Given the vastness of space, it may only be a matter of time before we make contact with intelligent…
Also, don’t forget all that financial planning and money saving strategies you learn from playing RPGs. Do I buy that new armor or do I buy a stack of potions? Critical thinking to plan for the future!
Minecraft is currently a go-to educational solution for schools and tutor groups that are looking to expand their teaching aids.
You make a fair point. Failure is a regular part in life - yet our educational system is build around a one-off proving system. You get 1 test, 1 grade - you fail? Too bad for you gotta do the whole thing again.
Developing spatial awareness, critical thinking skills, problemsolving skills, dealing with failure (and learning from failure) as opposed to a blind result-driven cram-session and a variety of other skills that are obtained through gaming do most definitely act beneficially for many a gamer.
No thats lacist :D
These aren’t the same people killing themselves....?
Lots of these are young people that are already engaged in a fun activity when making the vine.
That woman growing up Vine is so cool. Everyone should be following the manga artist, Eisaku Kubonouchi. @EisakuSaku
Banks came up with the idea for the book after he missed a publishing deadling because he spent three months playing Civilization.
Not the biggest Zuck fan, but good taste on this one. The whole Culture series is great, Player of Games is one of the best. Excession is my personal favorite though.
I agree. This and Use of Weapons are my two favorite Culture books. Really wish Banks were still here writing these.
Player of Games is probably in my top 3 favorite Culture novels. I highly recommend it!
There are fundamental laws underlying social relationships, they’re just not mathematical. Human interaction doesn’t boil down to ones and zeroes, though Facebook and other social media would like us to believe, and as much as internet culture has been led to believe, big numbers on your social media account do not…
Meanwhile, there exists some WC3 players myself who never played WoW and thus know nothing about all that new lore. So how do you create a WC4 that caters to those two groups (not to mention a third group, those who haven’t played either but maybe got into Blizzard via MOBAs and that’s the limit of their knowledge of…
Heroes of the Storm is a really fun game. But playing it as a Warcraft veteran can hit a little too close to home.
Fun fact: the English dub of Bloodlust is the original language recording, and it showed in Japanese theaters that way with subtitles.