Do games (excluding senseless ones) may increase vocabulary, maturity or intellegence?

[JordanXlord]

i've increased my vocabulary from WoW.

same here...

 

[philosophicalbastard]

Judging by the thread title, no.

I did learn the word 'syndicates' from playing Oblivion though.

I'm on the same boat, I learned the word "sentient" from Halo.

 

[amyous]

I've started gaming in other languages, so hello vocabulary. And for all those saying you can get the same from books... Well, that works in english, but not with languages where there is a split between the spoken language and the written language.

 

[FurinKazanNZ]

Vocabulary, definitely. Maturity? Probably not. Intelligence? Depends on the game, but could do.

 

[toastmaster2k8]

New Vegas had a bunch of my Vocab words from my spelling book.

 

[Nabirius]

Interestingly many mammals (like us) learn through playing our brains are designed to remember information that is tied directly to powerful emotions or to fun. So yes there is good reason to believe that video games can increase intelligence.

 

[YuriRuler90]

Depends on the game. I know that Assassin's Creed taught me a good bit about the Crusades, and that Napoleon: Total War interested me enough to go and read up about it.

Vocabulary? I rarely hear a word used in a game that I don't recognize (years spent at the Library, I thank you...) and if it is new then it's probably some swill they made up.

Or Russian. Yeah.

 

[Theron Julius]

Do games may increase vocabulary, maturity, or intelligence? Well ignoring the grammar mistake in there I have to say yes. My vocabulary is a shit ton bigger than most people of my age and I play a lot of games, so if you put two and two together...

 

[Kadoodle]

Playing the original assassin's creed made my trip to israel extra interesting, Acre/Akko has changed a ton; apparently when the arabs reclaimed it from the crusaders they covered almost everything in dirt and mud and built new on top of it. I went to an excavation site containing a templar bunker resembling the castle at the northern tip of the in-game Acre.


The game didn't do a good job of making jerusalem feel like it was on a mountain...

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Yes.

I learned nearly as much froms games as I have in school.

 

[BanthaFodder]

you'd be suprised... hell, I attribute being able to read before everyone else in kindergarten partially to Pokemon. Silver gave me actual INCENTIVE to read, and as such, I developedan early vocabulary. you HAD to be able to read to play the game properly, so I learned to read.

 

[esperandote]

For those of us that english isn't their first language it helps a lot to learn vocabulary.

 

[Tiscolfo]

...Dear God.

1. Read your OP and the thread title, then feel ashamed.
2. Anything moderately well written can improve your vocabulary, though books tend to be better than games if you want to do it deliberately.

God has abandoned you, shut up, I have for a long time decided to not make an account on the escapist because I felt that I should just watch the videos and such. Even If im a noob to the forums doesn't mean Im a noob to life.

 

[voetballeeuw]

DO:A taught me hubris. Games may incorporate words that players do not know, but this alone does not increase vocabulary. If the gamer looks up the unknown word and remembers it, then yes games can increase vocab.

 

[omicron1]

Depends on the game.

I'd say there's a lot of games that increase vocabulary - mostly as you get into historical settings and RPGs - not a lot that increase maturity (this has to come on its own, through interactions with others), and very, very few that increase intelligence. (Knowledge, on the other hand, is another matter)

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Idk, I just think even just reading stats from a RPG like dexterity, persuasion, cunning, wit, stamina, endurance, vitality, and the difference from intelligence and wisdom but I found that one out on my own and yes ill look up the words so i know the difference

When I was scanning the thread I totally misread 'vitality' as 'virility'. Considering the way some D&D players play, that being a stat isn't all that far fetched.

OT: I wouldn't say gaming has really improved anything other than reaction times. I hope nobody tries to use them for learning, between bad translations and online gaming we would have some very bizarre conversations happening.

"How was your day at school?"

"It WeR AssUm, someONe SeT UP us ThE BOMb, and I wERe dEfuSSSing it whEN Some NEWB geRT PWNed."

 

[moretimethansense]

I'd say yes, back when RPGs still relied on text in stead of voice acting I had to read, granted my reading skills were always very good for my age range but gaming had me reading huge amounts of text, reading it fast and learning new words and their meaning from the context in which it was used.
Add to that it often lead me to consider complex themes and encouraged both lateral thinking and pattern recognition, well I'll leave it at that.

I know this has already been said but: "Do games may increase"?
What the fuck man?
Bad show.

 

[Tiscolfo]

...Dear God.

1. Read your OP and the thread title, then feel ashamed.
2. Anything moderately well written can improve your vocabulary, though books tend to be better than games if you want to do it deliberately.

God has abandoned you, shut up, I have for a long time decided to not make an account on the escapist because I felt that I should just watch the videos and such. Even If im a noob to the forums doesn't mean Im a noob to life.

...So no, it's not done wonders for your vocabulary, your maturity or your intelligence.

There's something to be said for introspection.

No I'm just in a really bad mood and tired of people thinking that they are greater and older than everyone else synonymously that it makes them entirely a larger person in entity