Yeah i think this is right i've been playing so much minecraft im starting to punch trees and cry at night in fear of creepers. (obviously im only joking) But ever since resident evil i have been starting to sound like wesker all the time.
Psychologists Claim Games Alter Personal Reality
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The closest thing I get to this is the Tetris effect when I am organising things in a bag or something like that nothing like Health bars above people's heads. I have been playing video games quite a lot for the last 16 years so it can't be that bad.
"Betters us how?"
Not all research has to be innovative you know. Maybe this doesn't look all that useful now, but it will probably has it's use later, when similar studies use it's results. It might also give ideas to people to start similar studies or write a book or create a religous sect or something. Okay, tha latter ain't exactly good usually, but you never know. My point is that any research that produces some reliable and previously unkown information "betters us".
(As others have pointed out, this previously wasn't unkown to gamers, so the only good thing about it is that now it's scientifically proven. To some extent. People who never played a game once in their life, but skim trough the new issue of their favourite tabloid and read the already half-assed and manipulative article about this research half-assedly will however, have a new reason to fear/hate/whatever games. Yay! Nevertheless this research can still be very useful in further studies.)
Not all research has to be innovative you know. Maybe this doesn't look all that useful now, but it will probably has it's use later, when similar studies use it's results. It might also give ideas to people to start similar studies or write a book or create a religous sect or something. Okay, tha latter ain't exactly good usually, but you never know. My point is that any research that produces some reliable and previously unkown information "betters us".
(As others have pointed out, this previously wasn't unkown to gamers, so the only good thing about it is that now it's scientifically proven. To some extent. People who never played a game once in their life, but skim trough the new issue of their favourite tabloid and read the already half-assed and manipulative article about this research half-assedly will however, have a new reason to fear/hate/whatever games. Yay! Nevertheless this research can still be very useful in further studies.)
well that helps alot i was i a park my mate lobbed a pebble at a car a police car had see this and the policeman got out eveyone ran but i put my hood and when into blend then ran huming the ac1 pursuing song
I get that. Sometimes I go to push buttons to make myself do stuff, and then realize I can use my muscles...
Like after playing Grand Theft Auto, going to push C to look behind me, or playing L4D or Portal, going to press E to pick stuff up.
Not to mention all the times I wanted a portal gun
Like after playing Grand Theft Auto, going to push C to look behind me, or playing L4D or Portal, going to press E to pick stuff up.
Not to mention all the times I wanted a portal gun
When I was playing DDR every day I'd see scrolling arrows whenever I closed my eyes. Ditto for falling Tetris blocks back in the '90s.
I don't think this is anything to panic about.
I don't think this is anything to panic about.
It can change your Personal Reality? Does this mean I can develop Esper-powers?
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OT: to be honest that is actually one of the things I like about gaming. It makes you percieve the world differently. But yeah, as many people have pointed out, this is not news, and this is not "bad". -_-
EDIT: I keep them in my wallet, in case I should ever need to pick a lock with my hands tied behind my back. My friends say it's creepy, it looks like some trophies from successful rapes/murders.
Anyway I thought it was funny that we both did the same thing. Now I've just got to learn how to pick a lock... <.<
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OT: to be honest that is actually one of the things I like about gaming. It makes you percieve the world differently. But yeah, as many people have pointed out, this is not news, and this is not "bad". -_-
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Me too!snowpuppy said:
I keep them in my wallet, in case I should ever need to pick a lock with my hands tied behind my back. My friends say it's creepy, it looks like some trophies from successful rapes/murders. Anyway I thought it was funny that we both did the same thing. Now I've just got to learn how to pick a lock... <.<
Not surprising really.
Does explain the arthritic claw I hold my right hand in after long bouts of Bioshock...
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Does explain the arthritic claw I hold my right hand in after long bouts of Bioshock...
Captcha: tionrbei prepare
Everyone! The true rapture is nigh! Repent! Give thyself to lord inglip, for he will bring a terrible tionrbei on all nonbelievers!
As a lot of others have said: why did it take so long for this to be discovered again?
OT though, i have tried it: after having played through the entirety of portal 2, twice, in one sitting, i caught myself subconsciously noting the locations of white walls and other surfaces, you know, just in case.
(for those 2 people who doesn't know anything about portal: you can only place portals on white surfaces)
OT though, i have tried it: after having played through the entirety of portal 2, twice, in one sitting, i caught myself subconsciously noting the locations of white walls and other surfaces, you know, just in case.
(for those 2 people who doesn't know anything about portal: you can only place portals on white surfaces)
Is that the Tetris effect? I?ve experiences something like that before, I think it was Bit. Trip Beat. I turned off the game but it was like I was still playing the game and was getting visions of it. It took a few moments to shake it off. I think it?s happened a few times to me, not often though; it usually happened with arcade games or anything with very repetitive visuals and gameplay.
I understand. XD I have a big telly in my room and the other night found myself just staring at it at midnight when it was raining honestly expecting to see the Midnight Channel.
Walking through a hospital the other day I said to my partner "All these walls...Check 'em out you can put portals on ALL of them,"
Walking through a hospital the other day I said to my partner "All these walls...Check 'em out you can put portals on ALL of them,"
This happened to me just the other night. After a (perhaps slightly too long) session of Red Dead Redemption I went outside for a cig, saw a fox dart between two cars and my immediate thought was to lock on, shoot it, then go skin it for hide and meat. It was an initial reflex reaction (based on what i'd been doing for the last 8 hours or so) and then a cheeky little day dream that made me chuckle.
I don't *think* i want to murder foxes... unless games tell me its cool.
I don't *think* i want to murder foxes... unless games tell me its cool.
I highly doubt this problem applies only to the gaming industry, what I mean is that it can't be the only cause of this phenomenon. I'll keep one eye on this study, since I was a kid with an overactive imagination.
I just remembered my gramma who is a puzzle addict complaining about seeing crosswords when she blinks.
Maybe it's not as much as a problem as it might be a gift? Imagine that the skills that we learn in games can be applied in real life? A person can learn Karate by playing Mortal Kombat. The guy have found something interesting.
I just remembered my gramma who is a puzzle addict complaining about seeing crosswords when she blinks.
Maybe it's not as much as a problem as it might be a gift? Imagine that the skills that we learn in games can be applied in real life? A person can learn Karate by playing Mortal Kombat. The guy have found something interesting.
