15 Times Games Invaded The Real World In Unexpected Ways
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As avid gamers ourselves, we can confidently say it's probably better when we stay safely ensconced in a windowless room, bathed only in the dim flicker of an aging Alienware beef horse.The fact is, when we get out into the world, most normies have no idea what their in for.
When properly utilized, it’s amazing what a group of gamers can do. If this list is anything to go by, we could have eradicated cancer years ago if we got a World of Warcraft guild to fight it. Here’s a myriad of ways that gaming has positively (and negatively) impacted the actual real world.
For example, did you know that playing Tetris after trauma positively affects rates of healing and recovery? Pretty wild right? It can even help stop the formation of bad memories.
Turns out that a game called QuestaGame functions just like Pokemon snap, but helps people identify rare planet and animals in real life.
What are you waiting for? Don't press pause, scroll down and level up!
![Space Invaders may have caused a coin shortage. SCORE SPACE TAITO BIRMO INVADERS SPICE S WAY CRACKED.COM Though some consider this debunked, the game may have affected production of the 100-yen coin, which increased after the game was released.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/0/809540.jpg)
Source: World Coin News
![Tetris, when played after a trauma, positively affects people. СНПЧУ CRACKED.COM Research has shown that playing everyone's favorite Russian puzzle can stop the formation of bad memories associated with trauma.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/6/809536.jpg)
Source: NPR
![Tetris also reduced addictive tendencies in patients. IIEL 7:Left I 3 G:Speed 1:Draw next up 4:Drop 2 SPACE : Drop 1 Next: - Plan TETRIS CRACKED.COM Another study shows that a three-minute bout of any visually-interesting game can help reduce addict-like cravings for drugs, food, and sex.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/4/809534.jpg)
Source: The Atlantic
![Real-life Pokemon Snap can help classify and find rare plants and animals. CRACKED.COM QuestaGame gives you points depending on how rare of a plant or animal you photograph. Yes scientists are studying the game data, have you been paying attention to this list?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/1/809541.jpg)
Source: Forbes
![Assassin's Creed: Unity was used to help Notre Dame and people mourning it. CRACKED.COM Ubisoft gave away copies of the game to let people walk around in their recreation of it (and donated money to rebuilding efforts).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/4/809544.jpg)
Source: Engadget
![Pokemon GO made people hunt for monsters literally everywhere. 35 GRACKED COM The gaming phenomenon caused people to break laws like trespassing and loitering, and various venues (like holocaust museums) ended up banning it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/9/809539.jpg)
Source: USA Today
![This game actually hurt people who sucked at it. CRACKED.COM The PainStation, a German creation, is a two-player Pong-like game. Players can get shocked, whipped, or burned by the console.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/7/809537.jpg)
Source: Wired
![Minecraft is helping the United Nations develop living spaces. CRACKED.COM The Block by Block Foundation works with the game to help neglected urban spaces get an architectural upgrade.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/3/809543.jpg)
Source: Block by Block Foundation
![Gamers embarrassed scientists at their own game. Emerican con - Gones 1.50% - Purio Good - I Gares 102 IN General now Emerited SAFE BY Show scrps.commands loss - FREE Gresary CRACKED.COM Gactione Protein folding is complex, but the game Foldlt turns it into a fun puzzle. FoldIt players beat scientists and AI algorithms in folding competitions.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/9/809529.jpg)
Source: Digital Trends
![EyeWire helped players create detailed maps of brains. Nord learned 300 DO Online C713 rprentki quinteus, any toocaji Lebbuleuse, eboyle23 aostejic, cellad, bwstudent, nkem test bloekmedwe, ennys galarun, susi mattpandher, faunhaert, dejavu1031, marianne mikenstein, agthomas AnimalGi118, grimgoblim910 crazybot muwave, mamateresa, blus, danielpavid freedonn profsnape, aminilitti bugamca sdunn61781, martinc999, juschick Design RyoRapture, DannyS paycrow, Bioaler CRACKED.COM The game had players map neural connections. Results from the game have already helped scientists discover new kinds of brain cells.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/5/809535.jpg)
Source: Singularity Hub
![Ethereum was created by a pissed-off World of Warcraft warlock. WORLD WARCRAFT S GRACKED COM Weinte Vitalik Buterin has stated that he quit the game and worked on the technology after a change to the spell Siphon Life.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/0/809530.jpg)
Source: Polygon
![Game makers created a government body to oversee video game censorship. EARLY CHILDHOOD TEEN EVERYONE EVERYONE 10+ ® ® T . E C E CONTENT RATED BY CONTENT RATED BY CONTENT RATED BY CONTENT RATED BY ESRB ESRB ESRB ESRB MATURE 17+ ADULTS ONLY 18+ RATING PENDING M ® A . RP CONTENT RATED BY CONTENT RATED BY CONTENT RATED BY ESRB ESRB ESRB CRACKED.COM Working with Congress in the 90s, they created the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, which makes the black and white letters on game cases most people ignore.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/2/809542.jpg)
Source: Wired
![Borderlands made a science-assisting shit-sorting mini-game. BORDERL ANDS New Mission Discovered CNCC Borderlands Science! Track Mission THIS The Case of Wohnwight Go to The Eye Wir HAZ BORDERLANDS ARD SCIENCE COULD CRACKED.COM The Borderlands 3 puzzle game Borderlands Science, which used DNA from feces as puzzle pieces, allowed gamers to provide scientists with important microbial information.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/3/809533.jpg)
Source: Borderlands Science
![Atari made a dump in the desert because their games sucked so hard. ATARI 2600 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL CRACKED.COM The three-decade gaming rumor was confirmed in 2014: unsold copies of E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial were jammed into a hole in the middle of a New Mexico desert.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/8/809538.jpg)
Source: CNET
![A World of Warcraft disease helped map real-world pandemics. Warrior Hurtz Olive Stop DOW DI gon Elit Volt 29 m 76% 90% 77% 60 - Sob de FUR TIPO yekeeper Nussia Corrupted Blood -Linch ded Mindo Viole anarela of est Cooper Deals 263 to 337 damage every 2 Destiny sec. Spreads to nearby allies. rohmy on Kings Shekels Emmetjmcfly <Dark Honor <Tirass CRACKED.COM Corrupted Blood became an epidemic within World of Warcraft. Scientists were able to study the behaviors of affected players, and used the data during COVID quarantine.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/2/809532.jpg)
Source: Washington Post