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Top Video Games - 9 Eductional Opportunities
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 improve strategic thinking. Unusual is the video game that does not need the player to decide plays two or three steps ahead of the immediate 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. Although the same could be said about any game, video games have proven in study after study to 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 onlyone game, a gamer can be required to solve up to a hundred different problems.
3. Video games improve hand and eye coordination. If you find this hard to believe, pick up a game controller and try to maneuver around the game. Manipulating a game controller demands the same skills that it takes to maneuver a mouse around a computer screen.
4. Video games encourage quick decision making. One quality of video games that lends to quick decision making is its impromptu situations. With the element of surprise just around the corner that makes the games extremely exciting 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. There are people who believe video games detract from the imagination since games supply the mind with things rather then encouraging the mind to imagine these things on its own. Keep in mind these are the people wo say playing with a stack of blocks in not sufficient to help 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 can also encourage exploration. In role-playing games, players must venture off the beaten path and explore the unknown. Players must open doors never knowing what lies 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. Inside certain types of games, the opportunity to get the courage to explore new territory is required.
7. Video games enforce memorization. Yet another benefit of top video games is its 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 something, and the game will react. This is a great opportunity to learn about consequence - whether this opportunity is experienced from a gamer's point of view or a programmer's point of view.
9. Video games teach endurance, patience, and dedication. No great game can be conquered in 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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