Have you ever learned anything from a video game?

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:39 pm

Bloodreign wrote:Mega Man taught me that robots and humans COULD live in peace together after all.

and it made me think that blue Speedos are cool.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:26 pm

Katamari Damacy really tought me a lot (not only english vocabulary).
Usual things like hot coffe or a slottet spatula really can be interesting, if you read all those comments to the objects, you've already rolled up.

It doesnt happen the first time that i endet up digging in the collection again.
Hidden jokes included!

SamIAm · Post by **SamIAm** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:01 pm

Video games have sort of indirectly taught me huge amounts about how televisions work. In my efforts to get a better picture, I wound up looking up and learning everything from the basics of resolutions and interlacing to more in-depth things like how YUV is encoded.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:16 am

i learned (some) german from a dubbed version of resident evil back in teh days.. beat the game without a guide or anything, all in 100% german.. took me ages with a dictionary in one hand (i especially remember the gallery, what a bitch that was!).

quite proud of that actually, and what an excellent way to learn a language, i learnt more from that week of playing than all my friends who studied it in school at that age ever did.

too bad the japs dont use roman letters or i would have been fluent in that language by now

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:43 am

I learned lots of funny ways to kill myself

Now I have so many options available!

(I say that because a classmate way back in high school once said, "dude, if there were no consequences and you couldn't actually die, I would kill myself in so many funny ways;" taking the Groundhog Day theme someplace interesting for once)

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:00 pm

Bloodreign wrote:Mega Man taught me that robots and humans COULD live in peace together after all.

Nice.

Cave Story taught me once again that irony works.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:37 pm

Super Mario Bros. taught me not to hit my head on bricks.

Seriously, though, I actually learned what the word "bungalow" meant from NES Deja Vu. I was playing it and I asked my Mom what the word meant.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:45 pm

I was (and still am I guess) a really bad speller. The original version of hero quest where you had to type in what you wanted your character to do taught me lots of basic spelling and also self taught touch typing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M-jz0Mq ... re=related

ignore the guy talking but you get the idea

The n00b · Post by **The n00b** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:17 am

I learned everything I wanted to know and more about driving fast from GTR 2.

protip: it's really really hard

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:05 am

Super Robot Taisen taught me about old Japanese robots anime and associated fun phrases like 東方不敗名のもとに。。。俺のこの手が光って唸る!お前を倒せと輝き叫ぶ!必殺!シャャイニング　フィンガァァァァ!!

jormungand · Post by **jormungand** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:21 am

I learned that if I ever get into a street fight that I should yell out the name of the attack I'm using and my opponent will most likely do the same.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:08 am

I learned that they won't get away with it, if it's flashing it means your hurting it and that playing it risky will often reap the most rewards.

Shocky · Post by **Shocky** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:20 am

MGS games taught me to sneak

Robinson's Requiem and the Lost in Blue games taught me to survive on deserted islands

Trauma Center taught me to perform surgical operations like removing tumors

Phoenix Wright taught me how to act in court and expose contradictions and lies

Shmups didn't teach me anything, but I had fun

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:08 am

The World Ends With You taught me that I should carry around stylish-looking pins as weapons.

Castlevania taught me to raid walls for pot roast.

Pop'n Music taught me how to play a nonexistent instrument consisting of 9 big colorful buttons.

I Wanna Be The Guy taught me that touching fruit will cause me to explode into a mess of blood and that jumping into a sword makes me retarded.

La-Mulana taught me to carry around an MSX laptop if I ever venture into ruins.

Super Smash Bros. taught me to take the form of a humanoid fox and meet up at a flat, featureless platform in space to settle conflicts.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:35 am

Postal2 taught me that if i am on fire, i just have to piss straight up to get the fire extinguished.