Question of the Day, November 17, 2010
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I have yet to play a game that has no in some way exercised my problem solving skill (other than Guitar Hero).
However, I don't think being awesome a GT5 makes you any more likely to be a good race car driver than being awesome at guitar hero makes you any more likely to be a good rock star.
What games do teach you is oberservational skills, situational awareness and strategy. They are pretty worthwhile skills to fine tune!
However, I don't think being awesome a GT5 makes you any more likely to be a good race car driver than being awesome at guitar hero makes you any more likely to be a good rock star.
What games do teach you is oberservational skills, situational awareness and strategy. They are pretty worthwhile skills to fine tune!
Well, I have saved quite a few glasses and bottles thanks to my reaction speed so I guess that's at least something 
Also, wasn't there some sort of Air Force project that recruited new flying drone operators from experienced video game players? Something with absorbing a tremendous amount of information from the surroundings and making fast decisions based on that.
Also, wasn't there some sort of Air Force project that recruited new flying drone operators from experienced video game players? Something with absorbing a tremendous amount of information from the surroundings and making fast decisions based on that.
Deus Ex taught me to touch type with the numpad which, as an accountant, has become invaluable. I was playing Deus Ex and early on I realised that the door code panals both matched the numpad and responded to it. From that point on when I was playing I always used the numpad and by the time I finished the game, I no longer needed to look at the keyboard.
Concepts, yes, but not actual skills.
Games can introduce you to programming, for instance (like the flash game Light-Bot and it sequel on Kongregate), but actually learning the skill and how to utilize it effectively takes an effort outside of the game itself.
Games can introduce you to programming, for instance (like the flash game Light-Bot and it sequel on Kongregate), but actually learning the skill and how to utilize it effectively takes an effort outside of the game itself.
Books can teach you concepts. So you people are saying that playing a game can in no way teach you skills that books cannot?
In my case, games taught me how to quickly evaluate my surroundings and make a decision, a useful skill when in real life trying to avoid retards hitting my car with theirs. That's not a concept. Most people have the idea of avoiding car crashes down, but fail in the execution.
In my case, games taught me how to quickly evaluate my surroundings and make a decision, a useful skill when in real life trying to avoid retards hitting my car with theirs. That's not a concept. Most people have the idea of avoiding car crashes down, but fail in the execution.
Video games can impart any skills that are purely or at least mostly mental in nature. Anything involving physical action and muscle memory just isn't going to be there, no matter how much Halo or Call of Duty you play. But reading, mathematics, problem solving and organizational skills, most certainly.
you might push buttons or wiggle a remote any whay you want but i certainly dont do it like thatJezzascmezza said:
anywhay, concepts, basics, and such imprint into everyone every time you play, but i dont think it would actually give you "Skills" as it is, ex: Rythm games (however that´s spelled) give you a sense of rythm, but it cant teach you how to play a guitar or a piano or dancing, it helps a lot in its oun merith to be able to recognize the changes of pace in a song, but beyond that, its impossible to convey more things (unless they put an actuall guitar or piano or wathever in your hands)
You obviously can't learn how to drive a car or shoot a gun from a video game, but you can learn certain cognitive skills from games. A puzzler like Professor Layton is an example of becoming skilled in logical thinking, but there are bound to be games in other genres that teach you something.
Sure.
I bet Frank Abagnale would've had it a lot easier if he had games like Phenix Wright and Trauma Center.
I bet Frank Abagnale would've had it a lot easier if he had games like Phenix Wright and Trauma Center.
Runescape (yes i know i was 12 at the time)
tought me the principles of mining + smelting
but that doesnt mean i know how to smelt stuff ^_^
tought me the principles of mining + smelting
but that doesnt mean i know how to smelt stuff ^_^
Now that you're mentioning rhythm games.HentMas said:
As a long-time drummer, I actually do believe that games like Rock Band with the drums can teach you something you can use with the real thing.
Drumming is about coordination, sticking to a rhythm and keeping a flow going, and that's pretty much what you learn.
I'm not saying there ain't more to it than that, and you're not gonna become a master drummer in this way, but it'll teach you some basics that'll help you out loads.