Everything I didn't need to know I learned...

[BreakABone]

from videogames.

I just saw this interesting article in the latest PSM, and I took it was pretty cool.

It was "50 Things We've Learned from Playing Games"

It had such things as:

8.Gold coins can buy life- you just need about a hundred of them.
2.Any mission described as "routine" is guaranteed to go horribly wrong.
36.Don't ask where the character can store 4 types of guns, a giant sword, 4 moon orbs and a raft.Really, you don't want to know
4.Main characters are masteer surgeons- they can repair any injury with a first-aid kit or a bag of random herbs.

Don't mind the numbers I just picked them at random and wrote their number on the list. So I was interested to see what you people could come up with for these list.

[Jin]

Here's my list. Hopefully they won't be repeats from PSM, because I don't get the magazine.

1.) People in towns will always be in the same spot and will say the exact same thing.

2.) You always start last in the beginning of a race.

3.) After you defeat monsters you get money. Don't ask why these monsters are carrying money in the first place, because I wouldn't be able to tell you.

4.) Your character can go for days without even eating one meal.

5.) Often times your character is able to breath underwater.

6.) Don't worry if you fall off a cliff, you'll still be alive.

7.) After getting shot 7 times you can still move around perfectly fine. Just as long as you don't get shot one more time.

8.) In Co-op you can't step one step farther passed the edge of the screen unless you're partner does too.

9.) There's always a mechanic around to repair things.

10.) Every fish in the water is out to get you.

11.) As long as you shoot a zombie 5 times they'll die... again.

12.) whenever you jump on top of your enemy you'll hear a "boink."

13.) You have to wait for your turn to attack.

14.) When you're in a fight, press "down" "down" "forward" to do a fireball.

15.) It doesn't matter how big a creature is, it'll still conveniently fit in a poke ball.

16.) Don't worry if you hit a wall at 100 MPH, your car will still look like new.

17.) Once you go over a couple of arrows (>>>) you'll speed up.

18.) Putting 3 rocks on a table will open a door for you.

19.) At the end of every dungeon there's a boss awaiting you.

20.) Every town you visit will have it's own music.

21.) While delivering newspapers watch out for remote control cars and crazy women who run out of houses with brooms.

23.) Whatever you sell will always be half of what it's really worth.

24.) You're airplane will never run out of fuel.

25.) There's no use in saving the Princess, because she's just going to get captured again.

[DeathsHand]

heh heh yeah that little section was kinda funny... although some of them were kinda stupid :p

Hows about...

27. If things are just a little too quiet and then the music suddenly speeds up and gets louder, then buddy, get the hell out of there.

28. Special Forces soldiers can't afford their own weapons, but it's never a problem to just find hi-tech gear lying around during the mission.

30. Eating random meat found on the ground is perfectly acceptable.

37. The monster isn't dead until the music stops

48. Shopkeepers are greedy to the point of stupidity. "Yes I realize that a giant dragon is on it's way to burn our village down, but I still can't let you have this DragonSlayer sword for anything less than 5,000 gold."

:D

[Ginkasa]

The next shop will always have a stronger and more expensive weapon.





That's all I can think of...


Not very good...:unsure:

[Jin]

Originally posted by DeathsHand

30. Eating random meat found on the ground is perfectly acceptable.


You mean it isn't acceptable in real life?:sneaky:

[Perfect Stu]

Yeah, what's wrong with random meat found on the ground? Hell, I live off of random meat!

RAN-DOM MEAT!
RAN-DOM MEAT!
RAN-DOM MEAT!

:sneaky:

[Xantar]

1. In every town, there is a person standing near the entrance whose sole purpose is to say "Welcome to (insert name of town)."

2. Don't worry if you've been smashed by a hammer, sliced by a sword and transfixed by a spear. Eating a roast chicken (or some other roast meat) will instantaneously make you good as new.

Corollary to 2. You can eat several thousand calories of food without ever feeling bloated.

3. If you should ever find yourself beating off thugs on the mean streets of the city with your bare hands, you can at least console yourself with the fact that nobody is going to think of just getting a gun and shooting you.

4. If you're a woman, wearing cut-off shorts, a tank top, a g-string or any number of other assorted skimpy items of clothing is just fine. Not only will you not be seriously underprotected, your clothes will never get ripped. Your male opponents don't seem to notice your beautiful body, though, so it hardly seems worthwhile.

5. If you encounter an animal with teeth, it will probably try to kill you.

6. On the other hand, animals that have no teeth are harmless and are probably your friend.

7. If everybody in town tells you to do something, you have to do it. If everybody in town tells you not to do something, you have to do it.

8. You can take about ten times more punishment than any one of the enemies arrayed against you. In fact, you can return from the dead.

9. You can fire thousands of bullets from a gun without ever having to do any maintenance. It will never jam or overheat.

10. If you have any siblings, they are either dead or have joined the side of evil.

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by Xantar
9. You can fire thousands of bullets from a gun without ever having to do any maintenance. It will never jam or overheat.

Unless you're playing System Shock 2... then guns need to be repaired and such way too often :mad2:

that game makes me mad... so much crap to keep up with with the guns and the everything else and the stats and the ugh and then it always gets VERY hard at this one point in the game AAHHHHHH

:unsure:

yeah... I can't think of any on my own... I'm not very creative.... :p

[Xlinx]

Fear the turtles

[BreakABone]

Since, we are on it. How come Mario has de-evolved to be able to drown in Mario 64?

1)Guys are able to knock out guards in the nude with one hand over their gonad.

2)Even if you kill innocent creatures like turtles, you are still considered a hero if you save the Damsel in Distress.

3)Some villians are in it for the money and could be seen playing Tennis and Golf with their enemy on their off time.

4)No one has an evil twin. They are just misunderstood.

5)If you are woekn up in the middle of a storm, you better remain asleep or you are gonna have a very long day ahead of you.

*Shrugs*

[fingersman]

Faires can save your life, so always have one handy.

Trees and other inanimate objects can talk to you

The people that you fight are almost always bigger and stronger than you but you beat them anyway.


Plumbing will enable you to lift a 2 ton dinasour and spin him around.

Using Mushooms actually help your car go faster as well as help persons to grow big.

That when ever someone hits....the amount of damage they do comes up in numbers.

The bad guy never kills the good guy when he's weak at the begining....he always waits until the good guy gets strong enought to beat him......and then they fight. :rolleyes:

Bosses always have a second form, sometimes even a third.

If you die you get to start over.

RIght that's all I could think about. :D

[Lord Germano]

The air emmidiatly above water will heal all wounds intantly.