A serious gamer knows what it feels like to lose yourself completely in a game. It’s when you start off early in the morning then get so into it that you don’t notice the entire day passing by. While that might not be healthy for you physically and to one’s social life, I can think of a few ways when being in a gaming world might be good for something, in theory that is.
(Disclaimer: This was purely written because the author has been missing the gaming scene for weeks now and is having pure gaming nostalgia. Haha!)
Here goes:
- In a game, you can instantly heal yourself. Just pop in a health potion or a stimpack and viola! As I’m writing this post, I’m currently confined to my bed. This bad cold and nasty cough is preventing me from enjoying my weekend. I could use a health potion right about now.
- In a game, you get several lives. Yep just like a cat but even better. If you know the proper code (remember what you enter for Contra?) then you’ll be gratified with several lives. You can now recklessly go inside a room full of enemies with guns blazing.
- In a game, you can color yourself crazy. Instant makeovers. I can choose to have my hair to be a vibrant blue or a shocking orange without the permanent repercussions. I can also have a “dark-elf” like skin and pointy ears without the need for surgery.
- In a game, I can just teleport myself to a place. I can think of a thousand reasons why this would be convenient especially considering the everyday congested streets of the city and the ever-rising gas prices. Where as, in a game, just step onto the platform and a few seconds later, you’re at your chosen destination.
- In a game, you can be shattered into pieces but can be built right back up. Okay I won’t go into detail how this would be if it happened in the real world.
- In a game, you can become fat then become slim a few minutes after.
- In a game, I get to have cool powers and magic. I can become the force the whole world will just have to watch out for. *insert evil laugh here*
- In a game, I get to manage a whole city and have the entire cityfolk cater to my every whim. Haha again my villainous-side talking.
- In a game, I can almost know what it’s like to be racing on the streets and on the tracks. With every new racing game coming out, they’ve designed it so that the experience makes it more real. What’s missing is the smell of burning rubber and the adrenaline kick from NOS bursts of speed. Still the simulation is a whole lot safer.
- In a game, everyone knows you. Ah, instant claim to fame. RPG players can relate to this one. You start out as a nobody who has been burdened with the task of saving everyone else and poof! Instant stardom and celebrity status.
Okay, having gone through that, it’s time to get myself back in the real world now. *Getting herself some medicines and a cup of white tea*
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because of this, i just remembered Neo trying to bend a spoon! hahaha.
THERE IS NO SPOON!!!
nice article!
Another thing would be save points.. If there were save points in every crucial decision moment in your life I probably would’ve had a billion dollars, A degree in MIT, Kate Beckinsale as my girlfriend and Abs.
ugh… save points in life are real welcome really– after all the mistakes I’ve done before it would be fun to think that I can just load from my last saved point then move on from there….
hmmm…
a degree in MIT (check)
Scarlett Johansson as a gf (WIFE to be exact) (check)
abs (definite hell yeah!) (but I’d prefer for a fitter body XD abs notwithstanding)
Yeah, forgot to put that in. If it were me, I’d have my own kick-ass design firm, with Chris Evans to dote on my every whim and I would have traveled the world. 😛 Haha.
Don’t forget: Life doesn’t have a reset button.
people seem to forget that– they keep on making the same mistakes hoping that it’d all go away
Sometimes you kinda wish it does.