2 semesters in Junior High typing class can't hold a candle to 1 month of playing online shooters and RPGs. You'd be surprised how fast your speed and accuracy increase when you have to issue orders to your teammates whilst various projectiles are whizzing by your avatar's head.
How video games helped me.
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Trying to Play Legend of Zelda:OoT while being unable to read helped motivate me to learn how to read and expand my vocabulary (thats how I learned about the word "Inventory")I think playing Mostly JRPGs on my various Gameboys for a while helped me read and comprehend what was said faster. And Turn Based games helped me to learn how to think several steps ahead.
FPSes helped me with my hand-eye coordination and reaction time. Many of My first games being platformers helped me with timing and judging distance. I've developed a lot of logic and reasoning skills from almost all of the games.
There are two specific games that i can remember than have helped me recently
Toribash-Free fighting game, all of the fighting is done by manipulating your avatar's joints by coordination thier movements which has helped me with thinking much farther ahead and about how some parts of the human body interact to produce movements. the learning curve is a brick wall but it's worth it. It's also perfect for being able to be played in short sessions(one game of it takes around 3-5 mins).
Gunz-free third person MMO shooter/action game- performing quicker move ment involves a lot of button double tapping with your keyboard hand so it helps with hand dexterity, finger strength, speed, precision and accuracy with your hand. A good game to try but If you don't constantly love playing it it gets terribly frustrating due to the fact a series of game unbalancing glitches have been so ingrained into the game they are an accepted method of play which may appeal to some but drives away most.
Also I must give Runescape credit for one thing: It taught me a lot about Economy. Supply and demand and that sort of thing.
FPSes helped me with my hand-eye coordination and reaction time. Many of My first games being platformers helped me with timing and judging distance. I've developed a lot of logic and reasoning skills from almost all of the games.
There are two specific games that i can remember than have helped me recently
Toribash-Free fighting game, all of the fighting is done by manipulating your avatar's joints by coordination thier movements which has helped me with thinking much farther ahead and about how some parts of the human body interact to produce movements. the learning curve is a brick wall but it's worth it. It's also perfect for being able to be played in short sessions(one game of it takes around 3-5 mins).
Gunz-free third person MMO shooter/action game- performing quicker move ment involves a lot of button double tapping with your keyboard hand so it helps with hand dexterity, finger strength, speed, precision and accuracy with your hand. A good game to try but If you don't constantly love playing it it gets terribly frustrating due to the fact a series of game unbalancing glitches have been so ingrained into the game they are an accepted method of play which may appeal to some but drives away most.
Also I must give Runescape credit for one thing: It taught me a lot about Economy. Supply and demand and that sort of thing.
Bioshock taught me how to be a homeless drug addict.
Narrative voice: Hey look! A needle lying on the dusty grimy floor. Lets pick it up and stick it in our arms! Maybe we'll get SUPERPOWERS! Oh look! A trashcan! Remember kids, trash cans are a gold mine for discarded chips and pep bars. Don't forget to keep your eyes peeled for cigarettes and booze!
Fun.
I don't actually claim coming up with that myself. Although I did realize it when I heard it.
Soupman said it. He makes walkthroughs and posts them on Youtube. He's hilarious.
Narrative voice: Hey look! A needle lying on the dusty grimy floor. Lets pick it up and stick it in our arms! Maybe we'll get SUPERPOWERS! Oh look! A trashcan! Remember kids, trash cans are a gold mine for discarded chips and pep bars. Don't forget to keep your eyes peeled for cigarettes and booze!
Fun.
I don't actually claim coming up with that myself. Although I did realize it when I heard it.
Soupman said it. He makes walkthroughs and posts them on Youtube. He's hilarious.
My parents bought me a Nintendo and Duck Hunt/Super Mario Bros. for me when I was in preschool because, quite frankly, my hand/eye coordination was pathetic. I was that kid who saw the ball coming, but instead of reaching for where the ball was going to be, tried to grab it while it was still ten feet in the air.
Later, videogames actually helped me to develop problem solving skills, strategy (mostly Starcraft and Warcraft, but a healthy dose of Civilization, too), and reading.
The only thing they didn't do was help me with math. But that's almost a lost cause for me.
They also helped me bond with my Dad. He's an old school gamer and pretty damn clever when it comes to strategy games.
Later, videogames actually helped me to develop problem solving skills, strategy (mostly Starcraft and Warcraft, but a healthy dose of Civilization, too), and reading.
The only thing they didn't do was help me with math. But that's almost a lost cause for me.
They also helped me bond with my Dad. He's an old school gamer and pretty damn clever when it comes to strategy games.
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Age of Empires started my interest in history. It never dethroned my love of physics, but to this day, history is a subject I enjoy.
While I didn't meet him in-game, I met one of my friends because of EVE Online. I heard that he played, so I went to his room and introduced myself. We soon discovered other common interests (video games in general, science fiction), and we're in the same department at college. Now he and another EVE-playing friend of his will be rooming together next year.
While I wouldn't say that I learned the value of teamwork from video games, they have certainly reinforced the concept. My most memorable experience was in Earth & Beyond. There was a haywire drone in the noob system that kept killing me. I joined up with two other players to kill it. But we went at it haphazardly, and we lost. After we got recovered, we went at it again, this time in formation. We won.
While I didn't meet him in-game, I met one of my friends because of EVE Online. I heard that he played, so I went to his room and introduced myself. We soon discovered other common interests (video games in general, science fiction), and we're in the same department at college. Now he and another EVE-playing friend of his will be rooming together next year.
While I wouldn't say that I learned the value of teamwork from video games, they have certainly reinforced the concept. My most memorable experience was in Earth & Beyond. There was a haywire drone in the noob system that kept killing me. I joined up with two other players to kill it. But we went at it haphazardly, and we lost. After we got recovered, we went at it again, this time in formation. We won.
Well, I've got a few good examples. When I was a young one, StarTropics helped me in two regards: Learning to read, and problem solving skills. At that thing with the water on that page in the instruction booklet! Sheer genius!
The game Pikmin helped teach me leadership and compassion, because it's just so heartbreaking when those little guys die. Come to think of it, it also helped me learn how to multi-task.
The super smash bros. series has helped my hand-eye co-ordination, people reading skills (watch what your opponents do. They almost always work in patterns, both humans and CPU's.)
SOTEOT (star ocean: `till the end of time) Taught me patience,(Friggin' hour long cutscenes) and It's one of the most emotional games I've ever played. It still makes me kinda misty to think about it.
The game Pikmin helped teach me leadership and compassion, because it's just so heartbreaking when those little guys die. Come to think of it, it also helped me learn how to multi-task.
The super smash bros. series has helped my hand-eye co-ordination, people reading skills (watch what your opponents do. They almost always work in patterns, both humans and CPU's.)
SOTEOT (star ocean: `till the end of time) Taught me patience,(Friggin' hour long cutscenes) and It's one of the most emotional games I've ever played. It still makes me kinda misty to think about it.