How video games ruined our lives
I asked my Twitter follows to explain the devastating impact that video games had caused in their lives. Here are their heart-wrenching stories...
@mjrobbins to this day I cannot face a fruit stall without wanting to annihilate all the wares #fruitninja
@mjrobbins Oblivion made me identify a flower and think what potions I could make with it.
@mjrobbins I've been known to tut under my breath when people don't pack a car boot as if it were a Tetris level #moralpanic- @mjrobbins playing Super Mario Kart made me travel back in time and lay siege to Ruad in 1302.
@mjrobbins made me wake my partner at 2am to share the news that I had discovered a secret area with dinosaurs - such was my joy #tombraider
@mjrobbins after playing FIFA 2004 I slept with my best mates girlfriend before going on to captain our five-a-side team #moralpanic
@mjrobbins I used to play Paperboy then I became a paperboy (delivering them not made of them). Coincidence? I don't think so #moralpanic
@mjrobbins owning a ZX Spectrum means that every photo I'm in that isn't black and white is ruined by a massive colour clash #moralpanic- @mjrobbins super ghouls and ghosts made me attempt a double jump while wearing nothing but a loin cloth once, broke both my knees.
@mjrobbins Sonic The Hedgehog made me steal peoples gold rings and jump on their televisions.
@mjrobbins I once built a rocket, filled it with fuel, and blasted off, whilst evading pink and purple floating blobs. #moralpanic
@mjrobbins this morning my brain involuntarily switched to detective mode and in one complicated move I knocked 5 colleagues unconscious.
@mjrobbins I've wanted to punch my boyfriend whilst vying for the Xbox a few times, but I dont think that's what you mean.
@mjrobbins I'm a meek mother of 2,but after playing Tetris for 97 hrs straight I made for the tallest building and dropped bricks on people
@mjrobbins After a long session of World of Warcraft, I went out into the street and Death Coiled a stranger. #maynotbetrue
@mjrobbins I played Super Mario for hours and it made me viciously attack mushrooms and dinosaurs. #moralpanic
@mjrobbins Thanks to final fantasy I now solve arguments by summoning mythical beasts.
@mjrobbins It's true, it's true. Fifa 2011 has made take far too many shots from 35 yards. And I drive like a crazy Japanese cartoon.
@mjrobbins I came *this* close to nuking every world capital after a night playing Defcon #moralpanic
@mjrobbins Played PAC- Man, then became hooked to yellow pills and chasing ghosts in dark rooms. Proper messed my life up
@mjrobbins I once played so much kings quest I actually went on a mission to solve a fellow villagers problem just so I could become king.
@mjrobbins I did once tear a guys spine out with my bare hands after playing Mortal Kombat, but that was actually a coincidence. #moralpanic- @mjrobbins Cities in Motion caused me to bulldoze half the city to perfect my transit system #moralpanic
