How Much has Gaming Screwed you up?

[StarStruckStrumpets]

I played the Oddworld games as a child.

Nothing that could ever happen in real life even remotely fazes me any more.

Hurrah for italics abuse!

Amen.
Also dont play Silent Hill 2 when your younger than 10. Shudders.
oh and I keep hearing the ahivement unlocked bleep every no and then.

I played it at the age of 7. My world became a very scary place up until the age of 12...every corner had a bloody man in a butcher's smock there, I swear it.

Due to my addictions to FPS games, I have a habit of analysing every single route I can take, whether it be taking a left turn, or right turn, and seeing which one poses less of a threat. I've become an extremely paranoid person thanks to CoD.

 

[MGlBlaze]

I notice someone coming up behind me and want to switch to a flamethrower so I can perform a spy-check.

Ok, seriously though. I don't think I've ever done something like that in real life.

 

[Socius]

It screwed me all the way around, and then... I became awesome.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

I make thousands of small, cheap objects in the hope that I'll soon unlock the ability to make something bigger. Sadly, thousands of cupcakes have not made me a world class chef.

I now collect bottle caps for the inevitable apocalypse. I will be SO RICH.

This sounds like a good idea too.

 

[Sephychu]

I played the Oddworld games as a child.

Nothing that could ever happen in real life even remotely fazes me any more.

Hurrah for italics abuse!

Amen.
Also dont play Silent Hill 2 when your younger than 10. Shudders.
oh and I keep hearing the ahivement unlocked bleep every no and then.

Haha, yeah, those games are pretty fucked up too.
I'm running around in the dark murdering nurses with an axe, and this is considered a good thing?

 

[interspark]

i was in town one day going to get my watch repaired, when i dropped it off the man said something like "just leave this with us for a while and come back later ok?" and as i was walking out, for a split second i considered immediately going back in (thinking of the fossil resurrection process in pokemon) luckily, reality struck me just in time and i was saved from humiliation

any similar stories?

*You come back*

"Oh you're back! Good News Everyone! Wonderful news, your watch was not only repaired, but has been resurrected as a Omanyte!"

he's like

Spoiler: But you're like

I WANTED KABUTO DAMMIT!

LOOOOOOOL XD

 

[interspark]

When I see my friends doing stupid sh*t in real life, my first thought is always "God, this AI sucks..."

you know, i think with some people, Artificial Intelligance is more appropriate, lol

 

[guyroxorz]

Sometimes when i'm out i start thinking about whether the place im in would make a good multiplayer map

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

Games have taught me not to let others see me when I'm approaching them (hell, I learned this back in the day with Pokemon). My friends and family really don't appreciate this as much as I do.

Especially when you shout "BANG!" while right near thier ear.

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

Oh i dont know *plane flies over head*

[HEADING=1]ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE!!!!!!!!![/HEADING]

*hears a dog bark*
ZHEY HAVE RELEASED ZE HAUNDES!

 

[LaughingAtlas]

Thanks to dead rising, I can never look at malls, crowds of people, or certain objects the same as I did before.

 

[Rarhnor]

I get guilty conscience when a NPC dies.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

I have started using noob as a way to insult people every since it became an offical word.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I often find myself observing lines of sight as I walk down the street, and wondering where the camp spots are.

I also once passed a lawnmower and though 'blade for my Shishkebab!'

 

[The Last Hunter]

Sometimes when i'm out i start thinking about whether the place im in would make a good multiplayer map

You too?

I have started using noob as a way to insult people every since it became an offical word.

Actually, noob isn't an official word if I recall correctly, but I use it too


Anyway there was this one time I was having a COD marathon, and when my dog walked into the room, I tried to turn my gun on screen to point at it

Also, I've started to use video-game metaphors, it's really bizarre

 

[Veitchy]

I now collect bottle caps for the inevitable apocalypse. I will be SO RICH.

Hell yes. Several coffee jars and counting.

 

[Shock and Awe]

Oh not really its just....ooh look a wild pikachu! One sec, I'll finish later, gotta catch'em all you know?

 

[MetalDooley]

Any therapists reading this thread would have a field day.Some serious ammo here for the "games are bad for you" argument

Can't really think of any ways that gaming has affected my life tbh

 

[AmayaOnnaOtaku]

I keep hoping I have my hearthstone in my bag and that the cooldown is ready so I don't have to sit in traffic. And when my flight home from chicago kept getting delayed I thought hey I have a flying mount, oh wait I am not 70 yet >.<.


I also keep an ear out for smokers, boomers, and hunters in the office. And I always know where the first aid kits and pills are

 

[Enigmers]

After playing Starcraft 2 for awhile, I have a bit of a nagging voice in my head that tells me I should be building probes every now and then. I'd be eating breakfast, and suddenly think "hey, is my nexus building a probe?"