If Gaming Didn't exist

[Space Spoons]

Halo 3 would be sweeping the box office as the nation's first major religious film to see three sequels. Samuel L. Jackson would be up for an Oscar for his roll as Father M. Chief.

Dragon Punch would be outselling Kool-Aid by a wide margin.

The Super Mario Brothers would have developed a reputation as the best plumbing team in Brooklyn, skyrocketed to local fame after rescuing a live pet turtle (nicknamed Peach by it's owner) from a pipe.

 

[sms_117b]

I would have finished University already

I'd be fitter than I am now

I wouldn't be as well rounded a person as I am

My PC would be cheap

I'd have more money

 

[Lyiat]

It would be a very, very scary world to live in.

 

[slayermaster]

guh i would be bored, REALLY BORED i tryed all sports and didn't like them, so i guess umm.. suicide? i dunno

 

[coldfrog]

Board gaming it would be then. Or ballroom dancing.

 

[Priderage]

I think we'd all be lesser men.

Edit: Christ alive, I also wouldn't have met my wife. God forbid. God forbid!

 

[Ravenholm27]

I'd become a complete book worm

 

[Duck Sandwich]

Whenever the power went out in my house when I was younger, I would often draw (crappy pictures), write (crappy) stories/poetry, or play board games. If the power was out for a very long time, I would give in to boredom and pace back and forth, or just take a nap.

Also, countless sessions of hanging out with friends consisted pretty much entirely of playing games. Sometimes we'd go out and walk around town or play hockey, but we'd get bored pretty quickly (3 people isn't exactly an ideal number for a hockey game).

So in the end, If games didn't exist, I'd probably spend more time drawing (I was never any good, so nothing productive would come out of it), watching TV and reading books. Also, my reflexes and hand-eye coordination would suck, and my vocabulary wouldn't be as impressive as it was in my younger years (yes, I learned a good amount of words through games). However, that's debatable, as I would probably learn an equal amount of words from TV/books.

 

[ChristmasChild]

I could be a master pianist, and I could have gone to college at the age of 14

 

[Naterstein]

I'd find something else to do; be it reading all day, self-pleasuring all day, something. Like Christmas Child, I would have done better in school most likely.

 

[Symp4thy]

I would be learning the Polish language a lot quicker.
I would be better at the piano.
I would read more.
I would have more money.

 

[Jovlo]

My English wouldn't have been this good.
I learned most of it from video games.

 

[Symp4thy]

I would probably play D&D *shivers*

I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I really want to play that. Unfortunately I don't know anyone that plays and if I did I would have to lie to everyone else I know about where I was going when I went to play.

 

[IntoxicatedKnight]

Do better in school
Be able to concentrate on things without my mind wandering
Social life would be much better

 

[Jandau]

I'd be getting my diploma right about now instead of still mucking about with seminar papers and exams...

 

[Ultimateslayer]

-I would spend more time watching TV (almost sure bout that)
-I would have spend my christmasmoney on smth different (not sure if it would be a TV or hookers though)
-ZP wouldnt exist. Therefore I wouldnt post on the escapist.(Which would make that great of a difference XD)
-I would have less to talk about with my friends

Yeah, I know. Just boring stuff. Truth be told, my life wouldnt change that much since I dont play a lot weekdays.

 

[johnman]

there wouldnt be so many fanboy wars - but i would be bored shitless in the evenings and life would be far bleaker.
I wouldnt say any friendnships would change as none were established or centred around gaming.
most shocking! No yahtzee!

 

[Hoppetussa]

I would be more depressed.
I would be stupider.
I would have a bigger social life.
I would finish painting my Warhammer stuff.
I would be more fit.
I would be bored out of my mind.
The Escapist, Screwattack, VG Cats, other webcomics and gaming chairs wouldn't exist.

I've been gaming for as long as I can remember, and gaming and Internet is my life now, and no one can take it away from me.

 

[Ronwue]

If all sorts of gaming did not exist (meaning from tabletop to football and stuff. you can't single just PC gaming cause sooner or later with a new medium all sorts of stuff go on it. Look at porn. when books were created for the first time, nobody had playboy). If gaming of all shapes and sizes did not exist, the world would be a molting pot of frustration and anxiety, on which the norm would be to be insane.