Finding New and Unintended Ways of Playing Games

[News Bot]

Ronald Diemicke writes "World of Warcraft players sometimes hang out in front of Ironforge and dance. Fallout 3 players seek out new and elaborate ways of destroying their avatar. Brawlers in Smash Brothers have an itchy pause finger, ready to catch any humiliatingly hilarious screengrabs. The thugs running rampant in Grand Theft Auto are putting Evil Knievel to shame by using a full assortment of vehicles to pull off some incredible stunt work. Personally, I like to collect and move things. My favorite is making piles of bodies in any game that lets me move them around. Ever catch yourself doing something in-game that isn't exactly part of the game, or just something really dumb?"


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[Ze-Tomb]

Why yes, yes I have.

Games which allow this kind of freedom is awesome. Do what you want, make a wierd pile of crap in the middle of town. Do wierd stunts, or dance in IF for a while. never gets old.

[MarieWoodell]

Me too. I collect things that weren't necessarily designed for collecting and all sorts of things like that.

[BlkRb0t]

Same here, that is what make such games fun.

[Radioactive Foot]

Strategy games are good for this if you're able to try out different strategies to win, such as capturing all enemy buildings rather than destroying them.

I tend to take forever on missions on RTS games.

Sandbox games are great though for allowing yourself some freedom of expression.