How has gaming warped your perception of the world?

[Alvandera]

Theres a lot. But I gotta say a main one I think about every time I'm in a car.
Burnout.
I think about how I could block off all the cars coming on the high-way, all the time, and how to block everything off so all cars are destroyed. ^^
Good thing I'm never the one driving.
Also, even if I did attempt it. It would never work. I mean. The things Burnout pulls off with it's crashes are ridiculous.

 

[Alvandera]

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

Me as well. xD.

 

[Dr. Crowbar]

Thanks to Oblivion, I think I can run places, no matter how far, and never get tired.

Thanks to a certain Valve game, a crowbar is not a tool, its a weapon, and when someone actually uses one to crack open a box, I wonder what the hell he's doing. Bioshock taught me that the same thing goes for wrenches..

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

CoD 4/5 now i reach for a knife whenever dogs come near me. Though i never was a dog person to begin with.

Mirrors edge, i now find myself thinking "Well if i ran up that wall i could kick off grab that ledge and climb up there." it doesn't work so well in practise.

Also through playing a mix of zombie games me and two friends composed an entire scheme for "in case of zombie invasion."

 

[necrons_2]

I make references to my occupation as a chef being just training up my blade skill so I can fight the boss.

DnD and internet references to my colleagues is also common, not like they know what i'm talking about though.

 

[CoverYourHead]

Mostly I'm just jaded. A friend of mine once asked me to pick up a can I dropped at his house, I chucked it as his face and ran past him through a door.

 

[Mr_Powers]

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

One time, after playing Max Payne until about 3 AM and dying a whole bunch and quick saved/loaded. Then next morning I had to drive to school drowsy and I had to battle the urge to just let myself slip of the road, knowing that I couldn't just reload for the last intersection.

Also I think my new favorite beverage is Nuka-Cola, and I don't think I will ever be able to picture Freddy Krueger without a Deathclaw Gauntlet on ever again.

Oh, and the only proper use for a Crowbar it to kill headcrabs, zombies, or headcrab zombies.

 

[Combined]

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

No. They did, however, tell me to pick up that can, which I did, stand back, which I also did, and they organised an intervention to stop me from beating people with stun-sticks, which I didn't quite understand.

 

[twilinova07]

well its been foggy were i live so when i cant see more than 10 feet in front of me, i imagaine that some horrible stumbling figure will come out of the fog ready to spit acid at me to add some damn variety to my life. i wish...

i also like holding my katana in front of me so it looks like im playing oblivion from the first person view.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

After playing Oblivion as a Marksman, I started to think a bow is easy to fire. WRONG.

Crossbows, on the other hand...

I sometimes start conversations by walking up to someone and saying "rumors."

I have to try that, now.

For a while, because of Morrowind and Oblivion, I considered finding high things to leap off of to improve my ability to jump. Turns out that actualy works.
Also, I've often found myself thinking "how do I save?" while in the middle of drawing something.

 

[Hoppetussa]

When I'm at the store, I wonder how I can use these things as weapons against zombies.

 

[Tsuki Tanaka]

After playing Oblivion as a Marksman, I started to think a bow is easy to fire. WRONG.

Crossbows, on the other hand...

I sometimes start conversations by walking up to someone and saying "rumors."

This is win.

I, for one, can no longer drink coke without wondering how much rads I have accumulated in total. >__>;

 

[Tsuki Tanaka]

Oh yes. And boxes. Cardboard boxes.

Every time I see one, I have to resist the urge to don the box and sneak around in it. xD

 

[Jumpman]

sometimes when approaching someone who hasnt noticed me, ill come up directly behind them so as to not be caught by their area of vision, it comes from playing a rogue in Oblivion. Sometimes someone will walk by and ill catch myself wandering what loot they have on them that might be worth pickpocketing or killing for.

I also do alot of work on my computer, mostly graphic design with my mouse. this usually leaves my left hand free, and it sometimes moves to the W,A,S, and D keys without me realizing it. just like im playing WOW.

 

[Jumpman]

oh yeah, this one time i got pulled over for speeding and the whole time the cop was writing the ticket, I kept wanting to reload an earlier save point. it happens whenever I do something really stupid. Curse you Elder Scrolls!! GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!!!

 

[Sisyphus0]

If I have to sit around somewhere to long I begin to look around and plan defensive positions and assault points to what ever building I'm in or near by. I imagine how the battle would pan out and where the defensive position would retreat to if over run, conversely I plan out alternate strike points and flanking maneuvers for the offensive side to exploit to take out mg emplacements or artillery positions. This normally happens at university while I'm waiting around for my next class, so it's generally not a good idea to tell anyone else how I'm planning on tactically assaulting a school or I might get in trouble haha. I also imagine cars with mounted mg's shooting while I'm waiting at red lights or aircraft's firing missiles at bridges I'm crossing

 

[vid20]

If I have to sit around somewhere to long I begin to look around and plan defensive positions and assault points to what ever building I'm in or near by. I imagine how the battle would pan out and where the defensive position would retreat to if over run, conversely I plan out alternate strike points and flanking maneuvers for the offensive side to exploit to take out mg emplacements or artillery positions. This normally happens at university while I'm waiting around for my next class, so it's generally not a good idea to tell anyone else how I'm planning on tactically assaulting a school or I might get in trouble haha. I also imagine cars with mounted mg's shooting while I'm waiting at red lights or aircraft's firing missiles at bridges I'm crossing

you are literally in my head right now...

When I'm walking up the street sometimes I move form cover to cover as well, generally late at night.

oh, oh, oh. Sometimes when i see big people in the street and I'm with my L4D mates I'll call out BOOMER!

 

[likalaruku]

More like "how has cheating in Elder Scrolls to see all the glitches warped my opinion of the world." Haha. If I kill someone, will they stretch endlessly, dissolve into a pile of goo that still talks to me, or will they be eaten by a door & become posessed by gremlins? If I hide in the sewers, will the streets above me become transparent enough to shoot at people? Can I run faster than the Flash & jump to the moon?

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Oh yes. And boxes. Cardboard boxes.

Every time I see one, I have to resist the urge to don the box and sneak around in it. xD

I actually did that for an evening when I worked at a grocery store on the closing shift crew. It got a few weird looks, but a few people got it.

 

[triump]

hooray for Persona 4 now every time it rains at night i wonder if some poor kid is going to get murdered and hung up from high places....