Things you are better or worse at in real life due to gaming.
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Well, in the past year, I've learned that the proper application of lessons learned from fiction can, in fact, make you a more interesting person. For example, I am currently trying to model my own personality after that of Captain Malcolm Reynolds.
In this regard, playing as a Renegade Commander Shepard has definitely helped to make me more assertive. In crucial moments, I simply ask myself "WWSD?" (What Would Shepard Do?)
In this regard, playing as a Renegade Commander Shepard has definitely helped to make me more assertive. In crucial moments, I simply ask myself "WWSD?" (What Would Shepard Do?)
Hmm almost describes me. Well I become restless instead of interrupted sleep and I don't know my goals yet instead and yes my eyesight declined as well got antiglare glasses.UlytimateDestruction said:
I learnt my six times tables up to 30 from Diablo 2.
Not kidding.
Apart from that, nothing comes to mind.
Not kidding.
Apart from that, nothing comes to mind.
good. fuck that flamy bastardServing UpSmiles said:
OT: reaction times mainly. plus i dont get frightened easily.
First person shooters have made me a better marksman. There was a phase where I was worse at Guitar Hero because I learned some songs from World Tour, i.e. Vicarious by Tool, on my guitar and I'd start playing notes that weren't there.
What about puzzle games??? Nobody has gotten any smarter from playing Portal or Tetris...even Mario gets you thinking about whats coming but also what's happening right now without making a mistake. I'd say I've increased my awareness 10 fold from puzzle games...or mini games within other games.
The other way around tho...I cannot play any guitar hero game, but I'm pretty decent at real guitar.
After forcing myself to play it for a good couple hours to see if I could improve at it, I went home and picked up my axe and it was like I had just lost 5 years of practice.
The other way around tho...I cannot play any guitar hero game, but I'm pretty decent at real guitar.
After forcing myself to play it for a good couple hours to see if I could improve at it, I went home and picked up my axe and it was like I had just lost 5 years of practice.
Please don't be one of those people that act like they know about guns from CoD. Believe it or not most information that they give on guns is incorrect. Some of the names aren't even correct. You will probably misidentify several bullpup-style weapons as a Tavor-21. Cod WaW was just horrible with that kind of stuff. "Aperture sights" didn't exist, and (if I remember correctly) the model of Thompson they used that you could attach a drum magazine (called the "round drum," lolwut) was, in fact, incompatible with that type of magazine. You also held the Type 100 wrong in the game. Almost everyone knows what an M1 Garand and Thompson looks like. It's only impressive if you know things like barrel length, caliber, and model number.Rhymenoceros said:
OT: I have actually learned quite a bit about parkour from games like Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, and Splinter Cell Conviction. They actually use real parkour styles to model their characters after. I've learned a lot about correct vaults and rolls.
Gaming has somewhat improved my general problem solving skills and hand-eye coordination, not to mention all the random things I've learned or at least found much easier to learn because I could tie it into a game. Indirectly, they've helped my social life (as I have a common interest to talk about with the geekier of my acquaintances) and massively improved my writing abilities (I worked on my school newspaper as the resident video game critic for two years). Also, here's a list of random artists, mostly writers and musicians, who I've found because of video games. And, yes, I consider new entertainment sources to be a "life improvement":
Marc Laidlaw, lead writer for the Half-Life series. I've managed to snag one of his novels, The 37th Mandala, and I've read a few of his short stories, so I can safely say I'm a fan.
Richard Morgan, writer of Crysis 2. Haven't played Crysis 2 yet, but when I caught mention of his name and the title of one of his novels (Altered Carbon, specifically) in a news article, I looked it up, thought it sounded interesting, and decided to give it a read. It was awesome.
Jonathan Coulton. I hope I don't need to explain this.
Yahtzee. Mogworld was a fairly awesome book by my accounts, so I know I'll be excited when his next novel comes out.
... Damn, I love video games.
Marc Laidlaw, lead writer for the Half-Life series. I've managed to snag one of his novels, The 37th Mandala, and I've read a few of his short stories, so I can safely say I'm a fan.
Richard Morgan, writer of Crysis 2. Haven't played Crysis 2 yet, but when I caught mention of his name and the title of one of his novels (Altered Carbon, specifically) in a news article, I looked it up, thought it sounded interesting, and decided to give it a read. It was awesome.
Jonathan Coulton. I hope I don't need to explain this.
Yahtzee. Mogworld was a fairly awesome book by my accounts, so I know I'll be excited when his next novel comes out.
... Damn, I love video games.
Perhaps I put that badly. I know that I know next to nothing about guns. Although until you pointed all that out I did believe that I could correctly identify some of them from video games. Although maybe I'm not as good as I though I was...th3xile said:
Oh and in terms of the Parkour: I have found that a lot games like Metal Gear and Assassins Creed are very accurate in their portrayals of Parkour. Probably because they model them on real styles. And I do know my stuff about this one as I'm a practitioner of Parkour myself! So please don't prove me wrong with something blatantly obvious this time!
COD has not improved my firearms control one bit. Though I love playing FPS's and all, COD or any fps game for that matter (even ARMA), didnt prepare me much for real fire arms in the army. I suggest people do not for a second think they know how to shoot or know technical handling of a weapon better or a real firearm than someone who doesnt play games at all. Its all about practise and knowing the motion to go through.Derek_the_Dodo said:
Take this for instance, I knew how to set a claymore and trip flare about 7 months ago pretty well, and now, I only have an idea of how to (the steps for exactly where the wires go at the mine and the clacker procedure isnt very clear) same with the trip flare (with the shock tube and all).
Take this from someone who has fired weapons of various calibres (5.56, 7.62, 40mm, 0.5, 25mm and soon the 30mm).
P.S: The idea of dual mags in Black ops is pretty cool and works but, the moment you go prone in vegetation, mud/sand/dirt that goes into the rounds facing downwards in the second mag might cause your gun to jam when you rack it in...
Final Fantasy and Spyro the Dragon taught me English. I also have the show Friends to thank for that(I usually read the last word in the subtitle and checked the last word that they spoke on that sentance).
World of Warcraft taught me how to type really fast due to constantly chatting with people during combat. When people hear me type they think I'm just randomly smashing at my keyboard - and I still take time to write properly.
I suppose MMO's have also made my attention span a lot better. You gotta keep track on so many things at once during combat.
World of Warcraft taught me how to type really fast due to constantly chatting with people during combat. When people hear me type they think I'm just randomly smashing at my keyboard - and I still take time to write properly.
I suppose MMO's have also made my attention span a lot better. You gotta keep track on so many things at once during combat.
here be a tip:Derek_the_Dodo said:
if you are playing a sandbox game, REFUSE TO DRIVE ON THE RIGHT,, it shows that yyour proud, increases reaction time, makes it more fun and means that you dont have the dodgy AI pulling out in front of you since your weaving past the american idiots anyway(not racist, they all have american accents and their AI is bad, making them American idiots)
Driving's the easiest one to point to.
And whoever's talking about using firearms, you're bringing up an ignorant hornet's nest. Don't even touch it. There's no substance to it no matter how much you think about it. I was 12 when I realized that playing paintball and running track was a perfect regimen before PT at the recruitment office, but then I totally realized at 17 I was an idiot and the whole concept was warping my mind, just like how I thought I knew a lot of periphery BS about firearms and armed conflicts thanks to videogames. Oh, I can totally nail Jeopardy stuff thanks to my obsession with reference books and, eventually, Wikipedia, but that all goes down to my obsession with Medal of Honor: Frontline on my PS2.
And whoever's talking about using firearms, you're bringing up an ignorant hornet's nest. Don't even touch it. There's no substance to it no matter how much you think about it. I was 12 when I realized that playing paintball and running track was a perfect regimen before PT at the recruitment office, but then I totally realized at 17 I was an idiot and the whole concept was warping my mind, just like how I thought I knew a lot of periphery BS about firearms and armed conflicts thanks to videogames. Oh, I can totally nail Jeopardy stuff thanks to my obsession with reference books and, eventually, Wikipedia, but that all goes down to my obsession with Medal of Honor: Frontline on my PS2.
oh yeah, playing CoD has improved my ability to ignore annoying americans(and other people, but mainly americans)(i used to HATE them, but now i just think 'well, they wont ever shut up, and we talked like that 300 years ago...'), especially since 1/5 of the CoD community is American and about 1/2 of them are obnoxious idiots who feel that i'm somehow an idiot just because i'm British(Yahtzee's reason for liking cod4!!!), and it has also taught me how to tell ignorant /b/tards who call me homosexual etc, that they are racist homophobes, and that i'm straight.
also, Fable series has taught me how annoying we can make Yorkshire people by playing lines like 'hellooooo sparrow!' and if ooonly you'd give me a ring!!!' multiple times simply for being good and wearing fancy clothes(they actually constantly mobbed me)
also, Fable series has taught me how annoying we can make Yorkshire people by playing lines like 'hellooooo sparrow!' and if ooonly you'd give me a ring!!!' multiple times simply for being good and wearing fancy clothes(they actually constantly mobbed me)