Weird things you catch yourself doing while immersed in a game

[TheNumber1Zero]

Sit in my chair using my feet, of course I tend to do that normally but it's unusual nonetheless.

I tend to become quite silent when I play games, especially if i'm being stealthy, when I kill one of my targets i'll whisper "Got one" to myself.

I always make sure that my mic is close enough so that I can touch it with my cheek using my tongue, but not so close that it can touch my cheek any other way.

 

[ajb924]

grope myself during loading screens?

Hey, I'm being brutally honest here people. It just happens absent mindedly out of the boredom.

You must get bruises during Borderlands.

OT: Nothing much. I tilt when I'm looking out from cover, and when I think I might have solved something I hold my breath. Best example of that would be when I make an OBJECTION! in Phoenic Wright.

 

[T-Bone24]

When my character runs, occasionally I'll catch myself bobbing my head up and down with it.

Ooooh! 999th post!

 

[SteakHeart]

Oh god, tons of shit.

I'll grunt when I'm on low health. (Or, for that matter, during any of the FC2 healing animations. Trust me, they're pretty brutal.)

I'll talk along with the character I'm playing as, or, if he/she's a mute, I'll do an Unskipable and talk for them.

I'll lean for my character, like many other people.

I'll hold the controller like a gun during loading screens.

Damn, Freud would have a field day studying me.

 

[Eggsnham]

I always tell my little brother to be quiet while playing a stealth game, lest the guards hear me! Lolz

 

[Darkrain11]

I have the tendency to turn my head the more I am winning at a game so if I am doing awesome on multiplayer then I end up looking at the screen almost completly sideways.

 

[Banana Phone Man]

Mostly in FPS's when I am about to shoot someone I usualy talk to myself. This happens a lot when I am sniping. I will say stuff like "Hold veeeerrrry still"
"goodnight"
"BOOM HEADSHOT"

 

[Amondren]

Say oww when shot in a game or hurt

 

[smithy1234]

Slowly inching closer and closer to the television until I'm right in front of it.

 

[quack35]

In RPGs like DA:O I'll actually read what I pick for my character to say. It probably looks pretty funny to everyone around me.

I should try that. Could be fun.

 

[orangebandguy]

Dodging movements, usually when I play the Scout or Unreal Tournament.

 

[Sh0ckFyre]

I found myself mimicking my character's actions when I was playing Far Cry 2. Talk shit all you want, I fucking loved Far Cry 2. Every now and again I'll mimic my character's action when I'm playing Assassin's Creed and Modern Warfare 2.

I commonly lean when I'm behind a corner, jump when I get shot at, grimace when I get shot, grunt when I get killed, all that cliche bunk.

 

[Otterpoet]

Sometimes in Mirror's Edge I move my head and torso to match with the movements in the game. So when I slide under a table in the game, I duck my head in real life. My friend once said that I looked like a retarded Cobra.

^^; Yep. That was me too! Remember the slide down the 45-degree window? I kept leaning my entire body in the direction I wanted to go... as if somehow this would help

 

[Apocalypse Tank]

pressing the reload button constantly even though its on a full clip.
Honestly I am OCD about having a full clip when a fight begins.

 

[Cloud1227]

In startegy games like x-com I talk to my units and scold them if their actions fail like if they miss a shot and I sometimes wish death upon them. In driving games I treat my controller like it was a steering wheel. And in MMOs that have things like crafting like AION if my character starts to fail I yell at him to stop.

 

[Spitfire175]

I talk a lot to myself and the game. It's very odd for spectators.

 

[ajemas]

When I am playing a stealth based game, I find myself sitting absolutely still until the guard (or whatever) goes away. Also, while platforming, I tend to jerk my controller up as I try to make a difficult jump.

 

[HT_Black]

I always go the extra mile to make sure that any operations I'm part of have as bloodless as possible. I actually made it through all of Assassin's Creed with a body count of exaclty nine.

 

[Artina89]

I twitch quite a lot. I also don't talk at all and pretty much zone everyone out.

 

[spinal44]

I get a little to into the dodging and moving factor, when ever i start getting shot and are a little to into the game I try to lean and hope that somehow it will help me go faster