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101 MORE things we've learned from games

Because gaming's got a whole lot more wisdom to go around

Words: Matthew Keast, GamesRadar US

Due to the positive feedback for our original “101 things” article, I’ve created a sequel to tickle your imagination bone. Thanks all to those who suggested additional entries in the comments – it’s possible you’ll find your own ideas included here!

1. If you face in a certain direction so that there are a lot of people, objects, shiny surfaces, and/or you can see really far, time may slow down and your vision will become choppy.

2. Sometimes if you go somewhere you’re “not supposed to be” you may fall through the ground and find yourself falling through a void, with the world as you know it rapidly disappearing into the distance above.

3. Turtles and mushrooms can kill you just by touching you anywhere other than the bottom of your feet.

4. While on a date with a girl, just barely brushing a pedestrian with your car accidentally will ruin your date fast. However, the same girl will have no problem with helping you intentionally steal as many cars as you want.


5. You can only have unclothed sex after applying a patch.

6. No matter how heinous a crime you pull, even directly in front of cops, they will forget what you look like and what car you sped off in if you stay out of their sight for 20 seconds.

7. Regardless of shoe type, the soles are always so slippery that standing on any slope greater than 45 degrees will cause you to slide like an ice skater downhill.

8. Some types of molten lava will not kill you, even if you fall completely in, as long as you jump out quickly.

9. Whenever you find a valuable item lying around in a dark corner, a short musical flourish will come from nowhere. Warning: you will become addicted to that sound.

10. If you’re ever in a shootout and firing near cover, you may find that even though you have clear line-of-sight to your opponent’s head, your bullets are bouncing off some invisible force near the cover you are hiding behind. Moving sideways a few inches will alleviate the problem.

11. Reloading a gun when only one bullet has been expended won't waste the other bullets left in the clip that you have just tossed on the ground. Also, the clip casing itself will disappear the moment it leaves your hand, resulting in no messy cleanup.

12. At some unknown point in history a brilliant scientist invented indestructible glass. Not just bulletproof, but even point-blank rocket launcher proof. Also, this glass managed to replace a large portion of the world’s windows without anybody noticing or having to pay a fee for the installation.

13. Whoever came up with the Periodic Table is an idiot and a fraud. There are obviously only 4 elements.

14. It’s possible to be in full daylight outdoors without the Sun visible anywhere in the sky.

15. Even if you are an obviously experienced warrior, you’ll need someone to teach you how to jump in the air while pointing your sword downward, and another person to teach you about pointing your sword upward.


16. Every woman in the world who isn’t a one-woman super assassin army needs to be rescued.

17. Typewriters are actually temporal devices that you can return to after dying or making a mistake, as long as you type the date and time into them.

18. Shotguns will still be in common use even thousands of years into the future, despite advances in energy-weapon technology and armor plating. The reason, of course, is that shotguns are awesome.

19. If you’re a soldier in a war and you use every tactic and weapon you can to stay alive and kill the enemy, some of the people you killed will call you “cheap” from beyond the grave, possibly even haunting you with accusations of how “skill-less” you are.

20. If you’re in a martial arts tournament and are about to lose, you can quit at the last second and your opponent will be given the loss on his record. Whether your dignity remains untarnished is another matter.

21. Telekinetic aliens have a really, really hard time getting out of holes in the ground.


 
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dahudge8  - 10 months 6 days ago 
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dahudge8  - 10 months 6 days ago 
awesome article by the way, I lol'd
RonnyLive19881  - 10 months 6 days ago 
Anyone point out the numbers worth reading? I'm not going threw all 5 pages...
RonnyLive19881  - 10 months 6 days ago 
I hate the damn reCAPTCHA!
Taxtm  - 10 months 6 days ago 
"74. World War II was not won by numerous countries coordinating attacks across the globe, but rather by a single jack-hole with a gun. Said jack-hole’s identity varies depending on the source."

Out of curiosity, how many games have been made that revolve around WWII? I lost count...
ELpork  - 10 months 6 days ago 
62..ha.
TeragRunner  - 10 months 6 days ago 
I thought of one.
You can look in the direction your gun is pointing and no one will care if you pointing an automatic gun in their face.
TeragRunner  - 10 months 6 days ago 
Oh oops it was supposed to say

You can only look in the direction your gun is pointing and no one will care if you pointing an automatic gun in their face.
Airhead  - 10 months 6 days ago 
How about

If someone seems to be a friend he is an enemy, and vice-versa.

or

Shooting an enemy in the leg twice will kill him. HOWEVER unleashing 15 shotgun shells, 30 Uzi clips, 30 6-shot revolver rounds, 2 missles. 5 frag grenades, and 1 landmine on a buddy will not kill him.
camo510  - 10 months 6 days ago 
@ Airhead
lmao good one, agree 100%
camo510  - 10 months 6 days ago 
I have a few...

If you hold your breath u can hear your heartbeat and have perfect aim.

You can have hundreds of enemys after u at a time and will be able to handle all of them no problem

If u take damage and your view goes red just duck down and wait to return to normal

You can drive into a concrete lamp post and only take a few dents

You can be ejected 100 feet away from your vehicle and get up wihout a limp
Crossleft501  - 10 months 6 days ago 
haha I think 35 is my favorite
CptCHARLES  - 10 months 5 days ago 
How 'bout

If an enemy is slow than it is therefore strong, and if it is fast than it is weak.

or

In a zombie apocalypse there are military grade rifles lying(laying?) on tables.

or

If you are shot in the stomach with a shotgun, simply drinking a special beverage will heal any wounds completely.

or

If you take any damage just wait 5 seconds and you will be all healed up.

or

When the zombie apocalypse arrives every Joe Blow will know how to use and load an M16.

or

The coolest and most skilled buddy always dies in the end.

or

In WORLD war 2 only four countries were involved.

or

...that's it.
Defguru7777  - 10 months 5 days ago 
Here's one:
In RPGs, all eight people will conglomerate into one person, who can change his/her/it's appearance without plastic surgery equipment. Additionally, this does not count as getting laid :(
bamb0o-stick  - 10 months 5 days ago 
- If you are getting shot at by enemies around police, they will not help you. However if you fire back at your enemies, the police will join in attacking YOU as well.

- Getting gunned down, blown up, crushed, smashed and set on fire will not kill you. You'll wake up outside a hospital with all your possessions, but with a lighter wallet.

- Flying into Africa will give you malaria.

- There are always someone immune to a "zombie" -like epidemic. Good chance its you.

- All soldiers tend to look exactly the same. Don't ever look generic or you'll die first.

- Living in a hidden vault makes you a super-marksman who can pause time during attacks. You can also salvage a nuclear wasteland from being uninhabitable.
Tasty_Pasta  - 10 months 5 days ago 
Ahahaha! 38 is oh so true.
somthing42  - 10 months 5 days ago 
how about

drawing animal constellations in the sky will make the animal come down and give you magic powers.
Corsair89  - 10 months 5 days ago 
-You can clearly see vague lands and objects of in the distance but some invisible indestructable wall blocks you from advancing.
-If you and your entire existance looks cel-shaded, that means that the few beings who control your every move want other beings to experience your beautiful, artsy brillance but fail to convince the others about how great you are and are frustrated and blame the others in the fact that you won't be granted a 2nd adventure.
-If you are a boss, beware, because little pest that is trying to kill you kill see how much health you have left.
-Bosses are never EVER direct. They will attack in obvious, easily aviodable moves.
-If you get a boss half-way down on health, they will use a few new moves that are a bit stronger.
-There is ALWAYS music coming from seemingly nowhere and it constantly changes to fit the situation.
-You and everyone you know is shallow, has only one emotion, and is basically a walking steriotype.
-Someone you know will eventually betray you.
-Your ragtag group of warriors can single-handedly topple an empire.
-If your in an abandoned town that is perminantly fogged over, then don't worry because anything and everything that attacks you is only in your mind.
-Five colored buttons can make an infinite amount of guitar notes and chords.
-Pinatas are actually living creature. You barbarian.
-If your car crashes, explodes, whatever, it will perfectly be restored in seconds so you can continue racing.
-Ostriches can fly and are good for jousting.
-Everyone you kill will disappear shorty.
-The legends are ALWAYS completely true and you will eventually have beat the odds and overcome it.

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Xizor14  - 10 months 5 days ago 
Funny as crap. I lol'd every time!
Xizor14  - 10 months 5 days ago 
I am so bookmarking this.
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