Comment Too much gaming? (Score 1) 894
I'm not sure that the submitter's example is really a case of "too much" as in "so much that it's hurting you."
It is very interesting perspective shift on the world around you, but my guess is that the same thing happens for anyone who is intensely involved in certain acitivity/career. I've known people involved in politics and academia, who tend to interpret a lot of daily-life events through the lense of their profession (e.g. getting a traffic ticket as an example of police oppression).
As for the original topic, I once jumped at a beeping sound I heard on the street that sounded remarkably like the auto-sentry gun in Team Fortress Classic. And currently whenever I see a building under construction I examine it from the perspective of the house building program in Sims 2.
The latter example I actually see as being useful since it's increased my understanding of how houses are built. The former sentry-gun one is just silly, but I got a good laugh out of it. :>)
It is very interesting perspective shift on the world around you, but my guess is that the same thing happens for anyone who is intensely involved in certain acitivity/career. I've known people involved in politics and academia, who tend to interpret a lot of daily-life events through the lense of their profession (e.g. getting a traffic ticket as an example of police oppression).
As for the original topic, I once jumped at a beeping sound I heard on the street that sounded remarkably like the auto-sentry gun in Team Fortress Classic. And currently whenever I see a building under construction I examine it from the perspective of the house building program in Sims 2.
The latter example I actually see as being useful since it's increased my understanding of how houses are built. The former sentry-gun one is just silly, but I got a good laugh out of it.
