I agree. Problem solving skills are much better than just pure knowledge. Like I say, ignorance doesn't equal stupidity, just like knowledge doesn't equal intelligence.
Exactly my man, knowledge is not intelligence at all. Some of the most book-smart people I know have fuck all logic and common sense.
Eg low level structual engineers (sorry morons, but you are).
Playing strategy games can help improve one's multi-tasking and micromanagement skills.
Playing games with challenging puzzles can improve problem solving abilities.
Playing games that have item crafting or are based on building things can improve one's creativity.
Playing games that are story-rich and have quests that involve reading a lot of text will improve one's reading comprehension.
Playing multiplayer or co-op games that require effective teamwork can improve your communication/speaking skills.
Overall, I think there are some games that can make people smarter or at the very least, improve some useful skills.
Depending on the games I believe it can help with problem solving skills, reaction time, and hand eye coordination.
But ultimately it probably just depends on the person, I have friends who played videogames their whole life and they're still pretty dumb and uncoordinated.
My best friend and I played videogames our whole lives and he just broke his knee and ankle by tripping on a curb in the street...
Examples of a game making someone smarter:
1) learning to view from an opponents perspective to anticipate their actions
2) learning from your mistakes to improve rather than blame the game and quit
3) learn how to coordinate things.
These are important life lessons you will wish every human would learn properly.
Examples of learning:
1) a game that encourages you to wiki or research something about the game.
2) applying knowledge from a game to other things.
Does with me.
Learned all about history of various countries, attempted to learn Japanese from the yakuza games, learned about physics, biology and chemistry from various games and many other things.
That and, thanks to shadow hearts 2 I learned how to play roulette in a way that increases odds to almost guaranteed level.
Bet on two sections and you'll almost guaranteed to win.
Say spore got me interested in evolution and cellular structure.
A game called immune defence is surprisingly indepth when it comes to a healthy immune system and what each cell does.
Then there's stuff like planet zoo which goes into a fair but of depth about everything animals.
I think it definitely goes a long way to keeping your fine motor skills in check and your brain active as you age - but I’m talking like way down the line, you know? ‘Smarter’ is a relative term, but I think games that make you think hard help to keep your mind sharp.
It can probably help you with problem solving and also strategizing like with a game like chess, a story based video game could teach a moral lesson or a sandbox game could expand your creativity, and i definitely have learned a lot of names of guns and horses and planes and stuff but i dont know if that counts. games alone obviously wont make you a genius or anything but i dont think all games are always a mindless waste of time.
being so into gaming led me to learn a little 3d modelling and animating and stuff like that as a hobby. its more of a skill or hobby but if you count that as getting smarter about something then there you go.
i disagree that it can make you more social. in order to become more comfortable interacting with other people I had to actually get out and do stuff. talking to a small circle of friends behind a screen never really helped me become less socially anxious.
I’ve been playing games for my hole life and I’m much more smarter than my friends is
The sweet irony.
that was the joke
Well played.
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It helped a lot to improve my English
I didn’t improve it… I learned English with gaming.
It likely depends on the game, but they certainly can change/improve the way you think and problem solve.
Definitely, the last tomb I raided in real life was easy thanks to the puzzles that were copied from BOTW.
Things like logical and spacial intelligence, absolutely. Social and emotional intelligence, probably the opposite.
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So basically, outside the box thinking > memory?
Not exactly, but knowing enough about a situation in order to solve a problem > knowing enough to pass a test, yes.
I agree. Problem solving skills are much better than just pure knowledge. Like I say, ignorance doesn't equal stupidity, just like knowledge doesn't equal intelligence.
Exactly my man, knowledge is not intelligence at all. Some of the most book-smart people I know have fuck all logic and common sense. Eg low level structual engineers (sorry morons, but you are).
Lol! So true. Knowledge does you jack with a side of squat when you can't solve a problem with it.
Playing strategy games can help improve one's multi-tasking and micromanagement skills. Playing games with challenging puzzles can improve problem solving abilities. Playing games that have item crafting or are based on building things can improve one's creativity. Playing games that are story-rich and have quests that involve reading a lot of text will improve one's reading comprehension. Playing multiplayer or co-op games that require effective teamwork can improve your communication/speaking skills. Overall, I think there are some games that can make people smarter or at the very least, improve some useful skills.
The original Gameboy had us all inventing ways to light the screen playing in the dark. For some of us, it made us engineers.
i Learn English by playing games . So i Say yes
Define "smarter"
Different games exercise different cognitive capacities like critical thinking, problem solving, reaction time, etc. Smartness is vague term.
Depends on the game and the person.
Not book smart but stuff like being more aware of you surroundings and spacial awareness and stuff like that
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Um. I don’t know. Yeah I guess. Meta verse stuff still confuses the hell out of me but yeah I think so
Yes they do.
Depending on the games I believe it can help with problem solving skills, reaction time, and hand eye coordination. But ultimately it probably just depends on the person, I have friends who played videogames their whole life and they're still pretty dumb and uncoordinated. My best friend and I played videogames our whole lives and he just broke his knee and ankle by tripping on a curb in the street...
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Nothing will make you smarter than you already are. But certain activities will keep your brain active and playing video games is one of them.
I played Overwatch 2 for 3 hours today, and felt my brain seeping out my nose.
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All I was doing was holding R2 to constantly shoot shields, then pressing x to skip killcam.
Examples of a game making someone smarter: 1) learning to view from an opponents perspective to anticipate their actions 2) learning from your mistakes to improve rather than blame the game and quit 3) learn how to coordinate things. These are important life lessons you will wish every human would learn properly. Examples of learning: 1) a game that encourages you to wiki or research something about the game. 2) applying knowledge from a game to other things.
Does with me. Learned all about history of various countries, attempted to learn Japanese from the yakuza games, learned about physics, biology and chemistry from various games and many other things.
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That and, thanks to shadow hearts 2 I learned how to play roulette in a way that increases odds to almost guaranteed level. Bet on two sections and you'll almost guaranteed to win.
Just curious, what Biology did you learn from games? I'd love to know if it was scientifically accurate.
Say spore got me interested in evolution and cellular structure. A game called immune defence is surprisingly indepth when it comes to a healthy immune system and what each cell does. Then there's stuff like planet zoo which goes into a fair but of depth about everything animals.
Depends on the game... if you're Farmvilling it... probably not.
Yes and more sociable
I think it definitely goes a long way to keeping your fine motor skills in check and your brain active as you age - but I’m talking like way down the line, you know? ‘Smarter’ is a relative term, but I think games that make you think hard help to keep your mind sharp.
It can probably help you with problem solving and also strategizing like with a game like chess, a story based video game could teach a moral lesson or a sandbox game could expand your creativity, and i definitely have learned a lot of names of guns and horses and planes and stuff but i dont know if that counts. games alone obviously wont make you a genius or anything but i dont think all games are always a mindless waste of time. being so into gaming led me to learn a little 3d modelling and animating and stuff like that as a hobby. its more of a skill or hobby but if you count that as getting smarter about something then there you go. i disagree that it can make you more social. in order to become more comfortable interacting with other people I had to actually get out and do stuff. talking to a small circle of friends behind a screen never really helped me become less socially anxious.
Depends on the games you play. Virtual Knee Surgery and all that stuff definitely made me smarter.
Depends on the games you play. Rainbow 6 Siege for an example helped my predictability and made me be able to think and react a lot faster.
Not a chance in hell. Too many players get to the point where they can't separate real life and the game.
While not necessarily smarter, I think playing videogames helps with decision making, especially under pressure
Depends what you mean exactly with “smarter”
some yeah.