Games which have inspired you.

[Caimekaze]

This may have been done before, but I searched and couldn't find it.

First ever topic:

I want to know, has anyone been inspired by a video game to do something? Something big, or small.

I've always been interested in Parkour. I just like the idea of continuous movement.
But I was always too lazy to try and find anything.

And then I bought Mirror's Edge. Beat the game in two days, start replaying it. Played it again without runner vision.

But I still wanted more. So I started doing some research, and found there was quite a strong Parkour community around where I live. So I joined their forum, and am going to begin taking classes next year.

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[RAWKSTAR]

While playing WindWaker I used to find the sea sailing rather inspiring, even more so when the sun used to set...
I thought that was always completly awesome!

 

[rossatdi]

Left 4 Dead has inspired me in that now I don't believe everyone on XBL is a complete idiot. I haven't even heard the N word in a week!

Four panicky humans on expert does reinstate some faith in the gamer community. Sharing, co-operation, crying softly.

 

[roflcopter788]

oblivion was one of the reasons while me and my friends hunt

 

[Vlane]

Because of Guitar Hero I learned how to play guitar. Take that Nickelback!

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

While playing WindWaker I used to find the sea sailing rather inspiring, even more so when the sun used to set...
I thought that was always completly awesome!

I felt that too, i'd often sail out into the middle of nowhere, stop my ship, and just stare at the stars.
And oblivion, just in front of frostcrag spire. I stood there and looked down over Bruma. That was awe-inspiring.

 

[Omnipotent_Mortal]

Uplink inspired me to take up hacking and Evil Genius inspired me to build my own secret volcano lair.

 

[psico666]

Kingdom Hearts not so much inspired me but kept me pushin through the eath of my stepfather when i was 12. The game showe me thatin whatever darkness you can alway find the light. Whether it be in the place you are, the peope your with or even inside your own heart.

That game inspired me to keep going

 

[Erana]

I like to kick ass with GoW, then go and kick the ass of a cycling machine.

TEF inspires me to do art. And when I get inspired, I go on lunch break-length art rampages. Now, I just need a game that will inspire me to finish [http://i36.tinypic.com/33nz0j8.jpg] digital art.

 

[bad rider]

I thought you did parkour by going outside and doing lots of running and jumping, you know not so much doing classes...

 

[DirkGently]

I can trace getting into college for game design back to Halo: CE.

 

[pha kin su pah]

in some balls to the wall situations where i just go and chance it and come out victorious (Gears/any FPS) inspires me to carry my team in basketball...

 

[varulfic]

Tony Hawk Pro Skating led to a brief and painful infatuation with skateboarding.

 

[Rajin Cajun]

Jagged Alliance 2 always made me want to become a Mercenary.

 

[Caimekaze]

I thought you did parkour by going outside and doing lots of running and jumping, you know not so much doing classes...

Classes are advised to both learn the techniques used and to develop the physical capacity to do such techniques. If you don't take the classes, it is likely that you'll end up like the guy in Queensland who tried to jump a 3m gap off a rooftop, without being trained for it. Surprisingly enough, he ended up in hospital.

 

[Rheden_Sol]

Some of the scenery (and people) can be pretty inspiring in WoW, the moon and the stars and the sky, y'know.

 

[Nazulu]

Games I love on the SNES, N64 and Gamecube inspired me to try to make games myself. I wanna make a bunch strange characters like Nintendo has that are likable.

 

[Dudemeister]

Pokemon inspired me to obsessively collect wild animals.

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

Bioshock taught me that sticking random needles in my arms can give me super powers!
In seriousness, KOTOR inspired me to try other RPGS, a genre that I then hated.

 

[strizzuth]

I'm fairly sure the whole reason I started doing martial arts is either Street Fighter II or Tennage Mutant Ninja Turtles. One of the two.