modessitt
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So, who here has fixed or accomplished something non-arcade-related due to something they learned to do while working on games?
For example, I recently did a pretty damn good bondo job on a car door. I tried once when I was about 20 (different car), and screwed it all up. Now, after countless cab repairs, I have developed the skills to do it properly.
A year ago my DVD player died, and I was able to rebuild the power supply and get it working again.
A few weeks ago I took a non-functioning GFI outlet apart, fixed it, and put it back together. I now have working outlets in my guest bathroom.
And just last night I took my LCD computer monitor apart, replaced some blown caps on the power supply and put it back together - and it's working as good as new.
Now, granted that I was once a computer tech for the Air Force, but that was back when we had paper-punch tape to load programs into 30-yrd-old mainframes, and hamsters in wheels to keep everything running (the gerbils also made it easier for the Navy guys/gals we had to understand what was going on
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So, what skills did you learn on your games that you've applied to other-life purposes?
For example, I recently did a pretty damn good bondo job on a car door. I tried once when I was about 20 (different car), and screwed it all up. Now, after countless cab repairs, I have developed the skills to do it properly.
A year ago my DVD player died, and I was able to rebuild the power supply and get it working again.
A few weeks ago I took a non-functioning GFI outlet apart, fixed it, and put it back together. I now have working outlets in my guest bathroom.
And just last night I took my LCD computer monitor apart, replaced some blown caps on the power supply and put it back together - and it's working as good as new.
Now, granted that I was once a computer tech for the Air Force, but that was back when we had paper-punch tape to load programs into 30-yrd-old mainframes, and hamsters in wheels to keep everything running (the gerbils also made it easier for the Navy guys/gals we had to understand what was going on
So, what skills did you learn on your games that you've applied to other-life purposes?
