Video games ruin trips for me

[Carmella Boyle]

Is it me, or do video games make you come down from acid. It's like playing sucks the thip right out!

I always tend to log into Eve Online on psychedelics of any moderate length. However, I never feel the urge to do anything in the game, just log in, chat with corp mates for 5 min then log out cos I'm bored.

Boom Blox is a good game on the Wii to play when waiting to come up.

 

[Paradisum]

i tend to just run around in circles on World of Warcraft or just get lost in the swirling colors and characters.... too hard too actually do anything serious. tend to just forget what i was gonna do.

 

[TheAppleCore]

Playing video games on acid is no fun at all IME. Staring at a television screen just feels almost claustrophobic. Best way to spend an acid trip is in the woods on a warm spring morning.

 

[Seeddrill]

Playing video games on acid is no fun at all IME. Staring at a television screen just feels almost claustrophobic. Best way to spend an acid trip is in the woods on a warm spring morning.

I concur. Or at the beach. Not one of those busst ones that have more rules then sand like in venice, but a secluded one where you can have a dog and fire and beer.

 

[Seeddrill]

Case of penny rockets never hurts ether (if it's legal - no need to attract the man).

 

[Jesusgreen]

An interesting point I'd like to add to the thread, not directly related to the original point - but on a similar note, is that if I play a single game repeatedly for a long period of time, I often get CEVs related to that game - even if I am sober. They are nowhere near as intense as CEVs on psychedelics, but they are there. Now the annoying thing about this is recently I was playing a lot of Minecraft, I tripped last Wednesday on 2C-E, and ALL my CEVs were in blocks like Minecraft - limited to the same textures and colours as Minecraft, etc.. It basically was unbearably boring because the visuals never changed the whole trip haha. Anyone have any idea of the science behind this? I find it quite interesting, I can do other things repeatedly for long periods of time and not have the same thing.. But games, particularly blocky ones for some reason (e.g. Tetris, Minecraft, etc) always produce CEVs after I play them for a long time.

As for gaming while tripping, I've never found a game that can really engage me while tripping. Games that I normally love sober seem way too much effort when I'm tripping. Tripping dramatically changes the things I enjoy, for example, normally I'm not a big fan of films or TV - as I like to be actively engaging with something (which is why I prefer gaming), and I love gaming - but when I trip the reverse is true, just sitting there and watching a HD nature channel or a good trippy film is amazing, but playing games seems dull and not really very enjoyable.

I think it's largely a matter of headspace, when tripping things are slowed and you are more patient - activities like gaming or sports, which require quick thinking - aren't going to work out too well while tripping. On the other hand, things that require you to think more deeply, or require creativity, or allow you to relax - all suddenly become amazing while tripping, whether you enjoy them sober or not.

If anything, reading would probably be great while tripping, I've yet to try it, but I enjoy listening to peoples' stories while tripping, and reading a good book would certainly allow for some deep thinking too.

 

[Seeddrill]

I know exactly what you mean with the "image burn" experienced after long period of gameing, Jesus. Like our brains work like a CRT. They actually do I think. That's why practice makes you better in general. Dream about it. Haven't had my trip stuck on game mode yet, myself. Gameing 35 hours is like not using a screen saver on a CRT.