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[Days like these...]

Knack inspired me to hate Cerny until my dying breath and quit gaming before owning a Sony product walkman, discman, psp, tv, ps whatever

 

[RagnarokIV]

Final Fantasy X helped trigger my sexual awakening.

That fucken reference LMAO

 

[Rockondevil]

I played a lot of Postal 2 in my younger years, so I guess you could say that.

 

[Humdinger]

Videogames inspired me to drink more beer and smoke more weed. That's good, right?

 

[Metnut]

Ended up going to Tokyo and spending a few weeks in Japan after playing the Yakuza games.

 

[amigastar]

Pillars Of Eternity was so well written it made me read books again.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Burger Time inspired me to make time for burgers.

 

[realcool]

Before I could speak full sentences, or read, video games taught me to learn from my mistakes.

 

[mistuhcahlos]

UFC game on Dreamcast inspired me to train mma.

Riding and owning motorcycles in GTA V got me to buy one IRL. Motorcycles are much cheaper than cars and don’t seem to be affected much by inflation. Plus its nice to have a backup vehicle that’s fuel efficient.

 

[Danknugz]

recently yes, to stop gaming.

 

[cireza]

Open-worlds inspired to stop wasting my time with shitty/repetitive/tedious/bloated games and spend more time doing something else. Thank you, open-worlds.

 

[Deputy Moonman]

Yes. I stayed up all night playing halo once in 2002 and called in sick for work the next day. Life-changing.

 

[Edellus]

I used to not care much for leaving my comfort zone at all. Not persuing wonder. A stable life of routine. Not great, not terrible; just fine.

But playing FF14 convinced me of the appeal of traveling, seeing new sights, meeting new people, different people (and put effort in understanding them), wandering, roaming, experiencing life as much as possible, be curious, and take risks. Meaning is everywhere, just gotta reach out for it.

So I started traveling (I have visited 2 cross continental countries so far. Just starting. Planning more). I've reached out more often to the people I love and those I want to have a friendship with. I'm financially comfortable, but I'm taking steps to be even more so. I started to properly taking care of my body. It's amazing what just having a meaningful goal can do to your way of thinking and your life in general.

I can't seriously call myself an "adventurer". But "traveler" and "wanderer" sound true enough for me.
At the very least it's what I'm trying to be.

"Thy Life is a riddle, to bear rapture and sorrow
To listen, to suffer, to entrust unto tomorrow
In one fleeting moment, from the Land doth life flow
Yet in one fleeting moment, for anew it doth grow
In the same fleeting moment
Thou must live
Die
And know"

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Writing. I love the DMC 3 intro, a fight at the top of a high tower was the first image I had for my fantasy saga.

 

[Danjin44]

I love gaming but to me gaming is nothing more than hobby I enjoy nothing more and nothing less, it’s not something I would change my life over it.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

it inspired me to do something with my life after checking the amount of hours spent on them

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

No.

 

[BlackTron]

Knack inspired me to hate Cerny until my dying breath and quit gaming before owning a Sony product walkman, discman, psp, tv, ps whatever

Whack.

 

[VeganElduderino]

In high school, gaming inspired me to spend time doing something I love, instead of doing homework like a slave of the system.

Same! Exactly the same man ,fuck the system
All hail videogames

 

[brenobnfm]

Got in the gym after playing RE5, if you know you know.

 

[Days like these...]

Whack.

I agree I hate Cerny, knack and Sony but not in that order.

 

[bender]

I skateboarded in my late pre-teens/early teens but gave up the hobby once I moved overseas. In my 20s, I got addicted to THPS1-2 on Dreamcast and decided to pickup the hobby again which didn't go so well as somewhere along the way, I developed fear. lol

 

[GigaBowser]

making totk ot gave me powers

 

[digital_ghost]

Concord inspired me to take a shit on the game and mail it back to firewalks offices.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Changed my life for gaming play style forever.

Since I played tons of COD in the early 360 days, I always stick to assault rifles in shooters! M16, AK47, ACR, etc... With occasional use of LMGs like RPD kind of machine guns.

Just think of how many COD kids today weren't even born back when we were one-bursting scrubs w/ M16 + Stopping Power

COD inspired me to join the military. Now I have a bad back. Thanks for nothing.

 

[amigastar]

COD inspired me to join the military. Now I have a bad back. Thanks for nothing.

Yeah, CoD seems to make war fun and exciting, but reality looks different.
It's a shame you have this back problems.

 

[Azelover]

When I was about seven Y.O. I started drawing the characters of Street Fighter II, and I ended up going to art school because of it.

Many other things happened because of that.

 

[diffusionx]

Final Fantasy X helped trigger my sexual awakening.

 

[Bring Back Scalebound]

Got in the gym after playing RE5, if you know you know.

Don't hurt your knuckles, man. Just call a truck to get the thing rolled away.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

I eat every mushrooms I found now.

And I climb Notre-Dame de Paris everytime I'm around.

 

[wvnative]

Final Fantasy X helped trigger my sexual awakening.

X-2*

 

[Chronicle]

My wife and I were inspired enough to do it after a God of War sex scene in my game.!

 

[Alex Anderson]

Not that I can think of.

 

[bender]

Also

 

[digital_ghost]

Halo 3 inspired me to loose my virginity to a girl i met playing halo 3 online.

 

[CityHunter1981]

I played a lot of World of Warcraft when in university when it just came out. Let’s say I learned why professional sports players are depressed about their own performance although getting so much money. I really wanted to be a great tank, trained every day and was in one of the most famous groups at that time.

But it began quickly to become an weekly obligation rather than fun. I hated the days when you needed to go on a raid in the evening. The best decision was to quit the game completely and I felt finally free.

Because of that I only play games to have fun and don’t care if I am good or not and don’t touch many multiplayer games anymore and just prefer story driven single player games.

 

[Bring Back Scalebound]

X-2*

Unrelated, but I haven't played either.

And I'm curious to figure out where all the "FF X sexual awakening" stuff comes from (Is there fucking in the game or something?...), and why X-2 is considered to have the best gameplay of the whole series. Totally excited to play the latter.

 

[digital_ghost]

Unrelated, but I haven't played either.

And I'm curious to figure out where all the "FF X sexual awakening" stuff comes from (Is there fucking in the game or something?...), and why X-2 is considered to have the best gameplay of the whole series. Totally excited to play the latter.

Maybe its because previous FF games before x were on ps1 and the girls weren't attractive due to graphical limitations.

idk.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Also

Relax, robot.

Woodstock has come and gone.

 

[bender]

Relax, robot.

Woodstock has come and gone.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Yakuza inspired me to sing karaoke irl... yeah, that wasn't a good idea.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Gravity Rush that one must be altruistic, always looking to help people.

 

[panda-zebra]

I thought I was fit and strong when I bought The Fight on ps3; found out that only went so far having the cardio resilience of an asthmatic child. So it inspired me to get properly fit. Great game, too - physical RPG where you in-game progress ranks up with real-life fitness boosts way before doing squats with a Nintendo was fashionable.

 

[k_trout]

crysis inspired me to change my gpu

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

It inspired me to not take part in real life.

 

[Caio]

Absolutely. Elden Ring has significantly deepened my appreciation for the beauty of artistic styles and level design. I now feel truly inspired

 

[Duchess]

SSX convinced a bunch of us to take up snowboarding.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Fighting games in the arcades inspired me to get into martial arts back in the day. Probably also the flicks we grew up with. Karate Kid and all that shit. But really I'd credit my Final Fight and SF obsession for getting seriously interested. I have 12 years of Muay Thai and 10 years of boxing under my belt as of now, still going.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Also

 

[wvnative]

Unrelated, but I haven't played either.

And I'm curious to figure out where all the "FF X sexual awakening" stuff comes from (Is there fucking in the game or something?...), and why X-2 is considered to have the best gameplay of the whole series. Totally excited to play the latter.

The sexual awakening stuff is from people who saw LuLu for the first time and they realized they were into goth chicks. There's no fucking, although it does contain one of the most intimate cutscenes between two people that had ever been seen in a mainstream game at the time, but I wouldn't personally consider the scene in question erotic or anything.

X-2 is...uhh... well as far as gameplay goes, it's due to the fact it's an evolution of FF5's job system, combined with the fastest ATB combat in the series.