Used to laugh at characters who never reload in action movies, now I catch myself doing the same thing in games

I used to roll my eyes at movie heroes shooting 50 rounds from a 15-round mag. Then I was playing Call of Duty last weekend and realized I was running around with an empty gun for like 3 minutes because I kept forgetting to reload. Now I'm wondering if the writers are actually just showing what people do under pressure. How many of you notice yourselves copying dumb TV logic in real life or games?

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the_anthony3d ago

Wait wait wait. You went 3 minutes with an empty gun? How does that even happen? I mean I'm bad about reloading but that's a whole new level of video game brain right there. That's like watching a movie hero toss their gun aside after two shots. The pressure thing makes sense though. I notice myself doing dumb stuff in games all the time. Standing out in the open waiting for health regen. Running straight at enemies like I'm invincible. It's scary how fast we pick up bad habits from fiction.

danielmartinez3d ago

Practice dry firing at home to build muscle memory, @the_anthony, it fixes that panic freeze before you even hit the range.