Games breaking into your real life

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Reading a reply in the best gaming moment thread, this idea came to me for an interesting thread.

Basically have you ever forgotten you're not playing a game in real life?

I've been re-playing GTA3 recently, and I've been doing the import/export mission. Anyway, the other day I was out walking and I thought I saw an ice-cream van. And for a second I thought to myself "Hey, I need that"

weemcd

yeah i jumped into a fire engine once, and tried to push the fireman out the door and do a vigilante but then i realised this wasnt gta, we had a good laugh about it back at the station

Placebo

yeah man,
i was walking through the feild and i seen these mushrooms and sudenly i started jumping on them hoping id get bigger...

nothing happed

smiaras

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mayordenis

yeah i dont know what ye know about the game far cry but i constantly walk into random objects and watch them fall over and sometimes look at rivers and say "thats an amazing water effect it looks so real"

Placebo

"thats an amazing water effect it looks so real"

LMAO

RobertFoster

after playing Tony Hawk for a while I started to look for lines and think "hmm, that'd be a cool rail"

I also look for sniper advantage points...but that's not entirely related to games

User45701

That tetris thing is actually a real life condition, there is 1 guy who have gone catatonic and all he does all day is play tetris in there head stoping only every few days..... Not sure if its true tho.

but we have all tried to go asleap and when we closed our eyes seen bricks falling

bizmark

This one time i started to bleave i was the commander of Nod forces (C and C) funny thing happened............I recruited a small army and a few dump trucks to collect resources so i could buy some more solders anyway long story short after taking over large parts of Asia and south America i relised the extend of my mistake needless to say myself and the Global alliance had a good laugh about it down the pub

That wasn’t even the worse event though i mean there’s this one time i invaded hell itself with noting but a pistol but that’s another story

amp

This remind me of this quote:

"If video games affected kids as much as they say, then it would be evident in those of us who grew up with pacman. We would be running around eating pills in dark rooms, seeing ghosts and listening to repetitive electronic music."

For some odd reason. But yes, I have on occasion had the urge to press Enter when walking past a nice car.

Victor

A few years ago I got really bored and frustrated with my job. Anyway after a night's CS I staggered off to get the last Nitelink. Halfway to the stop I decided "Right. Thats it, I'm gonna quit. I'll give it two weeks, clear my desk and quit." I continue mumbling and grumbling to myself.

"But what am I going to do when I quit? .... Ah, I'll becoem a terrorist." :rolleyes:

amp

I've always liked you Victor.

Thorbar

If I've been playing CS a lot I've noticed that I tend to spot oppurtunities for headshots when someone is outlined at a distance from me.

I've also caught myself looking at the sea's waves/ripples and think nice phyics engine.

The usual seeing the video gaming when you close your eyes after playing it for ages.

[edit] please excuse spelling i've got about 2 hours sleep in a day, cramming for exams is nasty[/edit]

OfflerCrocGod

In my dreams I used to play GoldenEye missions and see if I could beat the timer to get cheats:D.

Bigshot

When I was heavily into the first splinter cell I was in an underground carpark after going to the cinema. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a security camera and instinctively thought about shooting it out so it wouldnt see me.

tman

Originally posted by mayordenis
yeah i dont know what ye know about the game far cry but i constantly walk into random objects and watch them fall over and sometimes look at rivers and say "thats an amazing water effect it looks so real"

lol, i've done the same quite a lot recently.
"blimey, those are some nice physics effects"
"hmmm, nice reflection effect on that water"

after playing jedi knight 2 for a few hours, i sat down to watch the telly and tried to use force pull on the out of reach remote control:rolleyes:

after playing need for speed underground i saw a parked ford focus and thought "hmmm, i really need to spruce that up a bit"

Stephen

man, I thought I was bad. You all need to get out more.

l3rian

after many many months of goldeneye play i was walking down the road when i saw a cctv camera, for a brief moment i got a shock that i had been spotted and wanted to shoot it out

Pugsley

I have looked at a lake before and though, 'wow their nice water effects, almost as good as Far Cry', lucky I only said this in my head

SantaHoe

One that I found pretty funny was my sister who isn't really into games, started playing Resident Evil a few years ago... and after absolutely binging on it - goes into work the next day - sees a plant in a pot and thinks "hmmm I should collect that for health".

It doesn't effect me in a major way, but sometimes after playing Counter Strike for an extended session - I'd go outside and get the creepy feeling that someones aiming at me through a scope from down the road, and that I could be shot at any second.
Although that's ^ very subtle, it's not like I'm scared or seeking cover behind things

I think this is why they reccomend regular breaks from games though (apart from eye strain or whatever).

SantaHoe

Originally posted by Pugsley
I have looked at a lake before and though, 'wow their nice water effects, almost as good as Far Cry', lucky I only said this in my head

Yeah or my personal faverite - "man, I'm getting mad fps out here"

Stormfox1020

Hm after playing Postal 2, i can often be found knocking peoples heads off with spades, pissing on cops and buying "Health Pipes" from retards, oh no wait sorry that was no game it was just a visit to Liberia.

Retr0gamer

Now that you mention it I was out last night and ordered a pint of Einhander instead of Erdinger. The barmaid didn't know what I was on about until I realised my mistake. The worst thing was that I was ordering my first pint.

OfflerCrocGod

Originally posted by l3rian
after many many months of goldeneye play i was walking down the road when i saw a cctv camera, for a brief moment i got a shock that i had been spotted and wanted to shoot it out

God that is a constant in so many games it must be why I always have a really strong urge to shoot out all CCTV cameras. Seriously whenever I see one of those cameras I REALLY want to take them out:p, thank god I don't have any weapons on me at the time .

joePC

Yea I tried to do this last week,



It Nearly killed me ;D

Thanks JoePC

Karl Hungus

Yeah... Reminds me of a time long ago...

I was going to head down the shop after a game of CS, and I decided it would be quicker to jump out the window, so I grabbed my knife and stabbed the window. This wasn't working of course, and me ma ran in and started screaming!

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"
"Um, I was gonna jump out the window..."

*Stab Stab Stab*

"STOP THAT! YOU'LL BREAK THE ****ING GLASS!!!"
"Don't worry, it'll spawn again next round..."

rainbow kirby

Seeing small stuff and wanting to curl into a morph ball and roll into them to check for a missile expansion... god i play too much metroid.
so do these people...

kaimera

Originally posted by Karl Hungus
Yeah... Reminds me of a time long ago...

I was going to head down the shop after a game of CS, and I decided it would be quicker to jump out the window, so I grabbed my knife and stabbed the window. This wasn't working of course, and me ma ran in and started screaming!

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"
"Um, I was gonna jump out the window..."

*Stab Stab Stab*

"STOP THAT! YOU'LL BREAK THE ****ING GLASS!!!"
"Don't worry, it'll spawn again next round..."

lmao.
very good!

I do tend to notice good vantage points more often from playing games, what would be a good place for a snipe rampage where the cops wont be able to reach me.

A place where I can watch people spawn in front of me and then disappear when i turn my back.

damn GTA3.

oh, and I see unique jumps a lot. Good thing I dont drive.. :-/

User45701

Games are life, games are happyness, games are almighty.

GAMES ARE LIFE, GAMES ARE HAPPYNESS, GAMES ARE ALMIGHTY

GAMES ARE LIFE, GAMES ARE HAPPYNESS, GAMES ARE ALMIGHTY

Our games make us happy, they inrich our lives,

I remember once when i was walking down grafton st, i thought i was playing a MOD for Armada and all the ships where replaced with people and all the bases with buildings.

Another good 1 was when my friend asked for the IP and i gave him a can of coke

Moojuice

When I played Vice city a lot, I used to look at the pavement as a viable alternative when stuck in a traffic jam. I also used to look around, without thinking, for ramps and possible jumps etc. Man that game ruled, I cant wait till San Andreas. I just hope that they dont make the PC people wait too long.

Moo

tman

Originally posted by User45701
Another good 1 was when my friend asked for the IP and i gave him a can of coke

eh?

bizmark

Im starting to worry about you user i really am

n1ck

Originally posted by tman
eh?

Indeed i was wondering what he was on about too.....

Dont be at yourself

I too used to pick out good lines when my Tony Hawks addiction had its tightest grip on me. Not too bad though.

However, I shamefully admit that, upon playing countless games of FreeCell over a weekend, anytime I closed my eyes, a game would be there, waiting to be played.

User45701

well u see i hadent slpet in 2 days and it was like 11pm and i was rdy for another all niter (in net house in town) this was b4 i got cable
So yes i was sleap deprived so i gacve him a can of coke instead of an IP.
It was funny i took the can out of the fridge opened it and gave it to him....

Not reley "games breaking into real life", more like "when u play so many games u dont know whats going on"

AndrewWK

Originally posted by OfflerCrocGod
In my dreams I used to play GoldenEye missions and see if I could beat the timer to get cheats:D.

Ditto

I once had a dream about Homeworld too.

The Real B-man

yeah i was playing microsoft train simulator and i had the dart skin on it and when i was on the dart going to dublin i felt i could drive it better.:D

smoke.me.a.kipper

i saw an old guy hobbling down a street and said 'lag'.

seamus

Playing GTA Vice City for a few hours straight, and then actually getting on a motorbike and going for a drive is a surreal few minutes.

weemcd

what will happen in a few years time when games are so real, some people wont be able to tell the difference? id say then we will have some fun

seanos

having dreams for a week straight regarding Red Alert 2 Strategy, then a month straight about Monkey Island.

Getting drunk one night, and downloading 400+ megs of Monkey Island music, putting it on before going to sleep [only had gotten 4 tracks at the time], then waking up at random points during the night to hear monkeys scream ... quote scary really, and hearing monkeys scream for 5mins in 20 min intervals _really_ isn't good after a bottle of whiskey...

/me goes back to humming 'a pirate I was meant to be ...'

User45701

ye i can agree with that, i had a party once and after allot of drink we all fell asleap watching the family guy DVd, so when the episode was over it went back to the menu and every few min a monkey would scream, or was it peter screaming? it went on all night.

i_am_dogboy

Funny coincidence that applies here, i was playing the ICO savegame music on my pc, my brother walked into the room and sat on my couch.....i laughed my ass off, he didn't notice for a few minutes however

Sometimes when i'm in big buildings or strange places i think "this would make a cool UT map" or something like that.
I also wanted to blackjack the gaurd in my college for a while.
Many drunken nights i've used some of morte's phrases to insult people, generally they don't understand though.

seanos

Originally posted by User45701
a monkey would scream, or was it peter screaming? it went on all night.

I HATE that monkey ... and the other wierd sounds, kept waking up to 'em ;/

[another drunken night]

Orignally posted by i_am_dogboy
Funny coincidence that applies here, i was playing the ICO savegame music on my pc, my brother walked into the room and sat on my couch.....i laughed my ass off

Hahaha
Dammit, want that music now.....
/me searches through HD to find music

sceptre

Originally posted by User45701
ye i can agree with that, i had a party once and after allot of drink we all fell asleap watching the family guy DVd, so when the episode was over it went back to the menu and every few min a monkey would scream, or was it peter screaming? it went on all night.

Peter goes "whaaah" on one of the menus. I too have fallen asleep and been woken up by the fat lord.

User45701

KOTOR, i had adream just about 30 min ago that i went to amsterdamm and ran into canderous ordo and he sold me a basalik war droid.

Its werid how manty of us have falen asleap to family guy, i cant wait for season 4!