PC Gamer editor realizes he’s WASD’d wrong his whole life
Wes Fenlon, taking a walk of shame at PC Gamer:
Until 5:34 pm, I'd assumed I play PC games like a Totally Normal Person. I do not. [...]
So whenever I got back around to games with WASD controls—it might've been Halo: Combat Evolved around 2004—I did what my brain considered natural. I kept my fingers on the home row, and moved my ring finger from S up to W to walk forward and backward. This seemed perfectly normal. [...]
I can't imagine playing like this. I've played so many games where you press Ctrl to crouch or left Shift to sprint.
I hope this revelation hasn't caused you physical or mental pain. Honestly, I'm still reeling. Not at the thought of doing it wrong, because the great thing about PC gaming is we can customize our games however we want. If you prefer to move with ESDF, that's perfectly fine! But it did not even occur to me, until last Wednesday at 5:34 pm, that anyone else would press the WASD keys differently.