Dreams, dreams we've had inspired by videogames :lol: Options

[SubRosa]

Cool! You got to play coop Skyrim with Lopov and maybe his character Luke Skyrimwalker.

[Lena Wolf]

I too had a game-inspired dream last night. I was in the Nebula Isles, stuck in the ash caves, surrounded by ash monsters and that whole Sixth House paraphernalia... Had to eat corpsus meat to survive... That didn't come without consequences. Was looking for a way out... And you'd think I should know where to go since I built those caves! But actually when I was playing last night, I got lost time and time again. Seems I did a good job with that mod.

Then in the early hours of the morning - after I woke up a few times in cold sweat - a solution presented itself. It will be the next episode in Lena's story (which is Hauk's story at this point, really).

[mirocu]

Not game related dreams but dreams nonetheless so I'll just mentin it.


I've been having dreams where I find myself escaping, one time from prison and twice from what I would describe as a cult house. Like, a place you've volunteered to enter/join but now want out but that's not allowed. It's still possible to escape as you're not locked up but if you make it apparent you'll be stopped so you have to be careful which is difficult. Had one of those dreams just this night.


Sorry for slightly breaking the topic of this thread. Won't happen again.

[Lena Wolf]

Sounds very much like something that could have happened in a video game. Are they based on real life or is real life just a game?

[mirocu]

From what I can gather they're not based upon any game I've played. Perhaps games I've watched LPs of but that's a stretch I think. Then again it is a plot as good as any to have in a game I suppose. You play an undercover agent who infiltrate a cult and then you have to leave without stirring up suspicions. So maybe those dreams are more based upon games than I realize. Just not any game I've played.

Thanks for making me think about it more in depth

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 13 2022, 09:21 PM

[Renee]

mirocu you know I don't mind much if ppl go off-topic.

This sounds really sort of frightening actually. That actually is true about a lot of cults, too. A lot of them, it sounds as though whoever was brainwashed by the cult could've escaped easily (Jim Jones, before he moved them all down to the jungle, had his headquarters in San Francisco for many years, is an example).

Hope you're okay, Crow.

This post has been edited by Renee: Nov 14 2022, 02:09 AM

[mirocu]

Hope you're okay, Crow.

I am, no worries

[mirocu]

Guys! I've actually had a game dream not inspired by a Doom game!


It's actually from Fallout 3, specifically from when you blow up Megaton from Tenpenny Tower. I pressed the button, there was a big bang, and Tenpenny mumbled something about me getting the apartment. Then right after I started sniping people (not zombies as it turned out) from my vantage point with the Fallout 3 style hunting rifle. I was a bit miffed not having a scope but I could manage.

Then the dream morphed into some generic post-apocalyptic mess with monsters on the good side etc.

But yeah! A game dream not about Doom; fancy that!

[Renee]

Awesome, really happy to hear this, mirocu. Sounds like you enjoyed the experience, too. Like, you weren't scared or surprised like you would be in a DOOM dream.

I haven't had any gaming dreams (nor anything super-interesting) in a while. Mostly dreams about work situations.

[Decrepit]

I had a rare fantasy-game related dream about a week ago. Much of it was quickly forgotten. More has been forgotten since. This is what I know. Or think I know.

An update to the Everquest franchise was about to launch. (I abandoned Everquest, and all MMO's, soon after buying TES:Oblivion during 2009). This edition was to be some sort of first-person real-life experience, where players themselves physically participated rather than have in-game avatars. It wasn't a mind-implanted world, but rather a physical location we had to be at to participate. A theme-park on steroids, I suppose. The gaming-focused dream-portion began with me on a bus full of eager participants. All were dressed in RPG gear. I held an obviously cheap, plastic, small war-hammer.

Once at the site, we entered a building containing the game world. It was a monumental disappointment. The "ground" was nothing more than smooth floor, with dirt, grass, etc. painted on its surface. Clouds were painted on obvious ceilings. There were walls separating different sections of "map", with openings allowing us to move between sections. I recall exploring this environment for some minutes, wishing I was elsewhere and had not invested in the "update". The dream then either morphed into something else or ended.

This post has been edited by Decrepit: Dec 4 2022, 03:17 PM

[Renee]

Mm mm, me too. I was into Everquest (along with a whole slew of RPGs, mostly JRPGs) but Oblivion "ruined" me for all of those.

That excursion with all the other nerds sounds fun! Sadly, it sounds like your dream-machine didn't set up the final destination very well. If I can play couch-shrink for a moment, it sounds as though you were promised something which did not deliver.

[mirocu]

Awesome, really happy to hear this, mirocu. Sounds like you enjoyed the experience, too.

Yeah, it was quite refreshing to finally have a dream about a game I still play


@Decrepit - Sounds like that update wasn't worth it. Can you get a refund for your dream money?

[mirocu]

Another game dream and it's actually an Oblivion one! First one evah!!


Er, but not a dream where I play the game or live in Cyrodiil or anything. I simply dreamt I was watching this video on youtube

[Renee]

Hey, that's at least some progress, mirocu. Now, let's watch this video.

Oh okay, so is that armored character about to go to Shievering Isles. None of mine have been there yet, can you believe it---- WHOA NO!!!! NOOOO!!!!!!!! MAKE IT STOP1!!!!!!

[mirocu]

I can tell you think it was awesome


Also; you haven't seen that one before?

[Renee]

I can tell you think it was awesome

Gotta start somewhere. Seriously, as much time as you spend with Lothran, I'm surprised you've never "met" or seen him during REM sleep.

Also; you haven't seen that one before?

I have seen it before. And hopefully today'll be for the last time!!!

[macole]

Also; you haven't seen that one before?

It's been a long, long time since I saw that one. I may have nightmares tonight.

[Lena Wolf]

Also; you haven't seen that one before?

It's been a long, long time since I saw that one. I may have nightmares tonight.

I haven't seen it before, but then again, I avoid videos in general. With a good reason, as it turns out! The music and the sequence got stuck in my head and invaded every dream last night!

Although I must admit, that video was awesome.

[Renee]

I was in a Falkreath-looking area, no idea why I was there, or what I was doing. But I was standing in a yard next to a large house. Not Lakeview Manor, but it had the same look. There were lots of gigantic trees, and the sky was getting dark.

At some point I had to hide, because a giant walked right beside the house! It towered over me, and I moved to the side of the house so it couldn't see me. Then I got busy doing something else. Don't remember what.

Later on I noticed a HUGE tree, lying on its side but moving slowly sideways. This is one of those Douglas fir-looking trees which populate Skyrim. I could see the top half of the tree, and like I said it was moving. I peeked around the house's corner, only to see the same giant, DRAGGING the entire 70 foot+ tree, probably taking it back to its camp.

Guess that giant was trying to celebrate his own holidays!

[mirocu]

But of course! He needed a Christmas tree!