Things Games Have Taught You.

[rossatdi]

The inhabitants of small Spanish village hide incredible quantities of wealth (in the forms of treasure chests stuffed full of gold or precious gems and items) in wooden boxes in run-down shacks. RE4

All social interaction can be by-passed by pressing x or 'start', unless it can't in which case it will present adequate time for a piss/scratch/tea making session.

 

[varulfic]

I've learned to stay away from these sort of threads as they are never even remotely funny.

Goodday, sir.

 

[Ngunjiri]

Hang on, don't foget that you can kill people by ricoshaying bullets.

 

[Iron Mal]

Always choose the most dangerous option in any scenario...chances are you'll get something good for your bravery/stupidity (too many games to name here).

You genuinely can make someone's head explode with a well placed shot (many shooters and the Resi series)

In the event of a zombie outbreak, one or two rugged, intellegent, young and otherwise sexy college students/cops will easily be capable of eliminating the hordes of the undead and few biological super soldiers while the army will be wiped out to a single survivor (Resident Evil).

Most poets of the 19th and 20th century were also locksmiths, the fashion of the time happened to be random colorful objects like emblems and coins. (Resident Evil again)

Gods are very much like us humans (God of War series).

Chicks dig protaganists (Mass Effect, Resident Evil 4, Dead Rising, Gears of War...just kidding, Corpse Killer for those of you old enough to remember, Splatterhouse, Mario series...the list goes on).

Bigger muscles = greater allergy to lead (think about it, Marcus Fenix from GoW is reduced to gorey chunks after a few rounds while Gordon Freeman or Matthew Kane, from Quake 4, can take a preverbial arse kicking before needing a quick breather).

When in space, the medical lab/deck is the last place you want to visit besides the basement (Alien vs. Predator(2)/Alien Trilogy)

 

[SteinFaust]

hospitals always have the most zombies. (timesplitters series, etc)
churches always have massive catacombs underneath them, and have numbers of zombies rivaling those of the hospitals. (Ninja Gaiden, various series)
there's always one character that can't die and will only yell things like "stop it" and "hey" when attacked. (every game with free-fire attack mode)
falling out of a chopper, no matter how high, will always leave you with 3hp. (Mercenaries 2)
tank crews always wear handgrenades on their necks for easy-access stupidity (Mercenaries 2)

 

[Random Argument Man]

Gravity

 

[HuntingWolf_01]

Blinking is real life lag, that what i learnt today

 

[bassie302]

The one thing WoW has learned me is that any character or property of said character in Azeroth is IMMENSELY strong...

They have enough strength to stuff a full-sized or over-sized horse, tiger, elephant, ram, gryphon and a small dragon mount in a single bag, and still have room for several other items in said bag, as well as having the ability to carry four more of those bags (including my bag with at least three tons of ore and rocks)

Mounts are for that matter equally strong for being able to fly whilst carrying abovementioned five dumpsters called bags.

Someone can take on a dragon the size of a small flat, have said dragon attempt to bite them in half and survive nigh unharmed as long as one or two people near them wave their hands often enough calling it healing. Same can be said about giants, floating stone heads, huge fish-people, enormous robots, flaming birds or elves with huge glowing swords.

 

[Drednought1]

As long as I have 1HP left I can do anything.
No matter how many 9999's you hit the thing will just refuse to die.
The Plasma Sword is my best friend.
If the other guy has a bigger sword it will never end well for me.
Mount Fuji is the underworld

 

[Khazoth]

Games have taught me to be a pessimistic and unexcited person when because when I think something will turn out halfway decent (See Tabula Rasa, Fable, etc) they turn out to be gigantic stinkers.

 

[PersianLlama]

Vocabulary is the biggest one for me.
Can't think of anything else right now.

 

[Drases]

Walls are not good for hiding from tanks (Bad Company)
Anything can be made with money (Too Human)

 

[jamesc]

You can slaughter an entire town as long as you pray afterwards and no gaurd has seen you. Even if you are the only civillian with a thousand knives on him.

You can crash off a highway, flip five times and crash into 3 trees and a hundred other cars and walk out fine. Alternatively, no matter how mortal the injury, be it fire, gun wounds or a direct hit with a bazooka, you will survive with a trip to the hospital.

You can wake up without being seen for twenty years, presumed dead, and not say a word, and everybody will instantly know who you are and try to help/kill you.

one man can kill an entire town of undead zombies and psycopaths without a single bullet or knife. Accually, just with teddy bears and shower heads.

Dont worry if you break an arm or get an arm wound, just stand still and it will heal.

 

[dalek sec]

You can buy a lightsaber on eBay. (No more heros)

 

[geldonyetich]

In times of crisis, any problem can be overcome with your two unbeatable powers:

1. Quicksave
2. Quickload

(If this wasn't a humor thread, this would actually be a topic good for some fairly serious conversation. Games are learning tools, of sorts, every time you get betting at a game it's because you've developed a learned behavior. Sometimes, these learned behaviors get in the way of having fun - e.g. playing a similar-looking game like it was another game, and being bored because you didn't think you needed to experiment, missing out on a vital part of the game.)

 

[b100draven]

i have learned that the out side world has nothing to offer when u have broadband

 

[ilolzatskinnykids]

Hedgehogs are incredibly fast.
There is ALWAYS a "METAL GEAR"
Guitar Is Just An Electric Controller With Buttons.
ALWAYS! Check The Other Rooms
To Re Generate Health You Just EAT.
Laser Dots Are ALWAYS Invisible.

AND THE CAKE IS A LIE!

 

[ilolzatskinnykids]

You Can Jump Several Times In the Air and Completly Turn Around.

 

[RufusMcLaser]

I've already said this in a similar thread, but I've learned the importance of logistics, especially a strong logistics base (or a strong economy, in civ-type games). The extent to which this is mirrored in the real world is impressive. Or is it the other way around?
Games have also driven my interests in a lot of areas, particularly history. That's another post altogether.

 

[Aschenkatza]

One really shouldn't feed the animals.... thank you Critter Bites.
If I jump off a cliff while in a bubble, nothing bad will happen. [WoW]