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Video Game Clichés IN REAL LIFE -- Episode 1


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·Nov 10, 2024

Hey everyone, it's Lacy, and this is BTW on Vsauce. What's on the plate for this week? How about some video game clichés?

Whether it's save points, health meters, three lives, or certain things that have shown up through generation after generation of video games, what if we could take those clichés and put them into real life?

The first one is all about health. If I had the chance to capture this concept, I would not only save the medical world, but I think I would help out a lot of different people, like those people on Jackass. Happy about [Music] it! You can either eat something like a mushroom, or you take a potion. My example comes from Castlevania, where you eat a piece of chicken to get full [Music] health. Oh [Music] [ __ ] [Music]! Or you could just eat a bunch of Double Downs; that might always help.

The next cliché is a concept that's used in tons of games. I could use so many examples, but I'm going to use the example from N64 GoldenEye, in which you have tons of items on you at all times, and yet you look perfectly normal. No one would ever think that James Bond is carrying a grenade launcher, or a rocket launcher, or a machine gun because he looks perfectly normal in his tuxedo [Music].

Right? I'm [Music] sorry! Have you ever noticed in a lot of different games, especially in RPGs, that you have those menus that pop up that have different phrases that decide your destiny, or where you're going in the game? Did you ever think that those might help you in real life?

I mean, a good example would be on a date, perhaps "tits or GTFO," or "romantic walk on the beach." What if that just came into your daily schedule? You have turned the key of destiny; only you have the power to control it, the power to choose a path.

I want to start the car path to greatness; I want to go! You have the strength to wield this power. I want to [ __ ] go! Remember that, the power I want to go, and only you can hold onto the destiny.

Aits, remember to choose wisely!

Let's face it, our world revolves around money. So in games, it's a common thing that you can get money for beating stuff up. So I thought, what if you could kill someone in real life without consequences and get money with that? That'd be okay.

Well, that's all I have for you this week. I hope you enjoyed what you saw. If I forgot a video game cliché that you'd really like to see, go ahead and put it in the comment section below. Until next time, I'm Lacy, and uh, BTW, there aren't any extra lives [Music] IRL.

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