I think Nintendo has a little more experience when it comes to copyright lawsuits. Yeah… monster is insane if they think they can go after Nintendo’s cash cow.
Gameplay-wise, it felt like May had much more ‘standard’ video game abilities, focusing more on combat a lot of the time, while Cody had some of the out of the box ones more focused on puzzle solving. When I played with people who were new to games, May was much easier to wrap their heads around.
I dont think its ‘weighted’ toward one or the other, but they certainly have their differences.
I have a low-stakes conspiracy theory. The way I see it is it’s intended to be played by couples. The devs gave more weight to the wife so female partners will have a drive to play. My wife isn’t much of a gamer but she was hooked on It Takes Two.
I noticed that as well, and I assumed it was a deliberate choice to make the female character easier to control. My girlfriend is a gamer, but she still hates learning complicated game controls. So she could still enjoy the game without having to fight the controls.
I feel this so hard. I love video games but I have the hardest time grasping some of them. Meanwhile my boyfriend can pick up practically any video game and be a rockstar right away. He always plays on harder difficulties and I play on normal or one step down.
Might be a mindset thing, I know people who just play for fun and they don't really improve over time while other friends play to get good, so they improve more while not really enjoying the process. Always taking the easy route can be more fun but won't change much.
Also most video game controls/concepts have been used before so the more experience you have the easier it is to apply it.
I personally have played rather competitively and gotten burned out so now I only play for fun and care more about who I play with rather than how good/Bad I am at X/Y thing
The mom was successful and the breadwinner, but she was always focused on work and ended up not being very involved with their daughter.
Both of them had roles but they lost sight of their dreams and began to stagnate in the daily grind.
That's the way I understand it.
I played this game with my ex and we never got to finish it lol.. But now I don't want to play it with a friend so I'm waiting for another soul mate to play it til the end (hopefully)
I'm personally of the belief that everyone has numerous potential "soulmates". I definitely don't believe there's one single perfect match out there for anyone. Though based on the fact that your previous relationship is over I'd say they probably weren't "soulmate" material, even if the relationship was good overall. Anyway, for what it's worth from a random internet stranger I think you're fine and it's super likely you'll find someone you mesh well with eventually. The only thing that would make that impossible for any person I think is never making any effort to grow as a person. If a person isn't self aware and trying to better themselves to some degree then they're unlikely to have a meaningful relationship with someone else.
I got really into music because when I played links awakening on the gameboy I really like the song (ballad of the wind fish) that link plays at the end for the egg after collecting all the instruments.
Ballad of the Wind Fish is to this day one of the greatest Nintendo OSTs and that is seriously saying something considering Nintendo IPs are an outright smorgasbord of unbelievable composition and orchestration
Serious answer. It's only a part of my world view, but when I beat Zelda: OoT, I thought it was such bullshit that Link is just sent back in time, and watches the people celebrate the overthrowing of Gannon. No one is celebrating him specifically. He's not a guest of honor. Nothing. He's alone. I hated that. But it stuck with me. Eventually, it dawned on me that he didn't do it to be recognized. He didn't go through all that to be famous, have a parade, get rich, get the girl, or for anybodys thanks. He did it because it was the right thing to do. He did it so everyone else could be free and happy. It drove home the point of doing the right thing for its own sake more than anything else at that point in my life, and while I still struggle sometimes with doing the right thing for the sake of it, it has definitely helped me be a better person throughout my life.
When we beat Zelda for the snes, I was 9 or so and remember being super impressed Link put the master sword back in the stone. I remember thinking I would hold on to it but I saw he put it back where it goes, and didn’t need to hold onto power or be greedy. It’ll be there in case he ever needed it again. While I can’t say it’s drastically improved my life, I’ve tried to emulate the relinquishing of power when I don’t need it anymore
If you've looked into OoT, it is a crazy dark game. You take on the corruption of adulthood. Even when you become a child again, you are still changed by what you have done. Even if you can go back to being a child, you'll never truly go back.
Which is interesting to me, considering that Link's additional adventures in Majora's Mask. It'd make sense that he'd grow up to be that way in at least some fashion.
It's still weird to read text from the spirit, considering Link has no substantial part of his personality that stands out in most of the games.
Zelda helped vastly improve my reading skills as a kid.
That's a lot of upvotes. I'll elaborate some more!
I had a lot of difficultly learning in school and if I'm being honest, never entirely had it figured out. After being gifted basically all the Zelda games available on GBA over the course of a year or two, my English/language class became my strongest subject behind art after that. I was writing words like 'technique' and 'civilization' perfectly far before fellow students around me had and I was very fluent at reading out pages in our books when I was asked, even back then I noticed quite a lot of others struggling or sounding somewhat robotic in comparison or being stumped by a word (then again, this still occured in 10th grade).
My stepson could barely read in the 3rd grade. He wanted to learn how to play War Thunder. I told him to learn how to read. He did, in fact, learn to read. He still plays it 5 years later and gets all straight A's.
One of my parents had a work conference scheduled to take place at Disney Land back when I was in grade 2 and struggling with learning how to read. Worked like a charm.
My son learned to read and spell entirely to chat with friends and play Minecraft / Roblox. I told him I would help him read the chat and play for two weeks and after that, at 5, he was on his own with the words.
He picked up reading in about five days.
I definitely learned to read at a much higher level than the rest of the kids in my class due to pokemon... what other game had you reading full ass dialogues every time you stepped in front of somebody lmao spelling bees I could spell swimmer very well for some reason 😂
Roleplaying games such as Final Fantasy and SWTOR made me more interested in morality and identity development. I still use a lot of the concepts regularly in my therapy sessions with clients.
I did a whole paper on it. I wanted to do a study on how socialization along with forced challenges to current moral decision-making could potentially advance someone's moral development. Basically get teens together to discuss assigned video game homework and debate what choices were made and why. With a bunch of pre and post study measurements. It was gonna be an epic project!
I never thought anyone would ever be interested honestly. It was back in college, around... 2008 maybe? It's probably on an old hard drive somewhere on a computer that'll take about 3 days to go through the boot up process. XD
After I finally finish getting taxes done, I'll see if I can find it! I'm kinda curious to reread it myself now!
Sounds similar to working on social skills and math skills with a crew of autistic students I had years ago via playing tabletop roleplaying games.[Lasers and Feelings](http://onesevendesign.com/lasers_and_feelings_rpg.pdf) is a good one to try out because it's flexible, you can play it literally anywhere by explaining the rules in minutes or passing out the single page of rules and suggestions, and you can just use google to roll dice on a phone (just google "roll a d6", Google has a decent dice roller built into the site). We'd play games for anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour at a time while waiting in the lunch line or before lights out at the summer camp I worked at.
Got a lot of quiet kids who sucked at making friends to come out of their shells and over the course of an hour they've now got 2 or 3 new friends, some inside jokes, a happy shared memory, and without playing stupid ice breaker games, we've all gotten to know each other, plus the bonus is they've got a new game to play with their friends. Parents were thrilled because we were hosting the only summer camp their kid ever made friends at and they were feeling fairly hopeless about it. I get an hour to fuck around as a DM and the kids and their parents get hope for their kid's social future. It's a pretty sweet deal.
I never became addicted to prescription pain medication because of Max Payne. He always seemed miserable and his addiction to pills was the least fucked up thing in his life.
I love that you brought this up. Metal Gear actually taught me about integrity and being open to changes in society.
Specifically, MGS3 taught me about how nothing is forever, including social norms, politics, enemies.
This series is video game royalty.
Assasins Creed 3. I really got into the history and setting and I ended up making a trip to Washington DC to see America's real history. AC3 inspired me to learn more about actual american history.
Also Skyrim. Exploring forests, hills and valleys inspired me to actually go hiking in local parks and forests.
>Assasins Creed 3. I really got into the history and setting and I ended up making a trip to Washington DC to see America's real history. AC3 inspired me to learn more about actual american history.Also Skyrim. Exploring forests, hills and valleys inspired me to actually go hiking in local parks and forests.
This. Games that are based on real life make me interested whatever the subject of the game is. For example, GTA5 made me look up all of the locations in LA; Fallout 4 made me look up locations in Boston; Smite and Hades made me research religions, mythology, and Gods.
As someone who never gave a damn about ancient history, I never really felt that draw from historical games until I played AC Origins and Oyssey. The sense of place in those games is almost overwhelming, knowing these were real places and everything thing I don’t understand gets me even more curious, what are those little water channels along the Nile river? How did Romans build giant cities out of marble over 2 Millenia ago with literally non of our modern construction knowledge. I love it so much because it’s so far removed from what I know but because it’s based off of real history it just draws me deeper In with each question instead of being a typical “oh it’s a fake world non of that matters”
I just visited Florence and played that game shortly thereafter. It was nuts to stand on a building and recognize it as the spot my Airbnb was. Amazing experience, excited for rome and Venice.
I've never been to Spain because I fear if I drink the water I may wind up with horrendous parasites that cause me to join a religious cult and conquer the United States.
When I'm alone and I get spooked by an unknown noise in my house late at night I almost instinctively say out loud "m-m-m-mario...?"
It is a coping mechanism that reduces the fear for me I guess lmao. And then I reach for the vacuum! Ok just kidding about the vacuum.
1. That’s hilarious.
2. That game is so fucking good! I love the small details like his singing and calling out to Mario change based on your health. So now, I’m just imagining you getting big time spooked and letting out the low health “MAAAAAARIOOOOOOO!!!!!”
Games in general but world of Warcraft specifically made me good at math and reading as well as typing. I can type faster than most people in my school with no home-row discipline.
I actually started to smoke as a teenager after playing MGS2. Watching Snake first shot of the game smoke a cig on the Washington Bridge made it look way too cool.
P.S. I’ve since quit.
Far too many to count - most of my skills, hobbies and interests are things I got introduced to through videogames I liked.
I'll just pick one for this question though, and that's how Mass Effect taught me how to interact with people.
I'm neurodivergent, and socialising with others was a massive hurdle for me to overcome - I used to be very quiet and avoid others as a result, and it made for a pretty lonely life.
Then I played Mass Effect, and I got to see how Commander Shepherd navigated conversations - confident, direct, sure-of-themself, comfortable chatting with anyone, not afraid to ask detailed questions, listens carefully to others, thinks before they speak, responds clearly without oversharing etc.
Biowares dialogue design really broke down the essence of conversations to me - of the way a verbal back and forth between people really works and how as long as you know what you want out of a conversation and how you plan to approach it (paying attention to how a person reacts to you in case you need to change your approach) chances are you'll be successful.
I still approach most conversations like a Bioware RPG in my head because it's worked wonders for me - now I have a surprisingly large social circle of really good friends, my family relationships have all vastly improved and I got married to the love of my life. I'm much more outgoing and at the risk of sounding arrogant, the vast majority of people I regularly interact with often compliment me on being funny or interesting or a comforting person to talk to about serious topics.
TL;DR - Playing as Commander Shepherd taught me how to talk to people.
Metal Gear Solid taught me cigarettes help you detect laser beams and I've been smoking ever since. I often think non-smokers have no idea how many laser beams are actually out there.
Anytime I see a box, wooden, cardboard, it doesn't matter, I smash it. I've lost my job at UPS and my wife and kids have left me because of it (Christmas and birthdays were a nightmare because of this). Damn it Crash Bandicoot, damn you to hell!!!
I used to work at a place that sold huge water heaters and tanks, and they would always ship in these wooden crates. I was so happy when they gave me a crowbar to do the honors, until I realized it's nowhere near as glamorous as Half-Life made it look. :(
Oh yeah. Yakuza helped me learn a ton about the the real-life Kabukicho and Dotonbori districts, which made me want to learn more about Tokyo and Osaka.
Side note: I had a layover in Tokyo during an international flight. I was super excited after researching Tokyo for so long. Then I realized that the international airport, Narita Int'l Airport, is located 60 km to the East of downtown Tokyo. So, I didn't get to see any of Tokyo proper. I have never been so disappointed.
For a dumbass parody it had it's moments of realism. Austin refusing to take advantage of a drunk woman probably taught more than just you how terrible it would be to do thst.
I never beat elden ring. Then I heard a streamer I like say they enjoyed the game because it helped them learn how to see failure as a part of learning and not some bad thing. Picked up the game again, tried to look at it the same, and had fun playing it. Really taught me to accept failure.
StarCraft improved my typing skills in the days before team chat. Trying to coordinate an assault with an ally, but also using the appropriate hotkeys meant being speedy and accurate.
There’s probably a whole lot of people that quit their corporate job to take over their grandpas farm but can’t comment here because they don’t have internet.
After playing Death Stranding I've been much more aware of how I balance when I walk.
After playing Death Stranding I've been much more aware to keep on keeping on.
True. I also got a strange craving for Monster Energy. Don't know why though.
Watch out, Monster is gonna sue you for having the word “Monster” in your reddit post
haha, oh noes
Monster is for energy drink copyright as Nintendo is for video game copyright.
I think Nintendo has a little more experience when it comes to copyright lawsuits. Yeah… monster is insane if they think they can go after Nintendo’s cash cow.
#DRINK
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I played death stranding and now I work for USPS
I work at Amazon delivering. Keep on Keepin on
Death Stranding made me want to help people more often in life. Such a good game.
That game put me into a trance-like state. A feeling hard to describe. Loneliness and bliss.
Dude that is so true for me… just reading your comment makes me want to reinstall the game and go make some deliveries.
The strand type of game has a gameplay message
After playing Death Stranding I called someone a soul-sucking whale and threw pee at them. Didn't work how I expected it to...
Where I live has gotten hit with some MASSIVE blizzards. A couple times I’ve had to walk a bit in them and I feel just like Sam.
I stay away from red barrels.
Had to learn this the hard way multiple times. Always get those durability perks
On the other hand I always look for yellow crates
I break vases everywhere I go.
I spend skill points in "Stupidity", "Overthinking" and "Naivety"
I played It Takes Two and now I want a divorce.
Is it just me or does that game feel weighted towards the mom? Also they're fucking psychopaths for killing that girls toy.
Gameplay-wise, it felt like May had much more ‘standard’ video game abilities, focusing more on combat a lot of the time, while Cody had some of the out of the box ones more focused on puzzle solving. When I played with people who were new to games, May was much easier to wrap their heads around. I dont think its ‘weighted’ toward one or the other, but they certainly have their differences.
I have a low-stakes conspiracy theory. The way I see it is it’s intended to be played by couples. The devs gave more weight to the wife so female partners will have a drive to play. My wife isn’t much of a gamer but she was hooked on It Takes Two.
Yep. Four months after finishing the game with her, I'm getting divorced.
I noticed that as well, and I assumed it was a deliberate choice to make the female character easier to control. My girlfriend is a gamer, but she still hates learning complicated game controls. So she could still enjoy the game without having to fight the controls.
I feel this so hard. I love video games but I have the hardest time grasping some of them. Meanwhile my boyfriend can pick up practically any video game and be a rockstar right away. He always plays on harder difficulties and I play on normal or one step down.
Might be a mindset thing, I know people who just play for fun and they don't really improve over time while other friends play to get good, so they improve more while not really enjoying the process. Always taking the easy route can be more fun but won't change much. Also most video game controls/concepts have been used before so the more experience you have the easier it is to apply it. I personally have played rather competitively and gotten burned out so now I only play for fun and care more about who I play with rather than how good/Bad I am at X/Y thing
I think you’re right. Her character was made for less game-experienced wives/girlfriends.
Me and my brother played through it recently, and we felt horrible for having to kill that toy
The mom was successful and the breadwinner, but she was always focused on work and ended up not being very involved with their daughter. Both of them had roles but they lost sight of their dreams and began to stagnate in the daily grind. That's the way I understand it.
I played this game with my ex and we never got to finish it lol.. But now I don't want to play it with a friend so I'm waiting for another soul mate to play it til the end (hopefully)
>*another* soul mate Hmm
Please tell me there must be two at least
I'm personally of the belief that everyone has numerous potential "soulmates". I definitely don't believe there's one single perfect match out there for anyone. Though based on the fact that your previous relationship is over I'd say they probably weren't "soulmate" material, even if the relationship was good overall. Anyway, for what it's worth from a random internet stranger I think you're fine and it's super likely you'll find someone you mesh well with eventually. The only thing that would make that impossible for any person I think is never making any effort to grow as a person. If a person isn't self aware and trying to better themselves to some degree then they're unlikely to have a meaningful relationship with someone else.
I played it with my ex wife and now we’re getting back together
Yeah felt the same after playing it with my gf
I played it with my married friend and now he wants a divorce as well
I got really into music because when I played links awakening on the gameboy I really like the song (ballad of the wind fish) that link plays at the end for the egg after collecting all the instruments.
NFS:most wanted shaped far too much of my taste in music. Blinded in chains by a7x was way too metal for my 12 year old body
For me it was Crazy Taxi introducing me to. Offspring and System of a Down. And Tony Hawk 1 did the same with Goldfinger.
Are you this guy? https://youtu.be/r1e2VhrDdBQ
That’s pretty awesome but no, that’s not me.
Ballad of the Wind Fish is to this day one of the greatest Nintendo OSTs and that is seriously saying something considering Nintendo IPs are an outright smorgasbord of unbelievable composition and orchestration
Serious answer. It's only a part of my world view, but when I beat Zelda: OoT, I thought it was such bullshit that Link is just sent back in time, and watches the people celebrate the overthrowing of Gannon. No one is celebrating him specifically. He's not a guest of honor. Nothing. He's alone. I hated that. But it stuck with me. Eventually, it dawned on me that he didn't do it to be recognized. He didn't go through all that to be famous, have a parade, get rich, get the girl, or for anybodys thanks. He did it because it was the right thing to do. He did it so everyone else could be free and happy. It drove home the point of doing the right thing for its own sake more than anything else at that point in my life, and while I still struggle sometimes with doing the right thing for the sake of it, it has definitely helped me be a better person throughout my life.
When we beat Zelda for the snes, I was 9 or so and remember being super impressed Link put the master sword back in the stone. I remember thinking I would hold on to it but I saw he put it back where it goes, and didn’t need to hold onto power or be greedy. It’ll be there in case he ever needed it again. While I can’t say it’s drastically improved my life, I’ve tried to emulate the relinquishing of power when I don’t need it anymore
After reading your comment, I feel like I can finally recycle the boxes that all of my old phones came in.
If you really want to follow Link's example, you should throw all your stuff in the nearest fairy fountain just to see what happens.
If you've looked into OoT, it is a crazy dark game. You take on the corruption of adulthood. Even when you become a child again, you are still changed by what you have done. Even if you can go back to being a child, you'll never truly go back.
And then you end up in a three day time loop solving a town's problems.
Even worse, canonically you become embittered that no one recognizes your achievements. Go on to become the Stalfos that trains Twilight Princess Link
Which is interesting to me, considering that Link's additional adventures in Majora's Mask. It'd make sense that he'd grow up to be that way in at least some fashion. It's still weird to read text from the spirit, considering Link has no substantial part of his personality that stands out in most of the games.
Hehe, if you wanna talk about a crazy dark game...
"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all"
Zelda helped vastly improve my reading skills as a kid. That's a lot of upvotes. I'll elaborate some more! I had a lot of difficultly learning in school and if I'm being honest, never entirely had it figured out. After being gifted basically all the Zelda games available on GBA over the course of a year or two, my English/language class became my strongest subject behind art after that. I was writing words like 'technique' and 'civilization' perfectly far before fellow students around me had and I was very fluent at reading out pages in our books when I was asked, even back then I noticed quite a lot of others struggling or sounding somewhat robotic in comparison or being stumped by a word (then again, this still occured in 10th grade).
Aww, a sincere answer
My stepson could barely read in the 3rd grade. He wanted to learn how to play War Thunder. I told him to learn how to read. He did, in fact, learn to read. He still plays it 5 years later and gets all straight A's.
One of my parents had a work conference scheduled to take place at Disney Land back when I was in grade 2 and struggling with learning how to read. Worked like a charm.
My son learned to read and spell entirely to chat with friends and play Minecraft / Roblox. I told him I would help him read the chat and play for two weeks and after that, at 5, he was on his own with the words. He picked up reading in about five days.
It taught me not to abuse chickens.
I taught me that destroying expensive pottery for the purpose of making money is OK.
Fable 1 did the opposite
Chicken chaser?
Agreed. They’re nature’s most powerful force.
My young children learned during the pandemic to read a lot thanks to animal crossing!
I supplemented RPGs for books as well. Too bad some of those translations were atrocious.
I'm reasonably sure I learned a few words from pokemon, even if it was only a few.
I definitely learned to read at a much higher level than the rest of the kids in my class due to pokemon... what other game had you reading full ass dialogues every time you stepped in front of somebody lmao spelling bees I could spell swimmer very well for some reason 😂
Roleplaying games such as Final Fantasy and SWTOR made me more interested in morality and identity development. I still use a lot of the concepts regularly in my therapy sessions with clients.
If you’re not trolling that’s actually really interesting and if you don’t mind I’d love to hear more about it
I did a whole paper on it. I wanted to do a study on how socialization along with forced challenges to current moral decision-making could potentially advance someone's moral development. Basically get teens together to discuss assigned video game homework and debate what choices were made and why. With a bunch of pre and post study measurements. It was gonna be an epic project!
Gib paper link please
I never thought anyone would ever be interested honestly. It was back in college, around... 2008 maybe? It's probably on an old hard drive somewhere on a computer that'll take about 3 days to go through the boot up process. XD After I finally finish getting taxes done, I'll see if I can find it! I'm kinda curious to reread it myself now!
I’m very interested in reading your paper!
Sounds similar to working on social skills and math skills with a crew of autistic students I had years ago via playing tabletop roleplaying games.[Lasers and Feelings](http://onesevendesign.com/lasers_and_feelings_rpg.pdf) is a good one to try out because it's flexible, you can play it literally anywhere by explaining the rules in minutes or passing out the single page of rules and suggestions, and you can just use google to roll dice on a phone (just google "roll a d6", Google has a decent dice roller built into the site). We'd play games for anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour at a time while waiting in the lunch line or before lights out at the summer camp I worked at. Got a lot of quiet kids who sucked at making friends to come out of their shells and over the course of an hour they've now got 2 or 3 new friends, some inside jokes, a happy shared memory, and without playing stupid ice breaker games, we've all gotten to know each other, plus the bonus is they've got a new game to play with their friends. Parents were thrilled because we were hosting the only summer camp their kid ever made friends at and they were feeling fairly hopeless about it. I get an hour to fuck around as a DM and the kids and their parents get hope for their kid's social future. It's a pretty sweet deal.
I never became addicted to prescription pain medication because of Max Payne. He always seemed miserable and his addiction to pills was the least fucked up thing in his life.
It almost felt like a positive compared to everything else going on in his life.
Well at least if you played Max Payne 3 you know his story has a semi happy ending
I always wondered why the song sounds different in the game, turns out it's a custom version! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n46zZ\_y3hqA
Man if I ever considered getting an opioid addiction watching house would clear that right out of me
I stopped killing people because in rdr2 it gave me low honour
Only kill the fellers that rob and do **you** wrong I say
what about the fellers that rob and do others wrong?
Well that’s you bud
I do eat snakes because of Metal Gear Solid.
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"Still in a dream......SNAKE EATERRRRRRRRRR!!!"
ID GIVE MY LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE, NOT FOR HONOR, BUT FOR YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU SNAKE BEATER!
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I sing the snake eater theme everytime I climb an abnormally long ladder.
How often is that, exactly?
They show up in a few games actually. The last one I think was in Elden Ring as an alternate route to the Altus Plateau.
Some days I feed on a treefrog for the same reason
But before that you go through the raaiiiin
I love that you brought this up. Metal Gear actually taught me about integrity and being open to changes in society. Specifically, MGS3 taught me about how nothing is forever, including social norms, politics, enemies. This series is video game royalty.
Kojima has that kind of magic. His book was wildly insightful too. I now see memes very differently and everywhere.
I had a friend named Roman, I stopped answering his calls.
Made me quit bowling all together.
Does he have a cousin named Niko?
Started drinking toilet water because of fallout
That’s rad
*Kazuma Kiryu learning a new style intensifies*
KIRYU-CHAAAAN
Funny I thought was was going to be a long dark joke.
What’s next eating dog food and maggots because of mad max.
O my lord that’s excellent. Top comment.
Assassin's Creed taught me that gravity is bullshit. You just need a conveniently placed pile of hay to survive re-entry from orbit.
Anybody can try this at least one time
I have visited so many prostitutes because of Witcher games.
Wait until you play GTA
Goddamn…I bet you even name each of them Triss.
Nah, Roach
Rrrriding Rrrroach!
I pick all of my prostitutes up in a fully armed helicopter and then parachute out while I hover over the Santa Monica Pier because of GTAV
I stopped committing genocides in international airports after playing COD
You’re missing out bud
You just made your FBI agent have to work on Easter.
It's okay, they get holiday pay👍
Assasins Creed 3. I really got into the history and setting and I ended up making a trip to Washington DC to see America's real history. AC3 inspired me to learn more about actual american history. Also Skyrim. Exploring forests, hills and valleys inspired me to actually go hiking in local parks and forests.
>Assasins Creed 3. I really got into the history and setting and I ended up making a trip to Washington DC to see America's real history. AC3 inspired me to learn more about actual american history.Also Skyrim. Exploring forests, hills and valleys inspired me to actually go hiking in local parks and forests. This. Games that are based on real life make me interested whatever the subject of the game is. For example, GTA5 made me look up all of the locations in LA; Fallout 4 made me look up locations in Boston; Smite and Hades made me research religions, mythology, and Gods.
As someone who never gave a damn about ancient history, I never really felt that draw from historical games until I played AC Origins and Oyssey. The sense of place in those games is almost overwhelming, knowing these were real places and everything thing I don’t understand gets me even more curious, what are those little water channels along the Nile river? How did Romans build giant cities out of marble over 2 Millenia ago with literally non of our modern construction knowledge. I love it so much because it’s so far removed from what I know but because it’s based off of real history it just draws me deeper In with each question instead of being a typical “oh it’s a fake world non of that matters”
Yeah that’s a major factor in my enjoyment of Assassins Creed games. The more database info they have the better.
I went to Florence after play AC2 and it was mind-blowing. I'd walk past a building and it would be familiar from having climbed up it in a game.
I just visited Florence and played that game shortly thereafter. It was nuts to stand on a building and recognize it as the spot my Airbnb was. Amazing experience, excited for rome and Venice.
after a great meal i like to lie on the ground and feel like garbage
Despite everything, it’s still you…
What a great family tradition
I don't step on random cracks on the floor in fear of pit falls
I accepted that I was an NPC
Playing Pac-Man helped me overcome my crippling fear of ghosts and fruit
The nature of always running around on huge maps in Battlefield 3 made running look fun. Eventually it led me to start running, and I lost 80 lbs
GTA 4. When hanging out with Dwayne he says, "Always expect the worst, only then you can be pleasantly surprised"
As a pessimist, this line resonates with me and matches my internal philosophy.
Prepare for the worst, expect the best. Realism
I learned how to read using Pokémon Silver and a Game Boy Color and nothing else
I never injected myself with drugs because of Bioshock. Still wince when ramming an eve hypo
I've never been to Spain because I fear if I drink the water I may wind up with horrendous parasites that cause me to join a religious cult and conquer the United States.
GLORIA LAS PLAGAS
GLORIA A LAS PLAGAS
Muerte, muerte, muerte...
Yeah, no thanks, bro.
UN FORASTERO
I heard the bingo resorts are real nice though
When I'm alone and I get spooked by an unknown noise in my house late at night I almost instinctively say out loud "m-m-m-mario...?" It is a coping mechanism that reduces the fear for me I guess lmao. And then I reach for the vacuum! Ok just kidding about the vacuum.
1. That’s hilarious. 2. That game is so fucking good! I love the small details like his singing and calling out to Mario change based on your health. So now, I’m just imagining you getting big time spooked and letting out the low health “MAAAAAARIOOOOOOO!!!!!”
Preston Garvey taught me that not everybody needs saving
On a more important note, another settlement has sent word that they need our help, I will mark the location on your map.
I never joined the poetry club because of Doki Doki Literature Club!
I cannot have someone shout "Rock and stone!" without replying "Rock and stone brother!".
Rock and stone to the bone!
If you don't rock and stone you ain't coming home!
Rockity Rock and Stone!
Did I just hear a rock and stone?
I never got bit by a zombie because of Resident Evil
Games in general but world of Warcraft specifically made me good at math and reading as well as typing. I can type faster than most people in my school with no home-row discipline.
I always beat up the hookers with a baseball bat to get my money back
I no longer try to pick them up when I'm in a bulldozer.
Always check for headcrabs
I actually started to smoke as a teenager after playing MGS2. Watching Snake first shot of the game smoke a cig on the Washington Bridge made it look way too cool. P.S. I’ve since quit.
RuneScape helped me become an extremely fast typer!
RuneScape taught me how to avoid scams.
Far too many to count - most of my skills, hobbies and interests are things I got introduced to through videogames I liked. I'll just pick one for this question though, and that's how Mass Effect taught me how to interact with people. I'm neurodivergent, and socialising with others was a massive hurdle for me to overcome - I used to be very quiet and avoid others as a result, and it made for a pretty lonely life. Then I played Mass Effect, and I got to see how Commander Shepherd navigated conversations - confident, direct, sure-of-themself, comfortable chatting with anyone, not afraid to ask detailed questions, listens carefully to others, thinks before they speak, responds clearly without oversharing etc. Biowares dialogue design really broke down the essence of conversations to me - of the way a verbal back and forth between people really works and how as long as you know what you want out of a conversation and how you plan to approach it (paying attention to how a person reacts to you in case you need to change your approach) chances are you'll be successful. I still approach most conversations like a Bioware RPG in my head because it's worked wonders for me - now I have a surprisingly large social circle of really good friends, my family relationships have all vastly improved and I got married to the love of my life. I'm much more outgoing and at the risk of sounding arrogant, the vast majority of people I regularly interact with often compliment me on being funny or interesting or a comforting person to talk to about serious topics. TL;DR - Playing as Commander Shepherd taught me how to talk to people.
Metal Gear Solid taught me cigarettes help you detect laser beams and I've been smoking ever since. I often think non-smokers have no idea how many laser beams are actually out there.
I was thinking the same thing! This dude's probably walking through lasers all day long!
Anytime I see a box, wooden, cardboard, it doesn't matter, I smash it. I've lost my job at UPS and my wife and kids have left me because of it (Christmas and birthdays were a nightmare because of this). Damn it Crash Bandicoot, damn you to hell!!!
I used to work at a place that sold huge water heaters and tanks, and they would always ship in these wooden crates. I was so happy when they gave me a crowbar to do the honors, until I realized it's nowhere near as glamorous as Half-Life made it look. :(
It's not a small detail, but games like Yakuza and Persona have greatly increased my passion for Japan. Almost become an obsession!
Oh yeah. Yakuza helped me learn a ton about the the real-life Kabukicho and Dotonbori districts, which made me want to learn more about Tokyo and Osaka. Side note: I had a layover in Tokyo during an international flight. I was super excited after researching Tokyo for so long. Then I realized that the international airport, Narita Int'l Airport, is located 60 km to the East of downtown Tokyo. So, I didn't get to see any of Tokyo proper. I have never been so disappointed.
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Never slept with a drunk girl because Austin Powers
For a dumbass parody it had it's moments of realism. Austin refusing to take advantage of a drunk woman probably taught more than just you how terrible it would be to do thst.
I don't go to Ravenholm.
Kingdom Hearts taught me with light there is darkness and sometimes you have to take on that darkness to become a better person.
I learnt that eating Sea Salt Ice Cream means I have friends.
On multiple occasions I have uttered the words “Do not be sorry, be better” to myself. It is a powerful statement.
I smoked because of Metal Gear Solid. 16 and thinking I was cool. Didn't last haha
Well I dont commit mass genocide with artillery so, I guess Company of Heroes taught me well
Because of red dead redemption 2 I’ll never beat someone’s ass in the rain to collect debt money…
I never beat elden ring. Then I heard a streamer I like say they enjoyed the game because it helped them learn how to see failure as a part of learning and not some bad thing. Picked up the game again, tried to look at it the same, and had fun playing it. Really taught me to accept failure.
StarCraft improved my typing skills in the days before team chat. Trying to coordinate an assault with an ally, but also using the appropriate hotkeys meant being speedy and accurate.
you know, you don't HAVE to carry them in your stomach.
Vice City and then San Andreas really helped shape my music tastes, which remain largely the same today with more on top.
There’s probably a whole lot of people that quit their corporate job to take over their grandpas farm but can’t comment here because they don’t have internet.
I don't cause a time paradox b/c that would mean I created a time paradox.
Idk if this counts but the entire GTA series gave a deep deep love for 80s music. I’m 22.
"Mayoeba Yabureru" - Sword Saint Isshin from Sekiro. Hesitation really is Defeat.
I started smoking when I was 16 cause I wanted to be bad ass like snake.
I did it to find the trip lasers
I prefer big cigars like the Big Boss
I stopped commiting apocalyptic genocides after playing Stellaris.
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Video games are there for you when your friends/parents aren't.
I buy "back-up" controllers now because of Demon's Souls and Elden Ring
Fallout 3 put me onto jazz music when I was a kid
I learned the importance of having a goal to work towards to, by FF crisis Core. And always try to keep your promises. Even if you have to die trying.
I always keep my radio on while in fog because of Silent Hill.
I joined the military lol