Giving thanks, and the weird little things you do in games

[EvilBoris]

when there's a quiet moment in Biohazard i make my character dance - because they spin on the spot i can make them do a wee shuffle as if they are dancing to Electro.

That's the 2nd thing you've said that I do.
There is something very satisfying about doing that in games.

[EvilBoris]

I do evil things to innocent NPCs to see if I can provoke some kind of reaction. It rarely does though

[mekanor]

in mario sunshine every time i see toadsworth i have to jump on his head a few times. he makes the best noise. and in soul calibur 2 after killing anyone with voldo i always do his down poke thing into their corpse

[AngelsInFlight]

On the original GTA I used to try and be a model citizen. I'd try and obey the law when driving, by stopping at red lights and not speeding. It sounds dull, and it was, but in short spells it was stupidly amusing.

I did the same again (to a lesser extent) in GTA3, but the controls were easier, so no joy. Did often tail cars randomly, JUST TO SEE WHERE THEY GO.

I do the model citizen act, or used to in the original GTA. I've been known to tail cars too ! It really is quite funny when you've had enough and just start smashing into them !

[Jebus]

In a FPS involving melee weapons (this started with HL2) I test the game out by seeing how much I can write on the wall with it (the crowbar in HL2).

I kill an enemy, stand over him...write a four letter word on the wall and draw an arrow pointing to said dead guy.

HL2 is the first and last game I've played where I got the whole word and arrow on the wall, the others just disappear by the time I've reached the "T".

[Taka]

Just the other night, a friend and I were playing co-op Halo 3 when we get to the last level inside with the Sarge. For a laugh, we decided to stick him with a plasma grenade and for a while, he was able to jump and dodge it. When we finally stuck him, he got back up and started chasing us around swinging his arms trying to hit us. Was rather humourous but we decided to reload the last checkpoint incase it borked the rest of the game...

[Kieran76]

I kill an enemy, stand over him...write a four letter word on the wall and draw an arrow pointing to said dead guy.

That's quite scary .

[MattyD]

So, who managed to save all the citizens in Episode One?

[skyghene]

I remember this from the Jedi Knight 2 (online) days:
Everyone was sitting in a circle while two people were in the center. The two bowed, activated the saber and duelled.
It was really funny to see Suprisingly, nobody tried to ruined it and everyone was serious about it.

Animal Crossing:
When a fellow citizen has a couple of flowers in his/her garden and when I step on them by accident, I usually plant some new flowers as a replacement.
I know it doesn't matter, but I feel sorry for that person :'(
Also, I hate giving (virtual) second hand presents to someone in-game @_@

[mr_fantazmo]

In GTA San Andreas i started to park cars properly instead of abandoning them and running off. I always kick off with the same passing movement on Pro Evo too.

[spagmasterswift]

I know for a fact that I'm not the only one who rings the bell at the start of LVU campus TH...

[Malc]

I always shut any gates I see in Oblivion, I also allways 'park' my horse under shelter or a nearby stable.

Oh, and every time I fall to my death in mario 64, I allways do a bottom jump into the darkness down below.

[Roddie]

That reminds me, in Banjo-Kazooie, I'd always do the crouch jump then smash down into the water, could never just jump into it normally of course

[ShadowDancer]

When playing FPS games, if i accidently kill a civillian, i'd say sorry out-loud. Also fellow soldiers in COD2 as they get in the way.

Oh! kinda sad, if i do something extraordinary or something special in a game, i'd say daz-skill, lol, which is about 18 years old, sadly, its not said as much as it used to get said!

[QualityChimp]

Great thread! I guess we're all a little OCD...

I always honk my horn when I'm in the air in racing games. Stuntman replays are crazy where the lead car is racing around going *parp parp*.

I never charge for toilets in Roller Coaster Tycoon. Seems wrong to make them pay to go in and pay to use the loo. I make the money back on umbrellas when it rains though!

Have you read this blog about Bio Shock where he tries to keep Big Daddy alive as long as possible, but ends up getting really attached?
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I too spent far too long to complete Halo 2 because I refused to leave a man behind, even though they're probably only there because there's some juicy colonists' daughters they have to rescue from their virginity...