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Educational Opportunities in Top Video Games
Who would have ever thought that top video games - a form of entertainment - could improve the minds of those that play them! The truth is that amid all the cool graphics, the fantastic music, and the intriguing plots, educational opportunities are abound - and to find them, one only needs to look at them a little closer.
1. Video games can help improve strategic thinking. Rare is the video game that doesn't require its player to make a decision two or three steps ahead of a current situation. With continuous play, gamers will learn the advantage of strategic thinking and they will begin to apply this knowledge to real world opportunities.
2. Video games can help improve problem solving skills. Even though many other games could make the same claim, video games have proven in many studies that they actually improve problem-solving skills. This is due to most games being centered on a problem and the challenge it presents a play to solve it. In just one game, a player may solve anywhere from three to a hundred or more different problems.
3. Video games will also help improve hand and eye coordination. If you find this hard to believe, pick up a game controller and try to maneuver around the game. Maneuvering the game controller requires the same or better skills then it requires to manipulate a mouse around a computer screen.
4. Video games facilitate quick decision-making. One quality of video games that lends to quick decision making is its impromptu situations. There is always the element of surprise around the corner and it makes games intriguing to play. To win however, players must be able to make smart decisions within a very short amount of time.
5. Video games spark your imagination. We don't really understand the argument against things like television, videos, and gaming where people use the lack of imagination to support their part of the debate. Some people claim that video games take away from the imagination because games supply the mind with things instead of encouraging the mind to come up with these things on their own. Bear in mind that these are the same people who say a stack of blocks is sufficient to grow a child's imagination. Of course we couldn't disagree more. The imagery in video games only fuels the imagination and gives it a spring board to form new possibilities that might not have occurred otherwise.
6. Video games encourage exploration. In role playing games, the players must learn to leave the known path and explore the unknown. They have to open doors without knowing what's behind them. They have to enter areas of the game without knowing the consequence. And they have to interact with characters that they've never met before. In these types of games, you must pluck up the courage to explore unchartered territory, it's required.
7. Video games will reinforce memorization. Another feature of video games is its strong influence on memorization. The terrain portrayed inside some of these games is huge, yet accessing the maps can be cumbersome and disruptive to the game. To compensate, gamers will not only memorize a large portion of the terrain, they'll remember the tasks required to get to specific areas.
8. Video games teach consequence. Video games, like computer games, operate off an action/reaction principle. Do anything, and your game will react. This is an amazing opportunity to learn about consequences, which can be experienced from a gamers or programmer's point of view.
9. Video games teach endurance, patience, and dedication. No really challenging game can be completed in just a day. In fact, some of the best and most popular games take weeks or months to finish.
These are just a few of the eductional opportunities hidden away inside computer and top video games. With closer exploration, we are positive you will find more then hours of fun and amazement.
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