I think the idea of the gaming being 'genuinely fun' also has a big part to play in the learning process, because things stick in your long term memory a hell of a lot easier if you associate a strong feeling with them.
Its amazing how much information you can really retain in a given period of gaming though, I mean after the second or third bootup of a new game I will be familiar with all of the terms, names, items, skills and a few playerthroughs of different maps and I will know them like the back of my hand, even though I spent 3 years in high school and still got lost/confused about where I was going in the science block :P
So yeah, I think games have amazing learning potential for kids, but the key is to make them fun at the same time.
[QUOTE=CptVague;24659879]Not everyone learns best through interaction, but your point stands. Through the medium of a game, you can experience things that are impossible to witness or achieve currently. It really is a great opportunity for developers and for the people who play games.[/QUOTE]
Bullshit. Everyone. That is how the brain is wired. There is no exception.
Heck, why do you think children play?
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Probably THE most memorable of all of those dumb games.[/QUOTE]
Man if you ever played Jumpstart first grade and you could get these little collectible cap/button things, which I obsessed over, but there was this mean ass motherfucker on the playground you had to challenge to win them.
Can you think that I learned like 45% of my English from video games like Project IGI, Midtown Madness 2 and more that I can't remember their name's. They're not even learning games.
Do games like these still exist?
I learned an alarmingly large amount of geological facts playing Dwarf Fortress. Maybe a bit of health too, probably some psychology.
Along with educational video games which made learning maths a lot more fun I've also learnt an amazing amount of English from playing video-games, since almost none had Norwegian text or speech.
Also,
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the skiing part in Tomorrow Never Dies for the PS1 taught me how to slow down haha.
There's certainly a lot of knowledge in video games, but then again, there's been countless times I've decided to skip school just to play the newest game.
[QUOTE=kevlar jens;24663415]I've also learnt an amazing amount of English from playing video-games, since almost none had Norwegian text or speech.[/QUOTE]
This.
Jumpstart I had good times with.
Oh, and one day our class got to play an assortment of educational games, two lucky girls got to play Sim City 4. :(
I actually learned some mythology because of Age of Empires: Mythology. I got really interested in it after playing that game.
[QUOTE='TheDark[PL];24660961']Can you think that I learned like 45% of my English from video games like Project IGI, Midtown Madness 2 and more that I can't remember their name's. They're not even learning games.[/QUOTE]
No, I couldn't can't never thought that you ever!
I remember how appropriately graded the games were, everyone was doing 4th grade in preschool :v:
[QUOTE=CptVague;24659798]It's a shame the OP didn't.
In the right setting I think a game can provide a more accessible way to pick up at least rudimentary knowledge. Educational games certainly serve that purpose, but it doesn't have to be that overt. I'm sure many people have done research after playing a game they enjoy, be it looking up firearm stats or a particular car, for example. Play some S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and you might be interested in the Chernobyl disaster, nuclear science or Russia in general.[/QUOTE]
Company of Heroes got me interested in some WWII knowledge when I first bought it in 2006
I learned English by playing RTCW, Call of Duty, Worms and a couple of PS1 games.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 learnt me how weapons work.
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I learned how to speak english by playing CS:S online.
Shitty game, but it actually did it's job surprisingly well. Although i still do get grammatical errors here and there.
COD 1, CS 1.5, and lots of other online fps are behind like 90 % of my english vocabulary and pronounciation. Being in clans and stuff like that were i had to talk on the microphone made the school very easy for me
I pretty much learned all my english from a lotta different video games, I remember the first word I understood was [i] Barracks[/i] from playing C&C: Generals so much :v:
Holy fucking shit I loved the Jump Start games. I wanna play them again now
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oh my god i love this shit
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OH MY GOD MATH BLASTER
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reading blaster fuck i want to play them all
[QUOTE=jeimizu;24659669]Treasure Mathstorm?
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i have the disk for that game ;)
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