Real-World Skills Learned Gaming

[StaceyPowers]

Have you ever learned any real-world skills from playing games? I’ve learned a couple.

-Playing MMOs taught me a lot of people skills.

-I learned how to type ridiculously fast playing MUDs when I was younger.

Both of the above have helped me with school first, and later work. What about the rest of you?

[Yarik]

I think that there is already a thread about this one but still... I have learned how to manage things better and how to follow instructions easier from RPG games.

[MegaphoneStallone]

5 hours ago, Keranov said:

I think that there is already a thread about this one but still... I have learned how to manage things better and how to follow instructions easier from RPG games.

The other thread I think was 'how has gaming influenced your real life' so yeah, very similar.

My answer is pretty much going to be the same - I learned a lot about skating boarding, which was a fixture of my early teens through Tony' Hawk's ProSkater.

The other thing though, The Sims taught me about a bit of economic management. So that's fun.

[DylanC]

Yep, I learnt how to shove-it from Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series. Like, seriously.