Things Video Games Have Taught Us

[BlackPanther]

as the owner/operator of a theme park, I am fully authorized to murder innocent people and suffer absolutely no repercussions

The optional bosses are always harder than the ones you actually have to fight, and they WILL fuck you over.

Haha, yesss.

[Daybreaker]

Look up when entering a large, empty room, and never walk straight into the center of it.

Eat your greens, but be careful. They contain things like crystals, arrows, potions...

All women look pretty much the same, except for their hair and outfits, until around age 40.

I can move extremely fast.

[Nabeel Ansari]

Golden birds can run on water.

[Ferret]

Forgot to list this:

I always have multiple/infinite chances to attempt the same fatally stupid feat, no matter if I actually die in the attempt.

[NegimaSonic]

Mushrooms make you taller.

[SoulinEther]

You can be shot at a thousand times all over your body, but as long as you have enough hit points, you will be fully functional and in perfect health/condition, and to make matters more confusing, a ninja psi-blade can 1 hit KO you. (Starcraft)

Town Guards are tougher than demons. (Ultima Exodus)

Hedgehogs can run and spin really fast, especially when blue.

[Doulifée]

If a character stand out of the crowd, you have found a potential new party member or a plot related npc.

[linkspast]

Falc0n punch!!!!!!

[Deep Thought]

That it is completely OK for a 10 year old to roam the world, capture animals, make them fight for money, use that money to buy steroids for those animals in order to make more money, and use the animals to end crime rings and stop terrorists. Not to mention spend 5 years on top of a mountain.

[Ferret]

You can't use the mercenaries' guns, ever. Not even if you're carrying a gun that uses the same type of ammo.

There's an achievement for it. No exceptions.

Every weapon worth having is carried by some random creature or being used by the local demon warlord.

[Daybreaker]

That it is completely OK for a 10 year old to roam the world, capture animals, make them fight for money, use that money to buy steroids for those animals in order to make more money, and use the animals to end crime rings and stop terrorists. Not to mention spend 5 years on top of a mountain.

Hahahaha! ...Where does the mountain come from?

[BlackPanther]

Gold and Silver, he's waiting for you to fight him inside of a mountain or on top one of the two.

[K.B.]

Mushrooms make you taller.

This reinforces reality.

[Strike911]

Video games have taught me that there is no gray area when understanding morality.

Oh, and Earthbound taught me that if I keep bothering someone they'll eventually give me money to leave them alone. In fact, I have a feeling Earthbound could teach us all a lot about life.

[DMaster]

Contrary to popular belief, Manuals do add important story points. (Sin and Punishment)

I can paint my car in less than 5 seconds, and elude the cops completely. (GTA)

No matter how far technology goes, the pinnacle of flight is the barrel roll. (Star Fox)

[HalcyonSpirit]

No matter how far technology goes, the pinnacle of flight is the barrel roll. (Star Fox)

Video games have taught me that doing a barrel roll means doing an aileron roll. (Star Fox)

[Ferret]

Star Fox taught me that if my ship has antigravity on it, snap-rolls will deflect any and all energy weapons harmlessly into the scenery.

Video games have also taught me that the only buildings with people in them are the ones you can walk into yourself, and everyone else walks on the street all the time.

[noTuX]

Bullets travel around corners.

You'll get hurt if you fall 2 feet.

It is possible to stab somebody from 10 feet away with a 12 inch knife.

Just guess.

[Ferret]

I've got one more to add that I don't feel like editing a previous post with:

It is better to play with people you know than with people you don't; despite that you don't always have a choice and in being thrust into a random encounter with people you have never met before you can still wind up with a valuable friend. More often than not, though, they'll turn out to be jerks.

[AzureZeal]

If you ever run out of money, just go out and kill a bunch of animals and they will drop some.

[Deep Thought]

Camping is a legitimate strategy in a real war

[Subz1987]

A kid can take out an entire building full of terrorists with a bunch of pocket animals.

[DMaster]

If I give my wife a flower, eventually she'll give me a son. (Harvest Moon, SNES)

If you read closely, people will say stuff you never realized was perverted. (Pokemon)

If you want to make money, just throw all the famous Nintendo characters into one fighting game and watch the cash roll in. (Come on, this should be obvious.)

[NegimaSonic]

If you want to make money, just throw all the famous Nintendo characters into one fighting game and watch the cash roll in. (Come on, this should be obvious.)

And to make even more money, add characters who just appeared on a Nintendo system.

I learned Team Rocket is a better villain than Revolver Ocelot.

http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-villain/vote/battle-hub/index.html?battle_id=29

[Gollgagh]

Snipers are either crack shots or are on a constant IV drip of diazepam

I learned Team Rocket is a better villain than Revolver Ocelot.

http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-villain/vote/battle-hub/index.html?battle_id=29

maybe because ocelot isn't a villian?!?