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Too Much Gaming, Anyone?
Nrik noted a wired story about too much gaming and how sometimes a few too many hours of gaming can cause your mind to blur some lines. For me it was Tony Hawk- I played so much that I started sizing up curbs for grinding while driving home from work. Katamari Damacy has been a problem too. I'm fairly certain my car is large enough to pick up the railings on the overpass near my house. I'm even more certain that these thoughts are bad.
I know I've had too much Quake III, when often used to dream of insagibbing my friends.
Although good dreams, I knew I needed to back off a bit.
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this happens to me all the time. i can hardly fly for ten minutes in my tie fighter before i think that i'm in a star wars game....
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Even worse was when I went on a burnout 3 binge. I would pull alongside a tanker trailer and start calculating the best angle to hit it so that i could bounce over the median into oncoming traffic.
It certainly did change my temporary assesment of situations.
In addition to attempting to blow someone away with a nearby shopping cart at the grocery store while reaching for a flag wrapped in plastic I have been told I say, "owned" entirely too much.
Bah. If only I could grapple to work.
Too much gaming definitely caused me problems, for example I find it hard to focus after several hours because my wife is yelling at me.
I think I erred in permitting my kids to play GTA *before* taking driver's training...
I can remember playing so much starcrack, that I couldn't close my eyes without seeing Zerg prancing around.
Little zergs scratching at the door.
Little zergs digging holes.
little zergs racing across the landscape.
It was wonderful.
"Only one thing, is impossible for god: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet." Mark Twain
When I see a crowd of kids/ppl standing in a parking lot, I think about positioning for area attacks based on surrounding architecture and the shape of their group.
I also marvel at how long it takes to get around cities without superspeed (basically the ability to run 60 mph all the time)
This is where I get my recommended daily allowance of "Foot in Mouth."
Too much Doom had me scared in the office.
Too much Quake2 had me strafing around corners (still do this a bit).
Too much Asheron's Call had me jumpy just from being outdoors (what was THAT? Oh, just a log, not a golem).
Too much Liesure Suit Larry, and I... nevermind.
It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
Is it just me, or has GTA clouded the minds of others as well?
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I think I erred in permitting my kids to play GTA *before* buying them semi-automatic weapons...
I know that after playing 6 hours of WoW and stopping at 4 a.m. I dream about levelling up and gaining items. The issue is, my mind believes that I HAVE gained levels and I DO have the new items. I am sadly mistaken when I play again.
You forgot one more vital thing...
:).
;)
Background music so you know when to do the quick save
Imagine a "superhero" with such a super power- no other powers except having predictive background music...
If you want really scary I got bored one day and decided to get some good scores in Minesweeper.
It took a couple of days and when I was done I saw the various number sequences in my sleep. I could play minesweeper in my head.
Then I realised the truth. MSFT had control of my brain and was using it to upgrade minesweeper. A bit of tinfoil and a linux install and I am feeling much better now.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
Poor fluffy, his hair stood straight up for a week.
It's been a looooong time, but when I was a kid, those stupid levels with the speeder bikes....ugh! Anytime I get into traffic and start weaving through, I hear the music in my head.
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Duh duh duh. Dun dun, dut, dut da da. Dut da da ut. (doo do do do do do do)....
Worse. If I hit a jam shortly after, I hear sad midi drums.
Boom chick, boom chick, boom chick chick chick...
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
Now all you have to do is convince your boss that you're just as effective asleep as you are awake. Then you can take those well-deserved naps at work after lunch.
"It's a very tangled subsystem." --Windows kernel guru
I agree completely. For myself, it isn't just limited to computer games. Many years ago when the Othello brand of Reversi came out my siblings and I played so many games back to back that both my brother and I suffered from the symptoms described.
We both were in high school then, he was working at a grocery store... stacking fruit, when he saw apples next to oranges he thought he could put an orange on the other side and flip the apple over and it should become an orange. When I took naps on a couch with a pillow at my head, I felt, if someone put a pillow at my feet I should flip over and become a pillow.
I think I erred in permitting my kids to play GTA *before* teaching them that you're not really supposed to beat up a hooker.
Unless that's what you're paying her for.