Does playing games make you appreciate real life graphics more?

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#1 dom2000
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I was observing a wall earlier and a realisation stuck me....this looks pretty good! Now the question is, would I have experienced the same feelings of enjoyable and enrichment if I had not played games? Maybe...maybe not! Now ask yourself this, Have you ever looked at a sunset and said to yourself, "This blows Crysis out of the water!" Come on now admit it! I know you have! Having a greater appreciation for the finer things in life might be an unexpected benefit from gaming! What do you think? :)

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#2 dom2000
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I suppose...to keep within the boundaries of discussion in system wars....which system do you think makes you appreciate the world in which we live in most? Personally i think the variety of Pc games does it for me! Myst seris espcially deserveres a mention! The game has unbelieveable attention to detail!

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#3 blues35301
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Idk about comparing life to games graphically speaking but theres times where I've been in the woods and saw sunlight beaming through tree tops and was instantly thinking, that is so Crysis. lol If I had never played Crysis I wouldn't have made the connection.

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#4 SaltyMeatballs
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Crysis makes real life look ugly.
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#5 R3FURBISHED
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Real life doesn't have graphics, dude. I think you need to go outside more and realize this, we don't live in the Matrix.
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#6 SilverChimera
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I think Real-Life has the best sky box.
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#7 Skittles_McGee
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No, some people have too many jaggies, they need more anti aliasing. Though real life has plenty of its own bullshots.
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#8 blues35301
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When I opened the thread I figured it was a joke topic. And the way these posts are going its certainly headed that way haha.

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Definitely. I was outside for the first time in 2 years the other day and I saw this brick wall that the sun was shining on. It was the highest resolution texture I had ever seen. I pressed my cheek up against it and felt the slight ruffles grind up against my face. It was the most amazing moment of my life (even more so than being the first person at my local Gamestop to get the Ultimate Edition of God of War 3).

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Real life doesn't have graphics, dude. I think you need to go outside more and realize this, we don't live in the Matrix.R3FURBISHED
Actually, it does. All matter is composed of small particles called atoms. These atoms are composed of even smaller, subatomic particles called protons, neutrons and electrons. And even these subatomic particles can be further subdivided. There's an entire branch of physics devoted to the study of this subatomic world. In other words, if you "zoom" in on an object, the way you might with a photograph or a computer-generated image in a video game, it becomes "pixelated." The real world has a resolution. What our eyes perceive is actually this subatomic world interacting with the electromagnetic force--reflecting and absorbing electromagnetic radiation (fancy term for light). A little bit of reading on the subject of quantum mechanics will make you realize that the world is not as it seems. Not even close. In fact, it actually does make it seem like we live in the Matrix.
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#11 lucfonzy
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Crysis makes real life look ugly.SaltyMeatballs
I'm always looking for god rays in the trees and I'm like, WTF Crysis haz dem why cant i see dem! Then I realise Crysis put a butt load of particles in there and therez not enough particles in real life for me to see those damn god rays. :(
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wow.just wow

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#14 ArisShadows
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Real life surrounds outside my computer screen.
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I like the fact that the graphics in videogames are bad enough that I won't vomit if I blow someone's head off.

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#16 ArisShadows
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I like the fact that the graphics in videogames are bad enough that I won't vomit if I blow someone's head off.

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Lol is all thats needed.
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[QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"]Real life doesn't have graphics, dude. I think you need to go outside more and realize this, we don't live in the Matrix.Jared2720
Actually, it does. All matter is composed of small particles called atoms. These atoms are composed of even smaller, subatomic particles called protons, neutrons and electrons. And even these subatomic particles can be further subdivided. There's an entire branch of physics devoted to the study of this subatomic world. In other words, if you "zoom" in on an object, the way you might with a photograph or a computer-generated image in a video game, it becomes "pixelated." The real world has a resolution. What our eyes perceive is actually this subatomic world interacting with the electromagnetic force--reflecting and absorbing electromagnetic radiation (fancy term for light). A little bit of reading on the subject of quantum mechanics will make you realize that the world is not as it seems. Not even close. In fact, it actually does make it seem like we live in the Matrix.

Try harder Einstein.
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#18 lundy86_4
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I have never done that... Ever :|

Maybe you play games too much :P

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#19 hexashadow13
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Personally I like the graphics of a lot of games better then real life.
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#20 Ragnarok1051
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You can't say real life has the best graphics because some people's eyes aren't powerful enough to run it.

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[QUOTE="Jared2720"][QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"]Real life doesn't have graphics, dude. I think you need to go outside more and realize this, we don't live in the Matrix.Sh4nk3r
Actually, it does. All matter is composed of small particles called atoms. These atoms are composed of even smaller, subatomic particles called protons, neutrons and electrons. And even these subatomic particles can be further subdivided. There's an entire branch of physics devoted to the study of this subatomic world. In other words, if you "zoom" in on an object, the way you might with a photograph or a computer-generated image in a video game, it becomes "pixelated." The real world has a resolution. What our eyes perceive is actually this subatomic world interacting with the electromagnetic force--reflecting and absorbing electromagnetic radiation (fancy term for light). A little bit of reading on the subject of quantum mechanics will make you realize that the world is not as it seems. Not even close. In fact, it actually does make it seem like we live in the Matrix.

Try harder Einstein.

You must be mistaken. Einstein was, in fact, extremely skeptical of quantum mechanics. He referred to the phenomenon of quantum nonlocality, for example, as "spooky action at a distance." The implications of quantum mechanics made him very uncomfortable. Einstein has little, if any, relevance to this topic. Sorry.
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[QUOTE="Jared2720"][QUOTE="Sh4nk3r"][QUOTE="Jared2720"] Actually, it does. All matter is composed of small particles called atoms. These atoms are composed of even smaller, subatomic particles called protons, neutrons and electrons. And even these subatomic particles can be further subdivided. There's an entire branch of physics devoted to the study of this subatomic world. In other words, if you "zoom" in on an object, the way you might with a photograph or a computer-generated image in a video game, it becomes "pixelated." The real world has a resolution. What our eyes perceive is actually this subatomic world interacting with the electromagnetic force--reflecting and absorbing electromagnetic radiation (fancy term for light). A little bit of reading on the subject of quantum mechanics will make you realize that the world is not as it seems. Not even close. In fact, it actually does make it seem like we live in the Matrix.

Try harder Einstein.

You must be mistaken. Einstein was, in fact, extremely skeptical of quantum mechanics. He referred to the phenomenon of quantum nonlocality, for example, as "spooky action at a distance." The implications of quantum mechanics made him very uncomfortable. Einstein has little, if any, relevance to this topic. Sorry.

Try harder Einstein.
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#23 Jared2720
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[QUOTE="Sh4nk3r"][QUOTE="Jared2720"][QUOTE="Sh4nk3r"] Try harder Einstein.

You must be mistaken. Einstein was, in fact, extremely skeptical of quantum mechanics. He referred to the phenomenon of quantum nonlocality, for example, as "spooky action at a distance." The implications of quantum mechanics made him very uncomfortable. Einstein has little, if any, relevance to this topic. Sorry.

Try harder Einstein.

Technically, it should be "Try harder, Einstein."
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[QUOTE="Jared2720"][QUOTE="Sh4nk3r"][QUOTE="Jared2720"] You must be mistaken. Einstein was, in fact, extremely skeptical of quantum mechanics. He referred to the phenomenon of quantum nonlocality, for example, as "spooky action at a distance." The implications of quantum mechanics made him very uncomfortable. Einstein has little, if any, relevance to this topic. Sorry.

Try harder Einstein.

Technically, it should be "Try harder, Einstein."

Technically I don't care.
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#25 Jared2720
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[QUOTE="Sh4nk3r"][QUOTE="Jared2720"][QUOTE="Sh4nk3r"] Try harder Einstein.

Technically, it should be "Try harder, Einstein."

Technically I don't care.

That much is obvious. What is also obvious is that you've contributed nothing of substance to the original topic of this thread. As such, I have the following advice to offer: Try harder, Einstein.
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#26 BigBoss154
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Idk about comparing life to games graphically speaking but theres times where I've been in the woods and saw sunlight beaming through tree tops and was instantly thinking, that is so Crysis. lol If I had never played Crysis I wouldn't have made the connection.

blues35301

I've done this. Loads of times, when I'm walking in my local woods, the instant I see a beam of light emerge through the trees I think of Crysis.

Or, when I'm walking through my city in the old industrial parks I see all the dust in the air inside the abandoned buildings, so when a light beam passes through the worn windows with all the dust, I always say to my self "Hell yeah, Killzone 2!".

It's awesome. :P

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#27 HailCaesarHail
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this is silly, one has nothing to do with the other. i play video games as entertainment not because it should have me appreciate anything about real life. entertainment has no chance real life is leaps and bounds better. especially in my late teens, early 20s.
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[QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"]Real life doesn't have graphics, dude. I think you need to go outside more and realize this, we don't live in the Matrix.Jared2720
Actually, it does. All matter is composed of small particles called atoms. These atoms are composed of even smaller, subatomic particles called protons, neutrons and electrons. And even these subatomic particles can be further subdivided. There's an entire branch of physics devoted to the study of this subatomic world. In other words, if you "zoom" in on an object, the way you might with a photograph or a computer-generated image in a video game, it becomes "pixelated." The real world has a resolution. What our eyes perceive is actually this subatomic world interacting with the electromagnetic force--reflecting and absorbing electromagnetic radiation (fancy term for light). A little bit of reading on the subject of quantum mechanics will make you realize that the world is not as it seems. Not even close. In fact, it actually does make it seem like we live in the Matrix.

judging but that statement, I guess we can say that this rock of a planetwe are living on and the entire universe is one big matrix?

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#29 Jared2720
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[QUOTE="Jared2720"][QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"]Real life doesn't have graphics, dude. I think you need to go outside more and realize this, we don't live in the Matrix.Dark_man123

Actually, it does. All matter is composed of small particles called atoms. These atoms are composed of even smaller, subatomic particles called protons, neutrons and electrons. And even these subatomic particles can be further subdivided. There's an entire branch of physics devoted to the study of this subatomic world. In other words, if you "zoom" in on an object, the way you might with a photograph or a computer-generated image in a video game, it becomes "pixelated." The real world has a resolution. What our eyes perceive is actually this subatomic world interacting with the electromagnetic force--reflecting and absorbing electromagnetic radiation (fancy term for light). A little bit of reading on the subject of quantum mechanics will make you realize that the world is not as it seems. Not even close. In fact, it actually does make it seem like we live in the Matrix.

judging but that statement, I guess we can say that this rock of a planetwe are living on and the entire universe is one big matrix?

Perhaps.
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#30 Gezo24
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Real Life Graphics?

I went to a museum before, saw alot of Graphics there. Its really vauge how you say Graphics like that.

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#31 Upparoom
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No, but I do see some things IRL and think "That would look awesome in a video game or make a great setpiece." Either that or something reminds me of a video game(ex That factory reminds me of HL2)

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#32 blues35301
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[QUOTE="blues35301"]

Idk about comparing life to games graphically speaking but theres times where I've been in the woods and saw sunlight beaming through tree tops and was instantly thinking, that is so Crysis. lol If I had never played Crysis I wouldn't have made the connection.

BigBoss154

I've done this. Loads of times, when I'm walking in my local woods, the instant I see a beam of light emerge through the trees I think of Crysis.

Or, when I'm walking through my city in the old industrial parks I see all the dust in the air inside the abandoned buildings, so when a light beam passes through the worn windows with all the dust, I always say to my self "Hell yeah, Killzone 2!".

It's awesome. :P

First time visiting Chicago (and being in a truly big city) I thought of GTA4. My friend made the same comment when we stepped out onto street level from Union Station...so yeah haha.
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#33 Gezo24
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A graphic is a visual design.

So in real life, video games are, in a sense,graphics.

Playing games makes me appreciate playing games.

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#34 worknow222
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Heres Something for you if a Video Game Looks Better Than Real Life then we have ourselves a matrix....

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#35 Fightingfan
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Crysis makes real life look ugly.SaltyMeatballs
Agreed. I went to the beach and I was like "LOL thats not even HD".
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#36 deactivated-635601fd996cc
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I realised that somethings in rl wouldn't look realistic in a game, strange i know lol
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#37 Desulated
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No.

If I wanted to play a "near-real life simulator of warfare with the sleekest graphics ever" game I'd go for some paintball or airsoft with my friends.