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10 Games to Play When You’re High as a Kite

Today is 4/20, which has become synonymous with getting high as a kite and because of that fact I wanted to run down the top 10 video games to play when you are high as a kite. If you’re reading this right now, chances are you’re pretty high and are having difficulty getting through this first sentence. That’s okay, do your thing, forget about those taxes you still haven’t filed, and play one of the videogames listed below. Also, don’t let the backwards-counting of this list take you for a mentally unstable ride. You’re going to be okay. I’ll finish this introductory paragraph later. I’m going to smoke a bowl first (because I live in Amsterdam and have the legal right to do so).

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thorstein4381d ago (Edited 4381d ago )

Really? How is Netflix a game?

The Dave Chappelle clip at the bottom is funny.

But I don't 420.... I 419. So all you lames can go somewhere cause I just got high a minute before you.

Cosmit4381d ago

You got high a minute earlier!?

hay4380d ago

So, you're getting high before it's cool. What a dedicated hipster.

GanjaMan4380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

and i bet i got baked before u, im 18 now and first had a zoot wen i was 13 but i aint goin round braggin enit

Perjoss4380d ago

from previous experience avoid RTS stuff, or anything else that requires even basic to advanced tactics lol.

thorstein4380d ago

@Ganjaman,

lulz. I first got baked before you were born. Second, with a name that has anything to do with marijuana chances are you haven't even seen it let alone smoked it.

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MariaHelFutura4381d ago

Every game is better w/ some herb in the mix.

geth1gh4380d ago

Agreed. I can't spend more than a hour in a game these days unless I'm smoking.

ATi_Elite4381d ago

1. Madden Football/Tecmo Bowl
2. Tony Hawk Pro Skater
3. GTA (doesn't matter which one)
4. SSX (the adrenalin rush you get from this game while high is awesome)
5. Street Fighter 2 Super Duper I'm so High Edition
6. NBA2k
7. Max Payne (the bullet time seems to last an eternity)
8. Battlefield 3 (for about 15 minutes before it completely sobers you up)
9. APB Reloaded (the ONLY way to play it is high)
10. Need For Speed / Gran Turismo

I've probably smoked a Rain Forrest while playing Madden and Tecmo Bowl through the years.

BF3 is like SO REAL while inebriated but the game quickly sobers you up! Why I don't know!

P.S. getting High is bad for your brain and it makes you lazy. Just Say No!

hay4380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

GT5 + beer + weed + steering wheel + 3d(optional) = gaming nirvana.

Too... much... fun...

F7U124380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

@Alpha

this would be amazing while tripping on a XTC/acid mix. lol

Hellsvacancy4380d ago

AWESOME, im baked now, ive only been out of bed for 15 minutes

Everybody should smoke pot or atleast try it once in there lives, youll be surprised in how much it can expand your imagination

ATi_Elite4379d ago

Weed does expand your imagination (like the first few times you do it, then your chasing the dragon) but it also kills your brain cells, makes you lazy, gives you horrible mood swings, and is a gateway drug to much much worser things.

JUST SAY NO!

Go bungee jump, ride a roller coaster, or sky dive cause nothing is better than an adrenaline rush!

SPAM-FRITTER-1234380d ago

i smoked weed for over 10 years without a day off. i stopped when i had my kids and never looked back. im richer,healthier and lot more switched on.

i find bragging about smoking weed to be very childish and think how much of a tosser i was doing it.

i will admit one thing though...i dont enjoy my music as much as used to. i used to listen to bone thugs all day long. now i listen to otis reading and zapp and rogers and i im only 26 lol.

Edward754380d ago

I know that many people smoke weed, and many like myself smoked when we were younger and have stopped for the most part, but even though I'll get many disagrees, this article shouldn't have been approved to put up. As of right now it is still illegal and ties gaming to smoking pot. Yes it happens, but in a small way this promotes it. We all know that young kids and teens frequent this site not cool n4g. Not cool.

KillerPwned4380d ago

@Spam

I completely agree with what you say. I smoke occasionally, I never buy just if one of my stoner friends offer it. I rather smoke than take in something that will damage my liver. This will be the last year I smoke as I make my way into med school. Can't have that shit in your system when in the medical field. Its fun to enjoy, I do not regret it has I have had some fun times but after mostly this summer I won't look back.

As long as people can be responsible with it just like drinking. I do not see a big deal as a lot of people make it up to be. Everyone just needs to know when its time to quit and really grow up.

Flewid6384380d ago

Haha sounds like you got burnt out early. I'm 29 now but its more of a weekend/end of the week practice.

That every day burn is never good.

SPAM-FRITTER-1234380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

CDzNutts lol i didn't burn out i just didn't want my kids growing up around it. im white and my girlfriend is black jamaican so we smoked heavy till we made a pact not to smoke no more. now we get on better and get a bigger buzz through our kids.

i just added up 10 X 365 day = 3650 x £20 a day habbit = £73,000 lol.

i got money, i got my kids, i got a nice house and a sweet 3D gaming rig set-up. weed aint got nothing on the good life.

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LUCKYXS7LEVEN4380d ago

you know i always wonder what happened to that snoop dog game ? it had its own story in gameinformer back in 2008

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mynameisEvil4381d ago (Edited 4381d ago )

An article that helps high people... *rolls eyes*

mynameisEvil4381d ago

People shouldn't be getting high in the first place. Have a problem with my opinion? I don't care.

Do us a favor and Google "health effects of weed" and educate yourself. Just like drinking or using any other drug, it's utterly pointless and detrimental to pretty much everything and everyone except the company or person selling it.

Army_of_Darkness4381d ago (Edited 4381d ago )

FOR A GUY WHO'S NAME IS Evil, you sure are a goody too shoes. lmao!

Relax evil wanna be guy, people who smoke weed ain't all bad people ya know..

-Alpha4381d ago (Edited 4381d ago )

Can you name me some conclusive long-term effects? How about some damaging short term effects?

Drinking is much worse. You may feel it's detrimental, but why do anything then? You sound like you need to get a little high, actually.

hay4380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

Not getting high from time to time is like not exceeding speed limit occasionally.
Not getting drunk and do stupid and funny things.
Not trying out different sexual positions that might bring more pleasure to both.
Not playing casual games being hardcore gamer.
Not drinking coffee in the morning to have strength through the day.
Not eating that highly calloric dish that's so incredibly tasty.

I could even drag it under: not even be alive or sane. Because how we perceive world is strongly influenced by chemicals and enzymes our body produce and use. Even DMT which is classified as highly dangerous drug naturally occurs in our organisms and is getting us high little by little as we grew older.

Don't be stupid Hollywood evil. Evil needs educated and intelligent agents.

dredgewalker4380d ago

I have to say I met more drunk people who are stupid than people who are high on weed. I also have 9 riding buddies dead because of drunk driving so I find alcohol much more evil than weed.

Spydiggity4380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

so you first say that people shouldn't be getting high in the first place, then you question someone's problem with your opinion? you obviously have a problem with any who's opinion is that it's okay to smoke.

and who are you to tell anyone else what they should and shouldn't do. people like you are the types of people who stand on the corner with signs trying to spread your closed mindedness, then you go home to stick your thumb up your dogs bum.

btw, "Ikaruga: This game is incredibly difficult (Ninja Gaiden 3 is another choice if you can't find ikrauga) when you’re sober, so there is no way you’re going to be able to do it while under the influence of marijuana."

spoken like a person that doesn't actually smoke. so explain those of us who seem to perform slightly better while baked...i do agree though, it's a good stoner game.

so many games that are super obvious and aren't actually very good stoner games on this list though. i would replace most of the list with Resident Evil, Amnesia, Alan Wake, Portal 2 Co-Op with a stoned friend, World of Warcraft, Super Stardust HD, Ratchet and Clank, Saints Row 2, Shadow of the Colossus.

truly, nearly all games are better while baked...except LA Noire. that game was a total buzz kill.

b163o14380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

If people would stop listening to what everyone else is saying about weed and smoke a joint, relax and enjoy some music they'd realize that they've been dooped there whole lives. Roll that S***, Lite that s***, pass that s***.

-Going2GetALoudPackNow...

L.A. Noire tapped me every time also...

HeavyRain is my pic

mynameisEvil4380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

Effects on the Brain

The active ingredient in marijuana, THC, acts on cannabinoid receptors on nerve cells and influences the activity of those cells. Some brain areas have many cannabinoid receptors, but other areas of the brain have few or none at all. Many cannabinoid receptors are found in the parts of the brain that influence pleasure, memory, thought, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement.
Users can experience the following symptoms:

-Hallucinations
-Delusions
-Impaired memory
-Disorientation

Effects on the Heart

Within a few minutes after smoking marijuana, the heart begins beating more rapidly and the blood pressure drops. Marijuana can cause the heart beat to increase by 20 to 50 beats per minute, and can increase even more if other drugs are used at the same time.
Because of the lower blood pressure and higher heart rate, researchers found that users' risk for a heart attack is four times higher within the first hour after smoking marijuana, compared to their general risk of heart attack when not smoking.

Effects on the Lungs

Smoking marijuana, even infrequently, can cause burning and stinging of the mouth and throat, and cause heavy coughing. Scientists have found that regular marijuana smokers can experience the same respiratory problems as tobacco smokers do, including:

-Daily cough and phlegm production
-More frequent acute chest illnesses
-Increased risk of lung infections
-Obstructed airways

Marijuana contains more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke and because marijuana smokers typically inhale deeper and hold the smoke in their lungs longer than tobacco smokers, their lungs are exposed to those carcinogenic properties longer, when smoking.

What About Cancer?

Because marijuana smoke contains three times the amount of tar found in tobacco smoke and 50 percent more carcinogens, it would seem logical to deduce that there is an increased risk of lung cancer for marijuana smokers. However, researchers have not been able to definitively prove such a link because their studies have not been able to adjust for tobacco smoking and other factors that might also increase the risk.

Other Health Effects

Research indicates that THC impairs the body's immune system from fighting disease, which can cause a wide variety of health problems. One study found that marijuana actually inhibited the disease-preventing actions of key immune cells. Another study found that THC increased the risk of developing bacterial infections and tumors.
Effects of Exposure During Pregnancy

Several studies have found that children born to mothers who used marijuana during pregnancy exhibit some problems with neurological development. According to those studies, prenatal marijuana exposure can cause:

-Altered responses to visual stimuli
-Increased tremulousness
-Problems with sustained attention and memory
-Poor problem-solving skills
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There you go. Health effects related to weed. Go on, use YOUR scientific prowess to disprove this. Short-term effects were listed, but there's a character limit.

It's not that I'm typically a close-minded person. I'm just intolerant of stupidity. I could care less if you're gay when I'm straight or whatever, a Republican when I'm Independent, but do something so stupid? Not so much.

You want to feel really good? Set yourself a small goal you want to accomplish (not related to smoking weed), then accomplish it. At least then you've done something productive instead of decrease productivity altogether.

chadachada1234380d ago

@Evil

Using SMOKING marijuana as an argument against using marijuana at all makes you look like an uninformed asshole.

Smoking ANYTHING is bad for you, and is not the safe way to get high. You might as well say that video games are bad because you play them by pounding your head into the controller. Non sequitor.

Ingest or vaporize it, and most of your negative effects disappear entirely. As far as immune system goes, marijuana helps people with serious immune-system-based diseases and can help people in the late stages of HIV infection survive longer AND with less pain.

The rest of your "effects" are either unfounded or are well worth it, like any other fun activity in life. You could try having fun for once, you know. It won't kill you (in moderation).

-Alpha4380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

@Evil

What chad said. Straight up smoke is obviously bad for you, bongs and vaporizers are the safer solution-- as for the rest of your information, the temporary short-term effects are not life threatening, and I dont smoke heavily enough for the long term effects.

And I still stand by what I said: there are many things that can be labeled detrimental, gaming seems pretty pointless to me. Have moderation and be sensible, it's not difficult

Panthers4380d ago

You could also say that people shouldnt be playing games in the first place. They are pointless and can be detrimental to your health...

/s

People smoke weed for the same reasons that we game or drink. For fun or just to relax.

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joab7774381d ago

Is this just for weed or for getting high on everything? Actually, i am a recovering addict, 4+ years. Video games have helped me stay clean. So, u don't need drugs for any game to be great as it's a great replacement for drugs. That being said, i think weed is an unfair advantage in online competition as I'm always getting owned by high 15 -18 year olds.

Spydiggity4380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

arkham city is a great game for tripping.

EDIT: lol, reading though some of the comments here, i doubt most of you actually smoke...or at least don't get a buzz when you do - like you're just acting the way you THINK you should. how does it affect your functionality the way some of you describe? it's not alcohol...not even kinda.

"When you're "high as a kite" you'll be lucky just to find your damn controller.

Not that I would know, or, anything..."

agreed, you evidently don't know at all.

joab7774380d ago

The last part was a joke. I think i get owned because they are better than me. I have to disagree somewhat. While u can smoke urself stupid, it also relaxes many and u r able to focus on nothing but gaming. i still wouldn't promote it, as there are obvious side effects and consequences.

Corepred44380d ago

Can't be addicted to weed, i don't know if that's what you're saying though. But if you are you have to be the weakest individual on the planet or have other problems that are in no way the drugs fault.

joab7774379d ago (Edited 4379d ago )

I am not gonna argue how weed stacks up to other drugs as fact will tell you that it isn't as harmful as other drugs, including alcohol. But, it is addictive and highly addictive. There are two types of addiction mental and physical. Heroin and alcohol are mentally addictive but are known for their physical addiction. You get sick when you do not have it, physically sick. Alcohol takes much longer to develop a serious physical addiction but withdrawal can be fatal. Cocaine isn't so much physical as mental. It is one of the most mentally addictive drugs on the planet. That being said, weed is also mentally addictive. Unfortunately, we link mental addiction to will power. It isn't. Chemicals change the neuro pathways in the brain, changing patterns of thought etc. When once you may have belived drugs were bad, now you may not. When chemicals are involved, will power is out the door.Things happen inside your body and brain that you cannot control. Now, like i said, i a not going to say that weed is worse than it isn't. But, it is quite mentally addictive and there are serious consequences to longtime use. And it is a gateway drug. I have never met a heroin addict or a cocaine addict who didn't smoke weed first. It is always the first step. There are many who never go on to use hard drugs, but it is like rolling the dice, as decision making is highly impaired under the influence.

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DrPepper4380d ago (Edited 4380d ago )

you are a example of someone who needs to get high...... you name me how many marijuana related death cases happen every year.... oh thats right you wont find any. almost every person i know and trust me there is alot that get high don't experience anything statistics that are shown about the "health effects of weed". food for thought

DrPepper4380d ago

like i said before you just keep digging yourself a hole nobody i know has experienced any of those symptoms and its safe to assume that anyone here that smokes weed hasn't either. another thing you talk about how smoking weed is stupid and isn't very productive. your nothing more than a hypocrite your here on gaming site bashing people that smoke weed, last time i checked that isn't very productive asshole. if you feel that much about weed go and start your own organization against weed then you can say whos productive or not. until then "Shut... the... fuck... up... and stop crying. imma go burn one.

TheDopeFiend4380d ago

Whats your problem bro, you need to think about what you type before you type it

FunkMacNasty4380d ago

For a guy named Evil you sure sound like a pariah! Please do t ever tell people what they "shouldn't" do. That's what the governments and so called world leaders do all over the world and all it really does is inhibit true freedom... And it makes you look like an arrogant assh@le. If u don't believe in something that's up to you, but you are never gonna stop me from blazing up this bowl full of Lemon Skunk Haze and getting stoned out of my box and loving every minute of it.

Also, do your research on the adverse health effects of cannabis. I'm pretty sure that smoking or consuming cannabis is much less damaging to your body than consuming alcohol.

ClimateKaren4380d ago

A self-righteous and condescending prick who thinks he's virtuous as he condemns others (who are minding their own stoner business) for an activity he knows nothing about. *rolls eyes*

Also if you take the effects that you copied and pasted in here completely seriously, then you are even more alien to the use of marijuana than I originally suspected from your first two comments. Aside from the fact that it doesn't read as nearly as frightening as the TV-advertised allergy medication of your choice, there are also some seriously questionable claims in there, as well as instances that appear as a technicality, rather than actual common effects. Hallucinations is the one that stands out loudest.

The heart rate part is great too.. One would already have to be at risk of a heart attack for that exploitation to ever come into play. That person would be at equal risk from climbing too many stairs, as it would increase their heart rate temporarily.

You're just wrong man, all the cutting and pasting in the world won't change that.

FunAndGun4380d ago

He also probably thinks the 'Reefer Madness' video is truth and actuality.

Just another false preacher.

vader12312314380d ago

Any and all negative effects caused by Marijuana intoxication are short term and gone within 30 days, after the THC has stopped bonding with the brain cells and out of the system. Smoking Marijuana everyday can cause those short term effects you listed, including lack of motivation, but only when intoxicated.

I smoke occasionally, about twice a week. I'm working hard at 2 jobs, one full time, one part time, and keeping up A's and B's as a part time student in college. I have high goals for myself that I hope to accomplish. I really don't see the problem with occasional usage.

AliTheBrit4204380d ago

haha pathetic!

Made some killer logical arguments, he replies with crap and then blocks me

I guess he is 14 afterall.

theroadtoruin4380d ago

Good thing we have you to make decisions for us and not free will. Do us all a favor and f*ck off, no one needs nor wants your advice.

AliTheBrit4204380d ago

Awwwwww!

That was adorable, scratch 14, make it 13, and a girl.

I think I hurt her feelings, she rushed back to unblock me, send me another message and blocked me again.

I'm astounded I got under her skin enough for her to do that, bless ahahaha

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TheSuperior 4381d ago

Hahah love this list good to see someone being light hearted these days.

Majin-vegeta4381d ago

That bong looks more like a condom xDDD.

OT:Good list.

OhReginald4381d ago

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of course...

LOL_WUT4380d ago

Yeah...
It seems like their on drugs most of the time when they write their articles.

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20 Best Super Mario Games of All Time

Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made to celebrate Mar10 Day.

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Barlos37d ago (Edited 37d ago )

My top 3 are Mario 3, Mario World and Mario 64. Mario Odyssey is also excellent, and I enjoyed Sunshine but didn't care for the Galaxy series.

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How Burnout Paradise bucked the trend and made open-world racing irresistible

Met with derision from existing Burnout-series fans at the time, Burnout Paradise remains arguably the greatest open-world racing game of all time. Here's why.

SullysCigar346d ago

I don't know why - and I know I'm probably on my own here - but I liked Takedown more. I think it was just 'different' enough to feel fresh. I also loved the destruction.

On that note, a new Motorstorm would be nice! All that mud, dust and car pieces flying everywhere blew my mind on PS3 - imagine what they could do now.

NJShadow346d ago

I loved Burnout Paradise, but Burnout 3: Takedown will always be the best game in the series, for me. Burnout 3 is arguably the most fun game ever made, with the greatest licensed soundtrack ever.

EazyC346d ago

I played through the remaster quite recently. It's not as good as I remember, but I think a lot of that is because the "open world" thing was still pretty fresh back then.

I do think there's a gap in the market for a game like Burnout. With the new gen they could really make car damage a huge selling point again.

BrainSyphoned346d ago

Paradise gave me open world burnout before I knew it was a thing.

CPTN MITCHELL346d ago

Burnout paradise remastered and original are my favorite, i got the platinum trophy for both games the nighthawk is my favorite car

Einhander1971346d ago

Personally don't give a shit for open world racers. Give me a new Motorstorm, Split second, Outrun.

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