Games are for learning...

Warsong · 2004-05-20T21:39:34

Hey that’s what I think and what the original basic element of games were for. I am not saying video games were for that originally since I am talking generally about games, but the original video games needed a lot of skill to go far. Not much profit in games originally as well, but almost every game now seems to be. You learn to by improving your skills like running faster in track, or lifting more in bodybuilding, or throwing further in javelin, etc. which were important skills for life. Now you have people learning how to steal a car and run away form a crime seen. Swinging your sword or shooting against zombies and monsters (we have to be prepared for zombies one day lol) Or RTS games so that one day when there is a post apocalyptic war we know how to be generals. And let’s not forget Sports video game how they can teach you how to plan and organize a team since so many that play will one day be college coach’s. (hmm woody Allen had a saying like those that know do, those that don''t teach, those that don''t teach become gym teachers) Well not really, but they can provide some hidden information right, but most do not. But some games like Tetris, historical games, or some Sims that are favored by women seem to be a more logical choice. Not that all women choose better games than men but many mature women care for something of substance. They choose guys mostly for what’s inside more then a man does which chooses what looks good. You notice how games with good graphics appeal to guys more? People act too stressed out since the slightest thing bothers them, since they do not take the time to challenge themselves or understand certain things to make life easier. When life has its down they don’t know how to handle things and not just mess up themselves but others. Gummers and designers have to challenge themselves. If they want to be average and not put any meaning in the game then how far will the players go? You should not settle for being the norm to have the normal IQ or the normal debts to pay like the normal average family. Look at Bill Gates how some kids go to regular camp to learn how to build a fire out of 2 sticks and blow smoke signals, while Bill Gates went to reading camp that they were competing how many books they can read. Obviously bill seems to be the odd one to the majority since he wasn’t doing the "normal" things. But when both grow up the same thing happen by Bill reading and having fun doing so, and others knowing how to heat up 2 sticks to warm their home and blow smoke with their cigars and being the "normal" person. The point is the more you try the more you can get. Here is the site I posted like 4 times within the past 2 years already which no one seems to remember or know about which says some good info but many will dispute it to justify their interests. Hey I am not against people having fun but have a positive meaning to it. Even some so called musicians say they can’t since and it’s a hustle which they put their ideologies in the game to make it have a meaning. If games do not that a meaning then it’s standing on one leg. http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/peabody/game-book/Chapter2.html "We are right on the first count: these cubs do indeed appear to be playing a kind of game. We can certainly see in their behavior all four of the fundamental game attributes described in Chapter 1: representation, interaction, conflict, and safety. We may be right on the second count; who knows if lions can have fun? But we are dead wrong on the last count. These cubs are not carefree. They do not indulge in games to while away the years of their cubhood. These games are deadly serious business. They are studying the skills of hunting, the skills of survival. They are learning how to approach their prey without being seen, how to pounce, and how to grapple with and dispatch prey without being injured. They are learning by doing, but in a safe way. Better to make mistakes with butterfly and sibling than with the horns of the wildebeest." More info on the site "Profanity is for those who lack intelligence and imagination to otherwise express them selves." "You are what you repeatedly do; Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle

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Started by Warsong May 17, 2004 05:57 PM

9 comments, last by Warsong 19 years, 11 months ago

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May 20, 2004 09:39 PM

quote:Original post by Warsong
if you played games that gave you more information and help you learn that would help out your life better so you would not think about forgetting about not existence. You know?

Just two things, when I play mindless games it''s not because life sucks but because I''m tired!(when life sucks I get depressed and do naughty stuff, so no games there

) and also, there will always be someone who has a sucky life and needs a mindless game

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