20 Life Lessons I Learned from Classic Video Games
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As a latchkey child in the 1980s, I had to learn a lot of life lessons from classic video games. I’ve written before about how video games helped me cope with severe ADHD, but they also taught me a lot about the world in general. I found a score of screenshots that, looking back at my life, taught me all I really needed to know:
- You’ve got to date a lot of toads before finding the woman of your dreams
- Be prepared to battle the same assholes over and over, again
- If you actually plan where to put things, your space won’t be a complete mess
- Sometimes, life is as black-and-white as it seems
- Sometimes things get better the second time through…
- … Sometimes they don’t
- Newer isn’t always better
- You don’t have to understand what’s going on to enjoy yourself
- Always help your friends out when they’re down
- Always wear a suit to special occasions
- If you don’t pay attention, you’ll get beat down
- Disease will always win if your doctor’s a quack
- Studying before starting a project can make it 30 times easier
- Life is unfair
- Some people are just dicks
- The best way to avoid a threatening situation is not to be there
- Don’t take things too seriously
- Sometimes the slightest action can have huge results
- Thinking outside the box is always way more fun
- Everyone dies in the end
