
Nope
#1 posted by
. [68.78.218.159] on 2004/10/10 00:56:45

I Remember
#2 posted by
VoreLord [203.51.236.86] on 2004/10/10 01:35:33
Way back playing Doom/DoomII, for anywhere from 16 to 20hours straight with a freind, even when I did go to sleep, I was still playing the game in my mind while I slept. It actually felt really good, and then you get up and start playing again for real.
DooM3, I played through 3 times so far, and I usually play in large blocks, and I can tell you there was a time when I began looking at real life shadows in a very different way, actually (or maybe not) seeing things. I play in a practically pitch black room, no light enters here without my say so, sound up loud enough that the outside world never encroaches while I play.
Far Cry, I'll have to try that.
#3 posted by
Zwiffle [69.210.56.234] on 2004/10/10 01:45:01
If you get exhausted from playing a video game, you need to exercise more. Now get out and go play some ping-pong.

Oddly Enough
#4 posted by
pjw [66.188.99.173] on 2004/10/10 02:01:44
I get in a weird mental state more often from editing than from playing (although the latter happens too, upon occasion).
I'll get "in the zone" while working on a map and suddenly snap back to reality (after 2 or 3 or 6 hours) and realize that my ass is killing me and that I have a stiff neck from staring at the monitor, and I'll feel sorta stoned and really really dazed for a few minutes that, whoa, there's a world around me, and people, and stuff out there!
At this point I dream about working in radiant/D3 edit/Q4 edit at least one in every three nights or so. It's kind of annoying sometimes, but sometimes I'll wake up with a cool idea or solution in my head too. :)

Waaayy Back When
#5 posted by
HeadThump [65.140.58.110] on 2004/10/10 04:01:37
I played Dungeon Master one night for several hours, I had a weird experience when I got up in the middle of the night to pee.
For those of you who are not familiar with the game, it represents a 3d world in 90 degree increments. When I got up, the colors around me simplified and I could only see aound me in simplified increments, and when I walked forward the pacing of the room and hallway ahead of me had the same feel as the game.
This effect only went away after several minutes and after I drunk some milk (my thinking was, hey if it works for psilocybin, video games ought to be a sinch).

You Mean
#6 posted by
nb [203.109.254.50] on 2004/10/10 05:17:00
He didn't respawn when I pushed him under that bus? Shit...
#7 posted by
pope [207.216.236.96] on 2004/10/10 05:45:15
it makes my ass hurt
kinda sore on my WASD fingers from holding down buttons all the time, I should camp more
and I do feel stoned, that might be the pot.
btw I thought this thread was going to be about Shellshock Nam 67' or whatever thats called.

Yes.
#8 posted by
Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/10/10 05:55:14

Oh God
#9 posted by
DaZ [80.189.45.168] on 2004/10/10 11:29:36
I hope the daily mail doesn't see this thread.

Daz
#10 posted by
Blitz [24.218.86.166] on 2004/10/10 19:04:37
I'm not trying to say that it causes kids to kill or anything like that, I'm just saying that the combination of adrenaline and the fear of dying in the virtual world can cause an amount of stress afterwards.
#11 posted by
pjw [66.188.99.173] on 2004/10/10 19:16:39

Blitz
#12 posted by
DaZ [80.189.58.207] on 2004/10/10 20:05:02
I'm not trying to say that it causes kids to kill or anything like that, I'm just saying that the combination of adrenaline and the fear of dying in the virtual world can cause an amount of stress afterwards.
I know I know, but if you've ever read the daily mail. you just know they could bend it to that angle :D

Pjw
#13 posted by
nitin [138.217.0.118] on 2004/10/10 20:41:09
LOL

I'm Not Sure The FPS Thing Is Relavent
#14 posted by
mwh [137.222.80.208] on 2004/10/11 08:46:34
Any period of intense concentration will have aftereffects. All the more if there's adrenaline involved.