Looking for red shells while driving? Some people must not be allowed to play videogames without medical supervision. One thing is closing your eyes and see tetrominoes falling after a large marathon, but enacting videogames with real objects in public is so less than 10 years old.
> > http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2011/09/22/consensual-hallucination/ > > Looking for red shells while driving? Some people must not be allowed to play > videogames without medical supervision. One thing is closing your eyes and see > tetrominoes falling after a large marathon, but enacting videogames with real objects > in public is so less than 10 years old.
Well... once I was playing mahjong on a real table with real tiles and 3 other people. I declared "kan" and was surprised for a moment because the kan-dora tile did not flip over by itself... well, I was kind of tired, anyway.
I wonder how much of this "game transfer" is due to lack of sleep.
> > http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2011/09/22/consensual-hallucination/ > > Looking for red shells while driving? Some people must not be allowed to play > videogames without medical supervision. One thing is closing your eyes and see > tetrominoes falling after a large marathon, but enacting videogames with real objects > in public is so less than 10 years old.
I dunno, I think I've experienced a milder version of this. In my last apartment, the laundry room was one building over. You had to walk a fair distance down an alley to get to it. One night I was playing some Red Orchestra while the laundry was running. When I went down to put everything in the dryer, I suddenly realized that I was unconsciously checking the corners in the alley as I walked past, looking for enemy solders hiding in the shadows. It's like once your brain gets used to certain patterns, it wants to hang on to those patterns for a while, even after the situation changes.
After playing many hours of Half Life, and HL2, whenever I would take the stairs at my work instead of the elevators, I sub-consciously would check the level above my own as if I was looking for turrets or enemy soldiers.
> After playing many hours of Half Life, and HL2, whenever I would take the stairs at > my work instead of the elevators, I sub-consciously would check the level above my > own as if I was looking for turrets or enemy soldiers.
I understand your points, in fact I'm familiar with those flash passing patterns too. However there's a long way between a short not lucid moment and unconsciously trying to reach a banana peel so you can flip a real car while driving. Better for her to not hold a gun and love FPS, because by when she realizes it will be too late.
BTW, about the professor who made the paper mentioned, he thinks it's rubbish and blown out of proportion.
> After playing many hours of Half Life, and HL2, whenever I would take the stairs at > my work instead of the elevators, I sub-consciously would check the level above my > own as if I was looking for turrets or enemy soldiers.
Or headcrabs!
Actually, no, I've never experienced this. I have had many game related dreams though.
> After playing many hours of Half Life, and HL2, whenever I would take the stairs at > my work instead of the elevators, I sub-consciously would check the level above my > own as if I was looking for turrets or enemy soldiers.
Personally, video games stir my imagination. There have been times when I've devoted hours and hours into a single gameplay session and when I get up, I think, "Wouldn't it be cool if..."
For example, I played Singularity for almost 9 hours straight and completed it. Then I thought about all of the cool scenarios that could be played out using the time shifting effects in the game. Drove to Pizza Hut and on the way I imagined street lamps, buildings, parked cars being suddenly aged. Did I blur the lines between reality and fantasy? No. Were my creative juices flowing? Sure. Don't think there's anything wrong with that.
> Actually, no, I've never experienced this. I have had many game related dreams > though.
I was just thinking about that, I've had no real life game experiences but I think I'll try and include some game related fun the next time I have a lucid dream.
I'm usually a pretty safe driver, but after sessions of Life For Speed I want to pass EVERYONE and take turns at 40mph while pulling the e-brake. I'm pretty sure a lot of people are like that though after playing racing games.
> Ha ha... > > I'm usually a pretty safe driver, but after sessions of Life For Speed I want to pass > EVERYONE and take turns at 40mph while pulling the e-brake. I'm pretty sure a lot of > people are like that though after playing racing games.
Ooh, Live for Speed is cool. I haven't played in a long time.
I did find myself sitting at red lights, idly planning routes across sidewalks and through storefronts after playing a lot of GTA3/Vice City/San Andreas. That was more just daydreaming, though, than any game induced hallucination.
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