One of the funniest recent memoriest I have of people trying to apply gaming mentality to "real-life" settings (albeit still a game setting) was a recent game of paintball my friends and I participated in.
We were all gung-ho, having each logged many a late night in CS, and felt we've have an edge on the competition with our intricate knowledge of coordinated attack squad tactics.
Now picture all of us nursing our burning legs after less than a half-hour, having discovered that it's actually incredibly painful to run around in a squat position for periods of time longer than about 4 minutes.
I noted that there was a noticeable lack of suicide charges into enemy territory as well.
The main effect I've noted after particularly long bouts of gaming is picturing a floating camera above and behind me, recording a 3rd-person perspective shot in the style of Thief 3.
For kicks, I'd start to look at my surroundings while imaging how it would be modeled in-game.
Talk about games changing one's perspective. Yikes.
How incredibly convenient!
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Incredibly helpful that we're also given a one-sentence catch-phrase for each of the movies, explaining in detail why each deserves to be in the list.
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these go to eleven.
- For plot intensive fantasy RPGs, Betrayal at Krondor.
- For flight sims (okay, okay, flight sims "lite"), it's gotta be X-Wing & Tie-Fighter.
- For immersive mood setting, The 7th Guest.
- For graphic adventures (Come back!!), all hail the Secret of Monkey Island.
Many games have held residence on my HD for long periods of time, but these are the ones that stick in my mind my most memorable gaming experiences.Ahhh, finally introduced a quick OS uninstall program, did they?
We were all gung-ho, having each logged many a late night in CS, and felt we've have an edge on the competition with our intricate knowledge of coordinated attack squad tactics.
Now picture all of us nursing our burning legs after less than a half-hour, having discovered that it's actually incredibly painful to run around in a squat position for periods of time longer than about 4 minutes.
I noted that there was a noticeable lack of suicide charges into enemy territory as well.
For kicks, I'd start to look at my surroundings while imaging how it would be modeled in-game.
Talk about games changing one's perspective. Yikes.
"HellBoy - eh, why not?"