Top 5 Things I Learned From Videogames

Top 5 Things I Learned From Videogames

Marcel Klum on 17 May 2008 - 09:07 · 14 comments & 11324 views

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Valuable skills picked up from gaming (that aren't just how to shoot guys).

We've been told for ages what videogames are supposed to be teaching us. On one hand, they're murder simulators preparing us for shooting sprees (because locking, loading, and firing an M-16 is exactly like pushing the Control key). On the other hand, there's the backhanded admission that maybe they're helping us improve our hand-eye-coordination (whatever the hell that means). I know I never got any better at throwing a baseball; I can't read my own handwriting; and I don't think Duck Hunt taught me anything except the futility of shooting imaginary guns at my pets.

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#1 Boogiman on 17 May 2008 - 10:39

Haha, fun read!

#2 Kushan on 17 May 2008 - 18:35

I learned that barrels are best avoided in a firefight.

(5 replies) #3 Airlink on 17 May 2008 - 21:28

I learned that to keep playing the latest PC games you need a steady source of real-world income.

#3.1 Ali Koubeissi on 18 May 2008 - 19:25

(Airlink said @ #3)

I learned that to keep playing the latest PC games you need a steady source of real-world income.

Amen brother. That's why I'm switching to console gaming.

#3.2 CronicHazel on 18 May 2008 - 19:33

(Ali Koubeissi said @ #3.1)

(Airlink said @ #3)

I learned that to keep playing the latest PC games you need a steady source of real-world income.

Amen brother. That's why I'm switching to console gaming.

mother effing word.

#3.3 toadeater on 18 May 2008 - 22:26

(Ali Koubeissi said @ #3.1)

(Airlink said @ #3)

I learned that to keep playing the latest PC games you need a steady source of real-world income.

Amen brother. That's why I'm switching to console gaming.

Getting a job is out of the question I guess.

#3.4 Ali Koubeissi on 19 May 2008 - 03:56

(toadeater said @ #3.3)

(Ali Koubeissi said @ #3.1)

(Airlink said @ #3)

I learned that to keep playing the latest PC games you need a steady source of real-world income.

Amen brother. That's why I'm switching to console gaming.

Getting a job is out of the question I guess.

I'm already working, and I'm not willing to pay around 1.000$ per year on hardware just to play games.

#3.5 CRIKEY on 19 May 2008 - 09:15

(Ali Koubeissi said @ #3.4)

(toadeater said @ #3.3)

(Ali Koubeissi said @ #3.1)

(Airlink said @ #3)

I learned that to keep playing the latest PC games you need a steady source of real-world income.

Amen brother. That's why I'm switching to console gaming.

Getting a job is out of the question I guess.

I'm already working, and I'm not willing to pay around 1.000$ per year on hardware just to play games.

pffft it isn't $1000 every year its $3000 every three years, wait...

#4 aNILEator on 18 May 2008 - 16:53

Nice read, positive look on a variety of games and the relation they can (subliminally?) have on our lives for the better

#5 illustrick on 19 May 2008 - 00:29

why work when you can play video games

(1 reply) #6 spacer on 19 May 2008 - 12:22

I learned the plastics that controllers are made out of are harder than drywall.

#6.1 Boogiman on 19 May 2008 - 13:44

(spacer said @ #1)

I learned the plastics that controllers are made out of are harder than drywall.

LOL

I learned that the spacebar isn't hard enough for excessive beatings...

#7 Magallanes on 19 May 2008 - 14:19

you can learn a lot with flight simulator (for good or bad).

#8 +CelticWhisper on 26 May 2008 - 22:53

Winston Zeddmore corollary: When an all-powerful mystical being asks you if you want in on the ultimate power, you say NO. For the love of whatever you believe in, the only right answer is NO. Phantasy Star Phanatics will know exactly what I'm talking about here.

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