This week me and my mates on the GameOverCast [http://gameovercast.co.uk] discussed what we'd given up for gaming. It turned into a revealing discussion of slight embarissment, pride and life changing choices.
I for instance gave up my dignity....
Short Version, Street fighter 2 made me piss myself.... In public.
Long version: I was maybe 13 years old, playing street fighter 2 at a 2 cabinet arcade (the sole occupant being me). I had only 1 credit but it got me all the way to the final 4 bosses, the first time I had achieved such a feat. By this point though i was bursting for the toilet. By the time I was fighting Sagat (the penultimate boss) it was taking all my willpower not to give to the demands of my bladder. The fight went to three rounds but by some miracle i was victorious (perhaps the need to pee solidifying my concentration like never before). On then i went to the final Boss, M Bison. The first round went to me, the second to him.... The third went to my bladder, and then whilst i stood stock still in shocked disbelief as to what was happening to me, my jeans turned a darker sinister shade of blue, Bison took the advantage and added insult to injury by perfecting me....
The other also have revealing stories, including a life changing one.
Have any interesting examples of sacrifices and changes to your life that gaming has brought?
Things to think about:
- Little daily things
- Weekly things
- Money spenditure
- Social time lost(or even gained) due to gaming
- Embarrasing events wrought by games
Can anyone out embariss my embarrising pisstale? I'd love it someone could because it would make me feel less alone with the shame (or pride, not even urine could make me waste my credit!)
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As always if you have time, take a listen to the podcast [http://gameovercast.co.uk], this weeks is a funny one, and is fairly COD centric, and even has a COD based gaming quiz.
Listen here! [http://radarhead.libsyn.com/episode-24-the-inevitable-cod]
I for instance gave up my dignity....
Short Version, Street fighter 2 made me piss myself.... In public.
Long version: I was maybe 13 years old, playing street fighter 2 at a 2 cabinet arcade (the sole occupant being me). I had only 1 credit but it got me all the way to the final 4 bosses, the first time I had achieved such a feat. By this point though i was bursting for the toilet. By the time I was fighting Sagat (the penultimate boss) it was taking all my willpower not to give to the demands of my bladder. The fight went to three rounds but by some miracle i was victorious (perhaps the need to pee solidifying my concentration like never before). On then i went to the final Boss, M Bison. The first round went to me, the second to him.... The third went to my bladder, and then whilst i stood stock still in shocked disbelief as to what was happening to me, my jeans turned a darker sinister shade of blue, Bison took the advantage and added insult to injury by perfecting me....
The other also have revealing stories, including a life changing one.
Have any interesting examples of sacrifices and changes to your life that gaming has brought?
Things to think about:
- Little daily things
- Weekly things
- Money spenditure
- Social time lost(or even gained) due to gaming
- Embarrasing events wrought by games
Can anyone out embariss my embarrising pisstale? I'd love it someone could because it would make me feel less alone with the shame (or pride, not even urine could make me waste my credit!)
.As always if you have time, take a listen to the podcast [http://gameovercast.co.uk], this weeks is a funny one, and is fairly COD centric, and even has a COD based gaming quiz.
Listen here! [http://radarhead.libsyn.com/episode-24-the-inevitable-cod]