Does intense gaming make you jumpy?

[Playitagainsam]

Howdy, folks,

I saw this thread and I realized that a lot of people (myself included) can say that intense (good) gaming makes you jumpy. I used to have nightmares after extremely long Doom 2 sessions (some good while ago, eh?), and I know startled people jumping like rockets out of their chairs when tapped on the shoulder while playing Quake or Unreal.

So, does intense gaming affect you? The question is most interesting, seeing how "some" forces try to blame video games for things like the Littleton massacre. Like blaming alcohol for alcohol-related crimes.

What's your opinion?

 

[ManSnake]

I don't game, btw stuff sux!

 

[CaseTragedy]

I get jumpy during an intense match...but no matter how intense a casual game is--I remain *cool*. Which sucks cuz it becomes hard to aim during a match. :|

 

[Soybomb]

Ohhhhh I get edgy, I start to move some trying to dodge stuff, and I notice usual indications of stress like sweaty palms, etc.

 

[Cretin]

The beginning of Punk Rawk Show (MxPx) makes me jumpy.

Cretin

 

[mechBgon]

What's funny is when I'm driving my car in the city, and I hear something that sounds like the "incoming missle LOCKED ON!" alarm from Descent2. I'm pretty well-conditioned to take evasive maneuvers instinctively when I hear that sound...

/me laughs at silly self...

Haven't wrecked the car... yet.

 

[dennilfloss]

After I've been in a cave killing some dragons for a couple of hours of Might and Magic 8, the background music seems to stay in my ears for another couple of hours. Damn!

You Really Got Me (Van Halen)

 

[nullshark]

I saw the movie Alien when I was 10 years old. The alien in that movie was the creature of my nightmares until I was 20. Now, I can't play Aliens versus Predator as the Marine: It just freaks the bejebees outta me and I can't calm down for about an hour.

 

[Valhalla1]

I certainly do.. I have this bad habit of getting really involved in FPS games, I get really really competitive in multiplayer, and I get really pissed if my team doesn't win and its a close game in CTF or "bagman" in Kingpin. and I get really intense, sometimes yell and scream.

and I have this weird thing, I don't know why I do it, but when I've like captured the flag and trying to return it, or I've stolen money from the other teams safe in Kinpin and trying to get back to my safe, I have this habit of getting really intense and I tense up all my muscles and I sorta squeeze my ass muscles.. lol.. then when I make it home safe I like relax and I'm like WHEW that was close..

 

[Playitagainsam]

Yeah, driving can sometimes be tricky after a night spent on UT! But it does give you good reflexes, too, eh?

 

[prodigy]

After hours spent playing intense Yahoo! Towers, I find it hard to sleep at night sometimes.

 

[smensch]

I get jumpy when I have the flag in a UT CTF match, and I'm soooooo close to scoring. My hands start shaking. Must be something wrong with me.