When i had super nintendo and i was playing mortal combat as a kid I always thought that the computer was some kid in japan playing against me and i would always get pissed because it was hard to win.
A childhood belief about computer games

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the Super intendant was the Super Nintendo.— Lecia
- When I was a child, I believed that thunder was God playing on the computer.
— Gabriela - I thought Oklahoma was a place in Japan (due to it weird name :P), and Japan gave it to USA later.— Luiz Alfonso
- i thought that we were all toys in a dolls house and giants playing with us was why we did what we did— Sarah
- I used to believe that when my fish died and floated to the top, it was playing dead.— Alycia T
- I was told as a kid that when it thundered, God was playing basket ball. LOL! — Tony