{"id":5674,"date":"2016-04-11T12:46:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T12:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=5674"},"modified":"2024-04-19T16:33:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:33:58","slug":"10-things-video-games-have-made-much-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/04\/11\/10-things-video-games-have-made-much-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"10 things video games have made much easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learning a new skill requires patience, endurance and a willingness to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Video games, on the other hand, let you do everything you\u2019ve ever wanted by pressing a few buttons. Such as&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Extreme sports<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-EjIJ7NVouk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to games, you don\u2019t have to risk breaking your ankle while learning how to kickflip. Instead, you can go straight to the big boy ramps and backflip off them without smashing all your teeth out. Rad!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Being in a band<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tJBCrTBT5g8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Guitar Hero <\/i> and <i>Rockband<\/i> give you all the glamour of playing a live show without having to practise for hours on end or spend most of your life in a stinky van. There\u2019s no risk of getting bottled when you hit a bum note either.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Driving<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VbsZaa0ZZzA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Drive any car you want at any speed you want with no traffic jams or inconsiderate so-and-sos cutting you up, without having to worry about car insurance, MOT or even cleaning your vehicle. Video game driving is awesome!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Football<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bwz98athxQ8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Experience the glory of winning the World Cup &#8211; no talent required! There\u2019s no media scrutiny, no potential for national outrage and no risk of ending up on a <i>Football Gaffes<\/i> video for missing a sitter, although you might get shouted at by an angry teenager.<\/p>\n<p>We wouldn\u2019t mind some of the money though.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Surviving a zombie apocalypse<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l6pSP6jyibU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A real life zombie apocalypse would be <i>terrifying <\/i>, with a constant threat of being eaten alive by the undead underpinned by starvation, no electricity and paranoid fellow survivors. Considering most of us can\u2019t live without our phone for an hour, we\u2019d be doomed.<\/p>\n<p>In video games, however, the end of the world is as fun as an afternoon at a particularly gory Wacky Warehouse. Build a spear with a chainsaw on the end and chuck it into a horde of zombies! Recover your health by shoving herbs down your throat! Die then come straight back again!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Building stuff<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oj06B-QQJTM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever tried to build a house in real life? It\u2019s a nightmare: you need planning permission, materials, skilled labour and an bottomless pit of money.<\/p>\n<p>In video games, building your own kingdom is as simple as finding materials lying about and pressing a button to place them in a certain position, while \u201d\u02dcplanning permission\u2019 usually consists of killing everything in sight and claiming the land as your own.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Hiking<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PjqsYzBrP-M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Going on a real life hike means buying loads of equipment and traipsing around in the British weather, only to end up with sore legs and blisters.<\/p>\n<p>When you take a hike in <i>Skyrim<\/i>, the only risk is getting attacked by a dragon who you can beat up with a sword. We\u2019ll take that over a blister.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Space exploration<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eBERVWYa-1Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Becoming an astronaut takes years of training and an advanced knowledge of maths and physics, while booking a trip to space costs $250,000 or a commitment to spend the rest of your life on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>In video games, you can explore the cosmos for \u00a340 at most, you don\u2019t have to eat rubbish spaceman food and you get to see your family again at the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>We should mention that video games astronauts are more likely to be attacked by aliens than real life astronauts, although we\u2019d take that over learning all that physics and maths stuff.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Living a successful life<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t9u1zMCos8w\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Exhibit A: <i>The Sims<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The life of a Sim is simple. Eat food, get a job, talk to people every now and again and make sure you go to the toilet on time. When life gets boring, hit fast forward. Bliss.<\/p>\n<p>The only real adversity a Sim faces is the possibly their creator is a psycho who\u2019ll remove all the doors from their house and start a fire by placing hundreds of barbecues and fireplaces in their home. Or put them in a pool and take the stairs away. Or deprive them of food and laugh when they wee themselves. What were we talking about again?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Talking to people<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In video game land, there\u2019s no risk of stumbling over your words or saying something hugely inappropriate. Instead, you can spend 5 minutes deciding what to say and then say it like the most charismatic person in the world. Let\u2019s be honest: we could <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">do with this in real life. <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Back in the real world, you\u2019ll struggle to find an easier way to <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/sell-mobile-phones\/\">sell Mobile Phones<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/sell-electronics\/trade-in-consoles\/\">Games Consoles<\/a>, CDs, DVDs and Games than musicMagpie. Just price, box, send then spend!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning a new skill requires patience, endurance and a willingness to learn. Video games, on the other hand, let you do everything you\u2019ve ever wanted by pressing a few buttons. Such as&#8230; Extreme sports Thanks to games, you don\u2019t have to risk breaking your ankle while learning how to kickflip. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593],"tags":[1561,1585],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5674"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17248,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5674\/revisions\/17248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}