10 UNUSUAL Video Game Stories That AREN'T FAKE
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- Some news story headlines involve video games in ways that are almost unbelievable.
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0:00 Intro
0:21 Number 10
1:30 Number 9
3:24 Number 8
4:50 Number 7
6:11 Number 6
7:20 Number 5
8:22 Number 4
9:24 Number 3
10:36 Number 2
11:56 Number 1 - Ігри
My friend and I learned more English by playing Final Fantasy 4 on SNES than taking any expensive courses. Video games are the best.
I learned more about the Bible from Uncharted 4 then from Vacation Bible School
I learned english watching Naruto in japanese with subtitles back before the Dub was even out 🤙🏼
I learned about Chinese history through the Warriors franchise
I would like to see your documentation for that double blind study.
I learnt english as a second language playing wow in 2004
Years ago, a boy drove his grandparent to the hospital due to a heart attack bc the EMT would take 30min one way. When the news asked how he knew to operate a car, he said Grand Turismo.
Reminds me of the kid that knew to move his grandmother's foot off the accelerater and steered it safely off the road when she had a stroke. Kid said Mario kart taught him about the gas pedal.
It probably automatic lol. Even a 5 year old can figure it out
@@Beresunabllewhoa dude do you drive a stick that’s so sick
They covered that story here in one of the monthly "Weird Gaming Stories," videos.
Honestly, I think the No Guides Rule is an awesome idea for a developing mind. I mean, just as long as the solutions aren't as abstract as certain Point and Click games.
Idk I mean I can’t be this type of parent because God knows when Donkey Kong 64 collectibles were eluding me I had my mom buy me the prima strategy guide. I had the strategy guides to a few big games back then, but also those guides included art and developer secrets too so it was just more than just walkthroughs 😂
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Honestly i could support the idea of such a rule, at least for a first playthrough. If i'd have kids who wanna go completionist they can use a guide for they can't figure out in the first playthrough, but other than that... i applaud the effort from that mom. I just hope she doesn't demand they go completionists without guides.
I second that.
Nowadays you can't even run a single dungeon in an MMO without the need to know everything or get kicked!
But I love moon logic games 😜
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"In this house, we talk to ALL the NPCs!! 😡" 😂😂
Rest in peace sky king ❤.
"just a broken guy, got a few screws loose" always breaks me 💔
Number 10. Richard Russell. As a former ATC the conversation between him and air traffic control is heartbreaking. His comments about being "just a broken guy" and then saying he was going to attempt a barrel roll then nose down and call it a night ... those stay with me. Feel bad for the ATC who was talking with him. We got training in how to handle traumatic situations but ... well. Yeah. RIP sir.
I hope you ATC folks have a lot of support. Much love for the job you guys do. Didn't realize the difficulty till I watched Breaking Bad tbh.
Rip sky king
RIP sky king
Obviously living in an internet cafe for 10 years is terribly unhealthy but I must respect the fact she survived for that long by herself with nothing but her gaming skills
the realest gamer fr fr 😅
There's another angle of this that may be going on. She's a woman in China. Missing at 14 might indicate that she might've fled her family instead of just simply running away. Not saying that it's for certain, I just know enough that other issues could be at play here.
I have read this story. She indeed run away because her parents were complaling that she played a lot of video game...@@SockieTheSockPuppet
@@Safersephiroth777 Okay.
Why most people claim bad performance in relationships women fail to realize the more you use it the more you lose sensation because mens body juice is corrosive did you know most men if they dont wash their d right will dry out because of this so the woman with alot of experience also fails to realize shes also a damaged good who lost alot of her sensation and wants to act like your at fault
Whenever these videos start, and i hear falcon's voice, my day automatically gets a million times better
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Same.
Falcon is easily the best part of gameranx, his ancient gif library not withstanding 😂
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i like his voice a lot 😭
🤣🤣🤣🤣 in this house we talk to all the NPCs... That line almost took me out
number 4 is absolutely insane. you dont defend your honor that way you destroy it. accepting your loss and moving on THATS honor
Preach
The guy who attacked a kid because his son lost sounds like my brother-in-law...what state did this happen in again?
Let me guess... florida? 😂 jk lots of love to florida
I'm with the mom with the no guide rule on jrpgs. Alot of those games require you to really pay attention as to what's going on. Plenty of puzzles and problem solving. And helps develop memory since they don't always have a journal for quests. Good skills for kids to learn.
I learned to parallel park from GTA 4. Spent 2 hours the night before playing it 1st person, then played 30 mins before the test and passed 😁
I used GTA5 to practice timing stops at traffic lights and stop signs. It helped me pass my driver exam (on my second attempt)
Maybe you were good enough all along, but the confidence of preparation is a good buff to have in any situation
Dude I did the same thing lol
Number 1 happened last year in my country, Colombia, but to be honest, I haven't seen anywhere any mention of it being related in any way to survival videogames.
Yeah I just looked it up and what I found is that it's more due to exposure and culture. They were indigenous people and were raised in the rainforest and with survival knowhow that others wouldn't have.
Yup, I've ignored a lot of red flags from Falcon over the years,
but this is just ghoulish.
As soon as Number 1 started I pointed it to that plane crash but... there's absolutely no way it was related to videogames.
And it isn't. The kids were part of an indigenous community so they knew a lot of more about surviving in the jungle than your average kid.
God, I hate catching my favorite creators spewing bullshit.
@@BrandonMarshall547Wrong one, buddy
@@sirsplintfastthepungent1373 Jake is saint either.
That last little kiddo is a legend! Hell yeah survival games and saving your siblings, really sad about their mother, though.
If the story was the one in Colombia, the kid used to Go to the jungle to pass the night, and they were indigenous, that helps a lot. That story was strange
Last clip. About the kids surviving is not true. The kids didn't survive because the like video games, they are indigenous kids, they don't have video games. They survived because they have the knowledge to survive in the Amazon given by their community. Soo funny someone believed they survived because videogames LOL!
Yep, that's correct. I'm colombian and I followed that news and never heard anything about videogames, they are indigenous to the area so they knew a couple of things, the harder part is that there was an 11month old baby too!@@vialtaos
Source?
I did look up the article and you are right, there was no mention of video games. They had learned from family members.
Almost had me in tears laughing for #2 Falcon. Your verbalizing of a no guide gamer parent is too good.
After 5-6 years subscribing to Gameranx now, I swear to the gods that the day Falcon quits the channel is the day it'll lose its mojo, charm, wit -- you name it. He has become this awesome, hilarious character over the years and I reckon today I watch it more because of his performance than for the actual content.
The no guides story doesn't sound so bad actually. It encourages kids to use their problem solving skills and we can't forget Japan is a country that loves Anime and Gaming but also with very intelligent people so it's understandable.
FWIW I am actually this kind of parent. Depends on the game but generally I push an anti-guide angle on my kids. Terraria for example is not reasonable, you need access to a guide
Absolutely 100% agree with you! Thought exactly the same
I'm totally #2. I never used a guide for a first run of a game, and I discourage my kids from using one as well.
10 was Sky King. May he rest in a better place.
My dad and I were in the same guild in WoW, and he would make me do my daily quests everyday before my chores 💀💀 (he also let me skip school with him the day Cata released so that we could stay at the same level together xD)
That does not sound like a good parent but man I wish I had your dad.
thats adorable! I played with my dad but all we did was fishing xD
Kid me would love that. Adult me realizes thats really fucking dumb.
It may not be common parenting but I wouldn't call it bad. Gaming is a hobby and hobbies have commitments 😅
@@greedtheron8362 nah he was good, what’s skipping one day of class for a memory I hold onto for a life time haha
I love when Falcon fully embraces the fact that he is, in fact, a bird.
Number 2 had me laughing so hard I had to watch it multiple times lmao. Chef kiss
I remember the story about the dude stealing the plane on a Mr Ballen video. The fact he could fly because of video games is crazy.
Also yeah anytime you pawn any console most shop make you try it out before they pay u. At least that’s how it was when I had to pawn my ps2 in high school for some extra cash(don’t worry I got it outta pawn once I got paid from my job at the time)
Not much to do with "video games". He was a ramp guy who knew more about Dash-8 than pilots themselves. He had a basic simulator at home with a proper software.
He started aircraft all by himself, pushed back by himself, he managed to jump into moving(!) plane, close that door, taxi and take off and then did a barrel roll. He also knew how to use radios and a basic navigation. This you can't learn by playing a game as described in your comment and a video.
I never thought i'd hear such dramatic music in the background of a Gameranx video. Good to see you in the new year Falcon! I've been forced to skip off several of your recent vids to avoid spoilers, glad to have one i can finish with my favorite YT Bird.
Fly high sky king!!! You're love by millions on the internet RIP
Hope you found peace
falcon had way too much fun with that guide story
#5 I got an even better story. I worked on an Naval Air Station in Japan. We had 2 terminals (USA and Japan). The Japan terminal had a bunch of Old Japanese Armor w/weapons on display. On my day off the Japan terminal caught on fire and burned down. I was told the next day that during the fire, 2 Japanese military workers ran out of the burning building carrying a 50in TV. The Armor alone was worth over 1mil and they decide to save the TV.
I’ll give credit to the mom who forbid her kid from using game guides. At least she’s making her kid figure the problem(s) out for himself, turning it into a learning experience and improving problem solving skills and learning perseverance.
My spouse is a Public Defender and we 1,000% appreciate your take on the 10/11-year old boy from WI. Clearly mental health.
Did your wife knew the mother?
Maybe she wasn't mother of the year and beat him all day?
@@Shadow__133 I'm sorry, but you're claiming that it's perfectly reasonable for him MURDER his own mother, because she MIGHT have beaten him? When he himself claimed it was over a VR headset? HE MURDERED HER, because she DIDN'T BUY HIM A VR HEADSET. That is indefensible.
Mental Health doesn't excuse your actions, and honestly it's a cope excuse for a history of bad behavior. Regardless, he'll be going to a State Hospital for his sentence anyways. That's what happens when you claim Mental Health, and good luck ever getting released. Prison he can have Parole and Good Time. State Hospital? You are there until they say you can leave...and they make money the longer you stay.
@@RainwingDeiva No, I am just saying you know shit, just like everyone else here.
Perhaps it is not a mental issue or a meltdown over a video game as you are oversimplifying.
OMG #2 was so spot on.
I feel bad for my daughters because they will not be able to go to their friends house without leveling up in Grandia first.
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I understand #2, I think the idea is to teach your kids to solve their own problems rather than having someone else solve them for you, but that must be the coolest mother ever. My parents still call video games "Nintendos" no matter the context. 😂
Love these stories! Great work by Falcon and gang as always!
"Intentions not oriented toward self preservation" .... that alone within the first minute got u my thumbs up
I was again looking for something to watch. Gameranx always clutch.
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Glad to see that I'm not the only one that thinks #2 isn't so crazy. I think I will be raising my kids the same way, albeit without actual punishment and more in the encouraging way to play games without guides and/or walkthroughs (although there are types of games and certain titles that are bananas without a little external help, especially when said game isn't in their native language)
Teaches the same resilience that sports does. Although if i could look up how to get past the best defender in the NBA with a high enough accuracy.... id be in the NBA 😂
I keep whole notebooks for taking notes, making diagrams, LISTS, etc. for games. Even with a guide, I need to organize my own way.
Fuck man I remember being stuck on single puzzles for days as a kid. It definitely made a relatively short game a lot longer. I don't consider this weird at all. I would probably have some sort of middle ground thing like how I used to have to wait a month for the new gaming mag to drop for tips. I think this will actually help the kids at the end of the day. It will teach patience and a sense of accomplishments you don't get when you cheat and look things up.
20% below average means 80% are either average or better than average.
You read those data bad Falcon:
those would actually say that video-game players are better than average in bed,
according to their partners.
What the study doesn't seem to say, basically invalidating the whole thing,
is how many of those gamers had an actual partner for answering the question...
Thanks for your videos!
I thought since it said they asked the partners of gamers, that would imply that those asked were actually in a relationship.
Idk what you mean by "how many of those gamers had an actual partner for answering the question"
They asked partners of gamers. All of these people presumably were in a relationship with a gamer. The problem with the data is that it doesn't add up to 100%. It's actually not even close. The numbers add up to 84%, so idk what happened to the other 16% of the people in the study. Pretty dumb.
Yeah, but the stat above average was "good".
So...what was the word "average" actually implying?
It kind of implies "meh", "mid", "I survived the encounter"
In other words, ...not good.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure they removed the last one. Most surveys have 5 points. If excellent is extremely satisfactory, and average is the middle, the stat they removed was "extremely unsatisfactory" which is likely where the rest of the 100% is. Falcon probably spared us gamers the indignity of hearing it outloud. lol.
But yeah, based on that 38% of people were "good" or better. 46% of people were less than good, aka average or below. And...the rest... well, its unspeakable. Apparently.
@honaleri that's not how the word average works. Lol.. average means satisfactory... meaning the mission was accomplished did it rock their world no but the job got done average is not bad .. below average is bad..
Example a great day is something good happening to you
A average day is satisfactory nothing great happened but nothing bad happend either ..
I kinda agree with the no guides rule .. not only for kids but for adults its good for building intelligence, and probelm solving skills. ( i would be lenient if my kid couldnt figure it out after a while tho, some games arent that good at explaining what needs to be done )
Guides are pretty much mandatory for learning the mechanics of Dwarf Fortress, especially the ASCII version
Hollow Knight on the other hand only requires the compass and some patience
My personal rule is to give every in-game puzzle a solid try, but if I find myself getting genuinely frustrated or annoyed with the lack of direction, then I'll consider looking for hints or a guide. But I set a pretty high bar for frustration in that regard, because the more I'm feeling "ugh, I don't know how to do this, I don't get it!" the more rewarding it feels when you have that moment of "OH! OH THIS IS IT!"
Fond memories of me and my dad puzzling through Portal 1 and 2 when that game released, we legitimately cheered when we solved a more confusing puzzle lmao
I read up on articles about the last thing, but nowhere did it mention video games. The kids were part of an indigenous tribe and grew up in nature and were thought by their parents/grandparents how to forage and know what to/not to eat.
I don't know why I just love these videos. I watch them like news, even the friday show. I just grab a cup of tea for breakfast, watch the vid, and by the end, I'm exactly done with my tea and go about my day 😁😁😁😁
Good Job Falcon and Jake
"I'm a bird..." that's no excuse, Falcon...
#1: "It starts with FOUR children aged 4, 9, and 13...." UH??? LOL That oversight made my day 🤣 My ears always perk up more when I hear Falcon's voice. It's almost as good as The Storyteller's on old school Shoddy Cast vids. Great video as always! The hard work you, Jake, and the team put in is always appreciated. Keep doing what you do!
BTW: The article at the end of the story states that the 4th child was only 1 yo. That's insane!!!
About the 1. There was nothing related with video game.
My kids were raised without guides. By example I guess. Encouraged. Never forced or anything. Told it could take away some or part of the experience.
“You’re going to go and get the good ending and you’re gunna do it through trial and error alone!!!”
*You have me inspired to start making vids.* Much love and major props to you 😌😏
So you'll finally start making content and stop fishing for likes? You ever finish the pushups from your comment on their last video?
A weirdest video games stories video in the middle of the month.
Yessir
Oof... The stolen airplane story was hard to listen to. I work at a TV news station here in Seattle and we were live with that story. I heard his conversations live. I remember it all clearly. I so need to find a video editing job not working in hard news.
"Jesse where did you hide the meth?"
"Uhh i put it in the sega genesis Mr.White"
"GOD DAMNIT JESSE"
Listening to the audio of the guy who stole the plane was really sad. He seemed like a really good dude.
The guides one made me laugh, thanks Falcon :)
Best episode i seen yet on this channel. AUTOMATIC like!
Sounds to me like the person online was saying some horrid things to his kid and that’s why they beat them up.
What about the time some kids played a game in their house while their parents were gone and it literally summoned animals, natural disasters, and Robin Williams into their house?
The first story is actually very famous and tragic. Its about the sky king fella. Dude was depressed and wanted to go out doing something he loved, Did a lot of tricks and he crashed in an area where there were no people
This is a nice variation from the general variety.
Thanks, Falcon
I usually try to avoid using a guide on a 1st playthrough unless I get stuck, but it is weird for a parent to make it a rule. Even weirder for them to be so strict about it.
didn't expect Falcon to out himself as someone who doesn't get to "practice" sex very often.
😂 thank you Falcon. Story #2 was some of your finest 👏🏼
"Isn't able to practice a lot," So, they can be good at gaming, BUT have no game? 😂
Interesting stories,Falcon!
Lmfao falk identifying himself as a bird was the gold in this video😂😂😂
I learnt all my English cuss words and apparently became popular at school because of that from Vice City. I was in 6th grade. And I'm from India.
I never thought I’d see the day that gameranx would just straight up reupload a video with no changes. Oh well
Hard to believe people are on the side of the mom with the no guides thing. I honestly can't play RPGs anymore without a guide, I'm a completionist and want to collect every secret little thing, one time encounter, etc. There's no way to do that without a guide, especially if you have to do a certain thing at a certain time and aren't able to do it afterwards. I learned my lesson playing FFXII, not able to get certain items because I didn't do a certain thing in a one time battle.
Or in the original release missing the Zodiac spear because you grabbed one of like 12 chests thar lock you out of getting it
Excellent...
"I'm a bird" - thanks my coffee is in the stratosphere
SKY KING was a legend. He was the only person to do a barrel in a commercial jet. Falcon didn’t put any respect on this man’s story. He is a mental health hero.
yeah i was surprised to see that he portrayed Sky King in such a negative light. He was never planning on crashing the plane into a populated area, it was discovered that he researched isolated places nearby with no people living nearby and thats where he crashed the plane.
The guy had problems but never wanted to outwardly take his frustrations on others.
Also the plane he did the barrel roll in was never built to do that, so the fact that he was able to was seriously impressive to other pilots.
#10 Was about "Sky King AKA Beebo" lots of youtube videos about it, really is a beautifully sad story
Fun story. Years ago (probably around 98) I was in Best Buy with my dad and of course being 13years old, I asked him if he would buy me a game. He said yes, but only if it was the game that I hated and took back to the rental store because I said it was too hard. The game? Final Fantasy 7. I am 38 now and that is still one of my favorite games of all time. Thanks dad.
Growing up in the late 90's and early 00's, I never had access to guides. However today, as soon as I get stuck I turn to my phone and look it up. I've become such a lazy gamer.
"YOU CAN GET VINCENT IN DISC 1, YOU GO BACK AND FIGURE IT OUT!!" 😂😂
#5 - bruh doesn't use cloud saves 😂
Dang. Two stories of dead moms 😢
The last story was just crazy!!!
No guides is interesting but I feel like it would be kinda brutal for the younger kids. A lot of games, especially RPGs are intended for 17+ not just cuz ESRB said so but also some of the puzzles in these games are kinda tricky..
Nice work.
Thanks
Those were indigenous children that learned that stuff living in the jungle not from survival games...
Wow some theme shifts but a fantastic video. #2 is peak Falcon and it’s perfect
Falcon on the number 2 story had me in tears with his acting ahahah😂
"i'm a bird so i think i can excempt myself from this"... finally my suspicious answered, got you there falcon 🎉
I literally learnt to drive because of a video game.
My dad owned a simulator when I was a kid used by actual race drivers, I was in that car every day (system was built into the car itself with hydrologics to mimic g-force and cornering)
My first lesson my instructor accused me of having atleast 300 hours so I agreed with him and passed my license on the second time I saw him 😂
11:04 Gave me real Xenogears flashbacks. The number of times I ran through that desert town, talking to EVERYONE..... or so I thought...
Please make the next video about weird but funny stories, to counteract this one? I'm having flashbacks to my childhood where I constantly had to hear why video games were bad.
Among the wave of great content I see on this channel this one hit different. I honestly went through so many emotions watching the video , I even got flashbacks of elders giving some related life lessons when I was a kid.
There are more dead parents in this video than a Justice League Origin Stories box set 😅
I remember watching a drift racing sim champion drive a real race car for the first time and perform well. It was the first time, I saw a person learning a skill in a video game that translates to real-life counterpart.
This was a nice video.
I learned how to drive by playing Forza Motorsports with the cockpit camera view. Embarrassing and very much unorthodox but it worked
That story of the girl found at the internet Cafe in China isn't a story of addiction. It's clearly a story of someone escaping abuse with the little resources and knowledge of the world they had, and making it work for 10 years. I hate how stories like this ignore the widespread parental abuse there and skip right to painting the kids as mentally ill.
Agreed there, she didnt just run away and sleep in public for no reason.
I actually use to call the nintendo help line as a kid because I was stuck in legend of zelda and metal gear a lot. Then got in trouble because the phone bill was huge!
Falcons parent bit killed me 😂
dude wasn't worried about the Xbox exactly I'd imagine, I'm thinking he didn't want to lose his library and saves...
I grew up with a mom who constantly told me how much the video games were "ruining my mind" lol
but at the same time she was also the person who printed out a several hundred page walk-through/guide on Ocarina of Time from game revolution and read it to me because I was too young too read. love you mom
You can find the full audio to the first video. Its legit sad AF. You really feel for the guy. He did a FULL barrel roll in a huge passenger plane and intentionally crashed into an empty island.
Okay number two gets me laughing then again I was an old school. I had to figure it out myself back in the day so 50/50 on this😂
One of my rules as a parent was to have all three of my kids beat a game without my help. And all three did.😊
Wow... That last one us crazy. Insanely brave of them, I can only imagine what they went through.
"man, this console wars stuff is just a bunch of insecure group think based mountain of bullshit" "hold my beer"
Who needs survival courses when we have survival games? That shit will save your life one day.
More videos like this!
Please
Man, I went through so many emotions watching this!