Hello, my name is Robin, and I'm an RPG gamer

[JonnoStrife]

I try to superjump.

 

[ottenni]

Seriously, whats up with that. Not only that, but they also've lied about the whole "stars being hot" bullshit. Science my ass.

Yeah, screw science. Now im gonna go take schrooms and beat up Pikachu.

 

[Valiance]

As a level designer, I see various architecture (buildings, houses) in a different light and always think about optimal paths of movement, cover, flanking, where the flag would be, etc.

When I played Duke Nukem 3D, it got to the point of me thinking about how to divide the room into sectors, where I would put shading, what sector effects and ambiance sounds I would use, how I would make the swinging doors, etc.

When I played Diablo 2, I seriously one time refused a ride home thinking I could just town portal back to my house.

Honestly, due to Starcraft, whenever someone says "Vulture" I don't think of the bird. I've also randomly shouted out things like G-House and En Taro Adun while walking around my house...

That said, after playing Dr. Robotnik's mean bean machine and Puzzle Quest, it seems like everything is just a pile of blocks that needs to be rearranged into a line, or shifted with other parts of reality to line up the colors.

But the best/worst of all is that after playing Mirror's Edge, when walking around outside I always seem to notice ways to get onto rooftops, or I see vehicles as stairs/stepping stones to getting on top of something, or if I see a railing I feel like I need to hang onto it, or a fence, I need to jump over it.

I close my eyes and still see games a lot, but it's nothing like that.

 

[Jack Nettle]

I walk through my small town at night (roughly three AM) and ponder what I would do in a zombie invasion. What the town would look like, where the most fortifiable positions are ect. I have also been known to wonder how life would work if everything were like Morrowind, having to open an inventory to drop items and equip things.

I do the same while walking around town, and I've already come up with several zombie invasion plans.
Did video games do this to us?

Maybe, let me ask you a question, do you ever have other plans that are fairly drastic in case of other emergencies, such as a way to beat the shit out of an intruder in you home that is more complicated than, grab bat, hit intruder? Like I know I can cover my whole body with my blanket, drop down onto the floor and slide under my bed in a single move, where I have my knife so if they walk into my room I can cut their achilles tendon. If you don't then yep, it's probably the games, if you do then I ask another question, do you suffer from some kind of minor paranoia? If the answer is no to that one but yes to the first then it's the games. If it's yes to both then I think I might be on to something.

Well, whenever I hear noises, I constantly go into our bathroom that is currently being renovated to grab my crowbar. If I'm going to take someone down, it'll be Gordan Freeman style!
And no, I do not believe I have any sort of paranoia, yet... So I suppose I have to blame the video games... But that's okay, because swinging a crowbar around is actually pretty fun!
Why have a complicated plan when you have the Freeman Weapon?

 

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

After playing too many FPS' I see cover and ambush opportunities everywhere.

Me too!
Like for instance (I play alot of battlefeild) I looked at the wall and thought 'That would be a great place to come in if there were campers'.

 

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

I walk through my small town at night (roughly three AM) and ponder what I would do in a zombie invasion. What the town would look like, where the most fortifiable positions are ect. I have also been known to wonder how life would work if everything were like Morrowind, having to open an inventory to drop items and equip things.

I do the same while walking around town, and I've already come up with several zombie invasion plans.
Did video games do this to us?

Maybe, let me ask you a question, do you ever have other plans that are fairly drastic in case of other emergencies, such as a way to beat the shit out of an intruder in you home that is more complicated than, grab bat, hit intruder? Like I know I can cover my whole body with my blanket, drop down onto the floor and slide under my bed in a single move, where I have my knife so if they walk into my room I can cut their achilles tendon. If you don't then yep, it's probably the games, if you do then I ask another question, do you suffer from some kind of minor paranoia? If the answer is no to that one but yes to the first then it's the games. If it's yes to both then I think I might be on to something.

I have a plan for a zombie appoclapse, for a home invasion and a country invading...
What have I become?

 

[The DSM]

I dont get that.

I play too many SRPGs so I make battle plans on how to make breakfast in the morning.

My results are effective and tasty.

 

[Skandalouz]

Well ive never gotten like that with RPGS.. Although ive played left 4 dead soo much i know if there was a zombie apocalypse i so totally would survive.. then wondering when do i get to be infected