What I've learned from video games

[ilya]

1. Being "smart" is not as important as people make it out to be. If you play enough RPGs, you come to understand that Intelligence is just one of many equally important stats, like Dexterity and Luck. You also learn that Wisdom is unrelated to Intelligence, so even if you're dumb as a brick, you shouldn't give up on your dream of becoming an ordained minister.

What have *you* learned from video games?

[bosoxfan]

I learned how to blow up stuff.

[bort411]

I've learned that a princess cannot go five seconds without being kidnapped by some warlord for some vague reason.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

You can get shot more times without dying than common sense might dictate.

[Freakin]

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<NobelDek> I got all my history from Age of Empires
<JoseoftheWired> Using video games to learn history is probably a bad idea
<JoseoftheWired> “And the American colonists decided to rebel against the British because they were camping all the tea.”
<[7hs]> Brits lost because of lag
<NobelDek> No, the Brits were noobs. They didn’t know how to play in DS_America.
<[7hs]> The Civil War happened when someone turned FF=ON
<JoseoftheWired> The Japanese hated the Koreans on their server so they invaded
<[7hs]> Hitler used a wallhack to get into France
<[7hs]> twice!
<TheStupidOne> No...paris lagged out

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[Freakin]

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You can get shot more times without dying than common sense might dictate.

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I'd be willing to bet that games are more correct than hollywood on this matter.

Freakin

[jakethebake]

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You can get shot more times without dying than common sense might dictate.

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I'd be willing to bet that games are more correct than hollywood on this matter.

Freakin

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Soneone test this theory and let us know how it goes.

[ddollevoet]

There is nothing on this Earth that will sharpen your reflexes like video games.

[Grisgra]

Killing police officers is okay if you can get home and save the game before they catch you.

[jedi]

If I eat the right kind of mushrooms, I get super powers. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Benal]

Prostitutes are good for your health.

[beerbandit]

if you eat mushrooms cool [censored] can happen


edit: doh! someone beat me to it

[xadrez]

If I jog a lot while being followed by a car I can kick the crap out of Mike Tyson

[Grisgra]

Also, your car is a LOT more durable than you think . . .

[Reef]

It's ok, and in fact even beneficial to your health, to eat random food that people drop (after you kill them) off the ground.

[bugstud]

If you punch buildings you get food, tvs, and occasionally shocked. Eating dynamite makes you breathe fire in a bad way. Punching tanks does amazing amounts of damage.

[pokerjo22]

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if you eat mushrooms cool [censored] can happen

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It takes video games to learn this?

[scotty34]

The leaders of evil groups of people are anywhere from 10 to 1000 times stronger than you health/stamina wise. Their henchmen, and underlings however, can usually be taken down with 1 or 2 blows.

[beerbandit]

yes

[parttimepro]

1. Eating a ham sandwich or turkey leg will cure bullet wounds.

2. The only things you need to run a civilization are food, wood, and gold.

3. The world is full of abandoned mines turned dungeons, inhabited by progressively stronger creatures.

[moondogg]

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Killing police officers is okay if you can get home and save the game before they catch you.

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Or get your car painted /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Emmitt2222]

life gets harder, I get stronger, some people don't make it to the end because they give up or suck too much, but those who keep trying will eventually win.

4-16 tabling is easier

[David04]

If you flip your car over, it blows up. No matter what.

[mgsimpleton]

Ms. Pacman has taught me a lot about family values... the key to life is chasing your man and getting him.

Also, as a woman, after you have one kid you never stop. The more successful you are, the more kids you have. Anyone who has made it past level 20 or so knows what I'm talking about.

[ilya]

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If you punch buildings you get food, tvs, and occasionally shocked. Eating dynamite makes you breathe fire in a bad way. Punching tanks does amazing amounts of damage.

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Wow, what games are these from?

[Freakin]

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If you punch buildings you get food, tvs, and occasionally shocked. Eating dynamite makes you breathe fire in a bad way. Punching tanks does amazing amounts of damage.

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Wow, what games are these from?

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Rampage

[Grisgra]

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Killing police officers is okay if you can get home and save the game before they catch you.

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Or get your car painted /images/graemlins/confused.gif

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Or, though I haven't tried this yet, change your shirt.

One of the stores sells Groucho glasses -- I haven't gone on a cop killing spree, run into the store, bought Groucho glasses, and then come out again . . . but I'm gonna at some point, trust me /images/graemlins/smile.gif.