What have you learnt from video games?

[Sharwood]

To be done in this way: I've learnt that...

I've learnt that if you die, you've got at least two more attempts at life before you're finished for good.

I've learnt that it doesn't matter if you screw something up, you can always reload and try again.

I've learnt that cops can't recognise you if you change your clothes, or spray paint your car.

I've learnt that you can kill all sorts of nasty things by jumping on their heads.

I've learnt that if you see mushrooms, eat them. They will make you grow larger, give you extra lives, and even allow you to shoot fire on occasion.

Please add more.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I learned that there are special spaces in walls where you can see and shoot through.

I learned that when one country uses nuclear weapons that all the countries in the world are guaranteed to throw their nukes with wanton regard for all sanity even if they weren't involved in the initial exchange.

I learned that everyone in ancient history wore nice shiny uniforms with matching colors.

I learned that screaming "there is no cow level" solves all of life's problems.

 

[Annex]

I learned that when the US finished the Manhatten Project, other nations didnt even have to complete thier own in order to get nuclear weapons. I did not know that.

 

[QuoVadisNation]

Probably vocabulary and a little history on the side. I also learned I enjoy cheating at video games.

 

[Kerozine]

People 'respawn' when they die.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I learned that when the US finished the Manhatten Project, other nations didnt even have to complete thier own in order to get nuclear weapons. I did not know that.

In RAR, the Nuclear Weapons Test is a Small Wonder, not a Global.

 

[Annex]

In RAR, the Nuclear Weapons Test is a Small Wonder, not a Global.

Sure it is.

 

[Perfection]

Resources exist to be consumed. And consumed they will be, if not by this generation then by some future. By what right does this forgotten
future seek to deny us our birthright? None I say! Let us take what is ours, chew and eat our fill.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

I learned that many nations choose not to upgrade their armies and, once invaded, the invaders are met with much spearman vs. tank hilarity.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Resources exist to be consumed. And consumed they will be, if not by this generation then by some future. By what right does this forgotten
future seek to deny us our birthright? None I say! Let us take what is ours, chew and eat our fill.

SMAC

 

[Sharwood]

Probably vocabulary and a little history on the side. I also learned I enjoy cheating at video games.

Oh, so we're giving serious answers now?

People 'respawn' when they die.

Stick to the consitutionally enshrined method of explaining what you've learnt, described in my OP, please.

Other things I've learnt from video games;

I've learnt that the sewers are a mgaical land, full of bricks you can break through headbutting and strange turtle-like creatures.

I've learnt that it's possible to take over other nations' cities just by being more culturally dominant than they are, with no political repercussions.

I've learnt that even if a cop smashes head-on into your car through his own stupidity while you've been obeying the road rules, you're the one who is at fault. Actually, that one might be true...

 

[Annex]

I've learnt that even if a cop smashes head-on into your car through his own stupidity while you've been obeying the road rules, you're the one who is at fault. Actually, that one might be true...

Dont forget about learning that you able to run down the street carrying an AK-47 without arousing any suspicion.

 

[Sharwood]

Dont forget about learning that you able to run down the street carrying an AK-47 without arousing any suspicion.

In the spirit of that game:

I've learnt that weapons, up to and including flamethrowers and rocket launchers, are stored in various locations throughout every city. If you take one, and head back the next day, it will have been replaced, and you can take that one too.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Further down that road: every second is actually a minute.

 

[hossam]

that the police have an endless number of recruits and helicopters.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

No matter how many bullets, explosions, tank shells, and artillery bombardments fall, all walls are 100% indestructible.

 

[ForNoOne]

I've learned that if I beat up/kill a hooker after she's finished I'll get my money back, and maybe even more! Thank you GTA!

 

[Bigfoot3814]

I learned that you can get stuff by running over top of it.

 

[Sharwood]

I've learnt that no matter how bad the situation gets, merely going into your house for six 'hours' makes it all better. You no longer need food, your injuries are healed, and the national guard officers outside your house with tanks will merely wander about aimlessly with no idea of what they were there for.

 

[Communisto]

when in doubt, shoot.

when confronted with a problem, shoot at it.