep my imagination fresh and sharp, general positive inspiration.

Keep in mind, I didn't say whether the effect was in and of itself good or bad. I just believe that games DO have an effect on your behavior. Whether this is good or bad is entirely dependent upon personal values and the actual effect. Sometimes, the effect is no neutral that it might as well have no effect, but it's still there none the less.

 

[Blackdoom]

One time i was out shopping after a good LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG game of TF2. I kept thinking a dam spy was gonna stab me.

That has happened quite a fair few times to me as well. One time I think I threatened an old lady claiming she was a spy

 

[Judgement101]

After playing Half-Life 2 every time I pick up a crowbar I try to go through the scroll menu for something that doesnt suck. So far, all I've gotten was strange looks

 

[Superhyperactiveman]

After playing GTA for a few weeks, I saw a person driving a very, VERY nice car. I began forming plans to car-jack them until I realized exactly what I was doing and went on my merry way.

 

[dudehead]

4 times in my life I have tried to go into third person and been frustrated when I couldn't before finally realising that I wasn't playing Fallout 3.

I also thought in Karma system and other things from it. Picking up a pencil was "Pencil added to Inventory" and using it was "Pencil Equipped" I even turned my agenda book into a irl Pip Boy.

After playing too much Choas Theory I found myself looking for light meters when out at night (Yahtzee creeped me out when he said that. More of an "I'm not the only one," feeling.)

 

[Konaerix]

No playing a game that long is unhealt......sorry excuse me. The Covenant are attacking my house again. *sigh* (grabs assult rifle)

 

[Wintermoot]

yes I once woke up with a FO3 HUD

 

[ColorfulObscurity]

I played Left 4 Dead for like, 12 hours with my friend once. It was dark when I was heading home and there were a lot of people in hoodies and a lot of fat people out that night. The thought that a Witch was crying in the back seat of my car didn't help at all.

 

[Nay-Owe-Me]

Keep in mind, I didn't say whether the effect was in and of itself good or bad. I just believe that games DO have an effect on your behavior. Whether this is good or bad is entirely dependent upon personal values and the actual effect. Sometimes, the effect is no neutral that it might as well have no effect, but it's still there none the less.

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that -you- had said there was a negative influence, I was just kind of sharing my experience in contrast to yours. To be honest, I actually wish more people would have an objective view on the matter like the one you've expressed.

 

[Stuntcrab]

Yeah Doom3 I just feel like an imp is gonna jump out of nowhere and burn me