I’ve been grinding Deep Rock Galactic for several months straight and barely touched any other games during this time. Recently I got a bit tired of the constant mining and decided to take a break by jumping back into some Minecraft.
The weird thing is that now whenever I enter any cave or dimly lit space, my finger automatically goes for the flare button out of pure habit. My muscle memory has been completely programmed by DRG at this point.
This creates a real issue in Minecraft because the button mapped for dropping items on console is identical to the flare throw button in Deep Rock. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve accidentally tossed my mining tool on the ground while trying to illuminate cave walls to search for ore deposits.
The conditioning runs even deeper than just gameplay. When I watch streamers or YouTubers playing Minecraft or dark horror games, I mentally expect them to toss flares for better visibility. When they don’t, I feel somewhat ridiculous for even thinking about it.
Anyone else experience this kind of cross-game muscle memory issue?