How has gaming warped your perception of the world?

[Wingspan]

i used to see headcrab and think wierd looking crab and now i see crab and think wierd looking headcrab...

 

[rawlsku]

once in a while i think to myself "I'll just walk to the store and hearthstone home, no problem"...

 

[Combined]

I keep thinking about how much bread I'm getting per day whenever I eat. (Damn you, Nile Online, Damn you!)

Also, I keep thinking of the combine, I see citadels everywhere and the usual greeting for any human is either "Stand back, citizen" or "Pick up that can".

 

[samsprinkle]

My perception isn't all that altered, though lately I've been making a lot of silly WoW references in my daily travels; 'Hhm, I wonder how much mana this smoothie recovers?'.
We have these diamond shaped paper weights at my job and my immediate thought when I saw them was "Chaos Emeralds?" I keep imagining that if I held them all at once I could be invincible but, alas, we don't have all seven colors.
It comes and goes. D&D references are more common.

I make D&D references at school all the time around my friends and they all just kindof say,"Huh!?"

 

[jamesc]

I often feel that I need to save before doing anything important. Then I remember that there is not save/load in real life.

That would be awesome. *sees a hot girl, saves game, grabs boob, loads game.*

 

[OnlyWonderBoy]

One evening I was at a friends house after play Gears of War earlier in the day. As I rode my bike home it was getting dark and I thought to myself, "shit, I need to get home to avoid the Krill at nightfall".

 

[Crowghast]

I once played Mega Man for so long, that my body instinctively attempted to enact each of the moves I remembered to get out of danger. As well as my head was filled with that game's sounds, for half a week.

I still feel scars. Especially the ones from one that guy broke my arm when I raised it up and pointed at him, making Mega-gunshot sounds. I suppose i'd be offended too, but I wouldn't be that drunk, and i'd have more teeth, Ha!

 

[irrelevantnugget]

Was playing through the Brothers In Arms games, over 2 years ago.

When we went paintballing on a class trip, I took out over half of the other team on my own, because I was simply using the 4 F's (Find them, Fix them, Flank them, Finish them), something you really need to use in BiA. I 'died' in the first round by running out of ammo (only had 20 shots or something -.-)
Yay for tactics.

After that one round, the entire opposite team always kept going after me first, though.

 

[Axolotl]

Playing the cradle level in theif deadly shadows managed to make me no longer afraid of the dark.

 

[Mr0llivand3r]

i blame Dead Rising and The Zombie Survival Handbook for convincing me that i could survive a zombie apocalypse.

 

[out0v0rder]

My perception isn't all that altered, though lately I've been making a lot of silly WoW references in my daily travels; 'Hhm, I wonder how much mana this smoothie recovers?'.
We have these diamond shaped paper weights at my job and my immediate thought when I saw them was "Chaos Emeralds?" I keep imagining that if I held them all at once I could be invincible but, alas, we don't have all seven colors.
It comes and goes. D&D references are more common.

my mother has those same exact "emeralds".
I like the green one.

 

[Amarok]

Playing the cradle level in theif deadly shadows managed to make me no longer afraid of the dark.

Jeez! It had the opposite effect on me

 

[NezumiiroKitsune]

Okay lets see. Well after my Oblivion addiction I was convinced and still am on multiple occaisons that I can simply fast travel places and bypass the bus entirely, this gets bad when your in a hurry but in bed and not all that logical. Thinking I have spells is always a pain in the arse sometimes, my brain chimes in and tells me to open my spell list. A couple of dazed seconds later Im standing in the middle of a busy road looking bemused. I have to play by the laws of the cars, where cars are evil... its weird, I can only stand on certain things when walking and can often be seen leaping onto a wall to avoid the invisible lasers coming out of car wheels. Its fun, but can be inconvient. "The Game" (Sorry) actually makes me sad when I lose now, and I take it completely seriously (I cant help it!). Thanks to games I dont think much of great heigh and often am convinced with a bit of effort I can easy scale a building. Sword play and bow use is clearly simple and anyone who says otherwise just hasnt been hitting enough goblins. To make money in the real world I can simply loot bodies and sell random objects to te news agents. Because they wouldnt look at me funny. Especially since I just offed someone outside the shop and came wandering in with there belongings attempting to barter in exhange for health potions and freddos. I have on occaison believed entirely the money I have in a game in the money I have in RL. Always ends up in dissapointment. Obviously running doesnt tire you, in fact, it makes you less tired just slowly! Also you level up and one day can run across water. When I enter a building I sometimes wonder why it loaded so fast. Social interaction can vary depending what mood Im in, and at worst I simply cant understand why people dont respond to simple requests for beds. Bloody idiots. ALL wounds and ailments can be healed by water and sleep. Life requires little effort on my part and theres no way I cant succeed. I should be doing a mission / quest at all times (to simplify things in my life I just accept this now and set things in my brain up into a orderly series of quests).

Erm... probably alot more RTS' oh boy, now theres some psychological damage. Taking over the world. Bah 10 minutes tops.

Edit: Also like many people here I crave a Zombie apocolypse, guns, ammo and food. What a life... the fall of society and humanity. Yays XD

 

[Avatar Roku]

I often feel that I need to save before doing anything important. Then I remember that there is not save/load in real life.

I too am a victim of Quick save syndrome.

Silent Hill 2 & 3 have forever tainted how I feel when in hospitals and schools.

F.E.A.R Extarction Point did that for me.

Also, when I'm riding in a car, I always look out the window and pretend everything I'm seeing is an extended level in a platforming game. Then I try to jump over everything with my eyes. Then my eyes hurt.

Same here, except I see it as a Tony Hawk-style Skate boarding game.

Also, I keep thinking of the combine, I see citadels everywhere and the usual greeting for any human is either "Stand back, citizen" or "Pick up that can".

Ah, anyone ever told you that you have that weird combination of insanity and persistence that makes you hilarious?

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

I now view all learned activities as a process of abstract leveling.

 

[Doc Theta Sigma]

Thanks to several FPS's, I feel vulnerable when walking down the street with no nearby cover.

 

[D_987]

Online gaming has shown me just how idiotic your average person can be.