Corpse Run 289: In the heat of the moment
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I get the feeling that, whether you were playing on a console or PC, you’ve had moments where the game became… tense. Tense like “everything in your life will end if I don’t get out of this sticky situation immediately” tense.
Your muscles clench, sweat production kicks off…
you lean forward in your chair.
Breathing becomes erratic; you can’t devote any brain power to even the most basic of bodily functions. Your hearing fades away and you enter tunnel vision; there is nothing in the world except you, the controller, and the screen.
And then…
Victory.
Sweet relief is quickly overcome by jubilation that demands to be expressed vocally while throwing your hands up in the air (one might say as if you just don’t care).
Then you realize that it’s just a video game and you should act your age.
Nuts.
I now believe, sur, that you play vidjamagames.
My cover is blown! What gave it away? =P
This actually…almost never happens to me. And in those situations, it’s usually not victory that comes at the end.
If I’m doing well, then defeat comes as a surprise, no time for tension. And if I’m doing badly, it’s kind of expected.
The last time I remember this happening was…oh gods, years and years ago now. Back when Twilight Princess was still kinda new, that year’s Xmas I was doing the challenge dungeon to try and complete my manic, self-imposed task of collecting 4 full bottles of fairy tears and I was at the end…on the last Dark Nut…with half a heart left…and 1 hit left to kill him….
And he hit me first. It was crushingly disappointing and I haven’t played the game since.
Awww, Twilight Princess is awesome! If you get the chance, you should totally give it a go again!
Was like that during a fishing contest in Booty Bay. When I won the fishing pole, it was probably the same kind of reaction most people get to winning the lottery. Like, a BIG lottery win. Looking back, such a tiny, insignificant win, on a character I lost interest in, on a game that I haven’t touched since 2009. Life is weird.
Of course unless you are me.
Then you enter this intense state of mind where you feel that your sense of pride and happiness are dependent on you beating this game.
I get so tense that my reactions become a bit jerky and then I run into an enemy/bullet I had already seen and taken steps to avoid.
Your sleep abandons you, you are left with a nasty headache after raging at your own inability, and you feel a bit depressed for the next few days.
Problems, you say? Honest, I don’t have them c:
This totally happens to me when playing StarCraft 2. So intense!