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- latova, on 10/12/2007, -0/+114Well, if you wreck your car, you'll just have to strafe jump to work.
- mrmcbastard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+62Yes, we're well beyond that point, actually.
- AmishRefugee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+60My back itches... DAMNED VIDEO GAMES!!!
- Sblader5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+51I blame video games that i suck at life.
- Sagags, on 10/12/2007, -0/+44Playing video games has not affected me learning to drive. But then again I don't learn life lessons from my PS2
- Wisgary, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39@Klisk:
Maybe you're just stupid? - CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34"National's transport spokesman Maurice Williamson says today's young people think they are bullet-proof. He blames Playstations and X-boxes for making teens think they can drive stupidly and just push the reset button if anything goes wrong."
Yeah, because teenagers never used to think that they were bullet proof before those damned new-fangled "Playstations and X-boxes". - Tu13erhead, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32Everything I ever needed to know about driving I learned in GTA:SA
- igibson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26i credit video games for making better drivers - i learned how to drive and handle a vehicle incredibly fast due to extended hours of project gotham racing, trackmania, gran turismo, and other racing sims
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23old people aren't very good drivers either...
I'm telling you its those ***** bingo tournaments. - trubbleshute, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24My little brother just played Super Mario for the first time, he got sick after eatting a mushroom in the backyard...
If it was not video games, would it be books? It'd be a tough argument to be in favor of burning books because they weren't 'good'. - Konrad9, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20And on that note, we're going to blame the Sims when the kids start having their own kids and are bad parents.
Strange how there are already bad parents these days... they didn't have these bad videogames. A lot of people are also pretty horrible drivers... they didn't have videogames either. - cheez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18gt:hd looks so real, the first time I stepped into my toyota after I played, I tried drifting out of my driveway at 90 mph
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16old people suck at driving therefore they must play video games
- Daniel591992, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14oh, the irony!
- ZWash300, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Mario taught me that I can break bricks with my hand.
The prosthetic fits quite nicely. - ZackScott, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Here's an interesting fact:
On average, a human being will spend 2 weeks kidding in his or her lifetime. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16I have one:
The taliban and iraqi fighters hate america because in counterstrike we kill the "terrorists", who are all arab looking, so they take revenge against us. - ScottDaMan, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15I credit video gaming for my natural instinct while offroading. I can easily throw my 4x4 into a fishtail to make a sharper turn at higher speeds.
- sconepanman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Haven't teenagers ALWAYS sucked at driving and felt "bullet-proof"?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Yeah, and I bet those hours of Street Fighter helped make you a lot tougher too.
- friend18, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Video games gave me the clap.
- CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I'm sorry, but your little brother is incredibly stupid. I played Sonic the Hedgehog at the age of 3, and I didn't go outside, run really fast, and then somersault into people. I also played Paper Boy, too. That didn't make me want to go out and ride my bike while throwing rolled up news paper at people.
Oh, and I don't know where your brother got the whole "eating" thing. Mario walks into the mushrooms and they make him more powerful, he doesn't eat them. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I did the same thing, but I ran over a few hookers also.
- Settra, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Look it up, douchebag.
- Konrad9, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Who the hell is digging me down?
I'm saying we've had bad drivers since before videogames came out, and that most of the problems that are said to be caused by games are caused by bad parenting.
Is the midnight shift really that blind? - nbx909, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6video games actually help you drive (well the driving ones). Where else could you test being cut off at high speeds?
- Karmalary, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Interestingly, in some places driving tests are given on simulators closely resembling video games. If to pass a driving test you must be good at video games but video games make you a bad driver an interesting syllogism is formed...
- kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5like many other things in life, it only takes one time to figure it out or to remember, like opening a new game and trying the controls without looking at the manual/controls screen. And I attribute that to video games. you have to learn to adapt quickly in games, which teaches quick adaption in life!
- Fracture98, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5We reached this point 30 years ago. I remember when a driving video game was just two wavy lines for a road in a game called "Night Driver". They were making the same claims then. Same goes for when a square holding a plus sign (your sword wielding warrior) was being blamed for an increase in violence.
It doesn't change; and the solution is the same now as it was then. If you don't like how Nintendo is parenting your kids, try ***** parenting them yourself and stop blaming everyone but yourself for your own incompetence. - wizawuza, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@ Klisk
I was in NJ when I was 17 and got my license. Got it my first try. And that's after playing the original "need for speed" that very morning... man I'm old. - TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Actually I think video games made me a better driver.
GT3 shows a lot of real life physics, and realistic driving. Plus, I get a lot of wreckless driving out of my system with video games. - Maccc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"Have we really reached the point where we can blame literally anything on video games?"
Unfortunately, yes.
I blame Hilary Clinton. - bolero421, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'm sorry to inform you of this, but your son has a terminal illness...
It's called stupidity. - pkakira88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The moment I read the headline, all I could think of was Initial D...
Video games killed my father and raped my mother! - Harbinger67, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9I'm not gunna lie, I definatly attribute some of my prowess driving rear-drive cars to Gran Turismo. The game lets you experiment and learn how weight shift and throttle control work during slides and emergency situations in ways that you can't test in real life safely.
- anglachel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5he said he tried... he said nothing about succeeding.
- JavertHolmes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Video games are *partially* to blame for kids thinking they can drive better than they can.
Video games are *partially* to blame for desensitizing kids to what can happen in a car accident.
Video games have abso-*****-lutely nothing to do with why a bunch of kids were evading police at high speeds. That chase, my fellow members of humanity, was likely caused by a combination of irresponsible parenting, a ***** up upbringing, cockiness of youth/showing off around peers, and, dare I say it, a teenager fully responsible for his/her actions at the wheel of a car knowing the consequences of evading the police and choosing to do so anyway. - adidax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I played paperboy when i was little too, and it sure as hell didn't make me want to get off my lazy ass and get a paper route.
- iAmGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@kingfoot
I'd agree that video games helped with my driving too. Specifically my reaction time. I almost ran someone over while it was pitch black out. I reacted in time to go around them and keep going. I swear they were drunk, bein out in the middle of the road. Still, I blame video games for a lot of good stuff in my life, not bad stuff. - moofer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Or Matlock.
- YumYumKittyLoaf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5@ Klisk
In Ohio we have a manuverability test, basically a psuedo parallel parking exercise. You have to drive up to the line and stop where you need to, then either go left or right, parking parallel to the cones on the side and stopping at the correct point, then back up to where you were and stopping at the correct point, all without stopping randomly or you get points lost. Bump into a cone, a deduction, knock one over, you fail.
Now here's a suggestion. Stop posting on digg and practice with your own cones, or if you don't have that, sticks and some cat litter buckets, and practice. You have to be really ***** retarded to not know how to use your mirrors correctly and knowing the dimensions of your car. The reason they are failing you is this, if you were in a real life situation, you would be bumping into cars and causing damage like some idiot. They are trying to teach you how to feel your car.
You really don't deserve your license though after 10 damn times... first time you fail, practice at till you don't, THEN take your test again...
I passed mine on the first try, lost 3 points for an odd left turn (don't what car my officer was in but my left turns were just fine). - actorboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I can personally tell you that the Dukes of Hazzard tv series affected my driving as a teenager. Looked fun to me -- and I used to love hitting the railroad tracks near my house and leaving the ground. Of course, I started to improve my driving skills after i got into a wreck that nearly killed someone. Yeah, I thought I was bullet proof. I was a stupid kid who thought I knew everything.
- CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3LOL.
Honestly, there is no other expression to describe this situation. It'll pass, because anyone who matters doesn't take these claims seriously. - YumYumKittyLoaf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I've played games all my life and I haven't tried things in real life that happened in games.
Now with movies, that's different. After watching Three Ninja's, my older brother and I both tried to kick each other's ass. Infact, my brother kicked out a baby tooth because he tried kicking me, I grabbed his leg, and he turned around, landing on his hands and then kicking me in the face with the other foot. Didn't hurt, but sure got that tooth out. He learned that move from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I'm surprised that my brother and I aren't dead, we used to watch all the fighting shows and movies that were for kids, like the power rangers and VR Troopers.
My brother also has done some stupid ***** to me, like rubbing pepper up the front of my face. Got in my nose and eyes.. woo! - Somniis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3To adults that thought/think the exact same way, sure.
- TheGilmanator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@CanceledCzech
Well when I played Paperboy the first thing I wanted to do was take my bike out on the street, throw papers at the blue houses, break the windows on red houses, and then jump over hula hoops. - crashingechelon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well I've been driving for about 6-7 years and have been playing video games most of my life. I can do 3-point turn arounds, parallel park, back into a parking space, and everything else without any problems. My track record in reality is 1 speeding ticket and 1 wreck in which I was rear-ended, but the car was fine. So I can safely say that video games have had no effect on my driving skills. There are only 3 racing games that I can fully enjoy and those are Burnout, Ridge Racer, and Gran Turismo. Have they made me be a better driver? Honestly I can't say that they have, but there is some idea's to look at. Ridge Racer is the only one out of the three that I can't even think of anything that could possibly have helped driving in anyway. The only thing I could think of is drifting, but when will I ever been in that situation? As for Burnout those of you who play the series know when you try to get those fastest times on the 1-lap run, you cannot wreck a single time without it screwing you up. From that I would think that you become more aware of your surroundings traveling at higher speeds. Now does this make me want to speed more often? No it doesn't because I have my life and insurance on the line, and not a time limit. Now for Gran Turismo, thank God for a game with realistic driving physics, atleast I can find out on there how a car reacts for doing certain things so I don't stupidly try to do them in real life.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Lut3s, didn't you see the giant wing on the back of his Celica?
- AdamalNZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2An accident on the Northwestern motorway. Heh. More than likely, they were from West Auckland, or as we call 'em 'Westies'. Westies are synonymous for driving something like a 70's or 80's Holden (Think GM stuff) V8 (Usualy of the GM pushrod type) and being all round bogans.
Also associated with stupid driving. This can be seen by the attitude of the people in the car at the time. One of them was hanging out of the sunroof, being a bit of a dick. This is what caught the cops attention. Chase started.
I'd say a bigger influence to westies than video games are the V8 Supercar Series that is held here in Australia and often comes here for a race round one of NZ's curcuits. The two manufacturor condenders are Holden (Think Pontiac GTO) and Ford (Not really anything like what you've got in the states).
These are about 450-500hp V8's with roll cages, stripped out, huge brakes etc etc. Proper race machines.
Problem is, a lot of westies think they can drive like their V8 Supercar heroes. What they don't realise is that they A) Don't have the ability and B) Don't have the same machine that is capable of driving like they do.
However, all the blame can't lie with the V8 loving westies. A common term over here is Boy Racer (Which I'm sure is probably used all over the world).
Kids with Silvia's, Integra's, RX-7's, Supra's etc etc. Loaded up to the eyeballs with turbos, NOS, and all the go-fast-bits you can imagine.
I'd say they're just as much to blame, if not more than westies for the rep that anyone who likes cars gets.
I consider myself a car enthusiest, who takes note of handling properties, road conditions, weather conditions etc, but I'd still get labeled as a boyracer.
A couple of years back, there was a guy with an Acura/Honda Integra with a carload of passangers who was one of those who 'thought' he knew how to handle his car at high speed. Just outside of Auckland, theres a 4km straight, he had this carload of passangers and was going 200kph when he crashed. He killed 5 of the 6 people, including himself. 1 person survived, just.
Having been similar speeds down that road (By myself, risking your own life is one thing, risking someone elses is another), I can tell you that those roads are in no way suited for that (Even though Top Secret brought over their Supra and got up to about 320kph I think).
Thats just the sort of thing that exists in this country. It's been like this for a long time. People have always loved cars. From the people who know things about them, down to the people who think you can slap a huge turbo on your stock B16A and pump 32psi through it and it'll be sweet for 400kw.
It's gotten bigger, sure, but thats natural. Its called population increase.
One thing is for sure though. It's been going on for a long time. Before Playstation and Xbox. Before NES and Master System. Hell, it's been going on since long before Pong came out. -
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