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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 10:16pm on 2004-11-09

A Babbagethought:

What would happen if we put turn signals on driving video games and rewarded their use in the scoring, even where unrealistic (such as games set on a race track)? Would the habit carry over? Are such games popular enough?

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posted by [identity profile] lpetrazickis.livejournal.com at 10:55pm on 2004-11-09
I am not familiar with racing games, but do they have that many turns? You are not supposed to use turn signals when the road curves.
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 11:03pm on 2004-11-09
Actually, I was thinking about lane changes, which is where I most often encounter dangerous lack of turn signals in real life.

Off the top of my head (with the caveat that I'm pretty far behind on arcade games) I can't think of a racing game that has intersections and turns in it.
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posted by [identity profile] cirith-ungol.livejournal.com at 04:59am on 2004-11-10
There are the various "Grand Theft Auto" games (although I find the concept of using turn signals while stealing cars to be vaguely... off.)
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