Do video games teach you life skills? If so, which ones? And is that a good thing or bad thing?

Answer 1

Yes and no, some games teach some things, others teach nothing. The only true life skill I've seen so far has been problem solving, unless of course you want to teach kids to read better by letting them only have a game boy and play RPGs.

Answer 2

The Sims - Life, cleaning up after yourself, getting a job

Well this is an area that I too feel the same way. Games should be more of a learning process. The problem is if gamers want knowledge they get puzzle games like Resident Evil(which is more violent) or Silent Hill.
But it doesn't teach you that much, just a story line. I guess gamers need the entertainment.
The thing I've done before(and you can do it too) is write to these game companies(like Rockstar) and annoy them to death. They could so easily make a game where you are a doctor and just like any game the first like three levels, episodes, missions - whatever are like tutorials of as to how to play.
However its still up to the gamer to play. If he/she won't buy it, then the game has no purpose whatsoever.

Answer 3

Yes, some do, The Sims series is good for kids, as it teaches them about life skills required, if they dont listen to you!
But thats all the games I can think of that teaches you, unless you wanna be a monster zombie killer, then thats it!!

Ps
Had to add, there is a hospital game called Theme Hospital which is really good too!!

Answer 4

It's hardly an 'addiction' at all. More of a compulsion or an obsession. 'Addiction', at least in a literal and biological sense, means that something is actively influencing your body's inner chemistry to a point where your body becomes physically dependable on that addictive substance. REAL addictive substances, heinous drugs/alcohol/tobacco, cause withdrawals when your body doesn't have what it now 'needs'. Severe alcohol/drug withdrawal can lead to hospitalization, mental disturbances, or even death. <-THATS what an addiction is. So to imply that videogames can do the same thing to your body as that is an incredibly ignorant and stupid claim. Even a big fat lie. They cannot alter your body's chemistry in that way. They cannot. They just can't. Now obsession is a different matter. Unlike addiction, obsession is a mental issue and not a physical one. As we all know, people can become obsessed to pretty much anything - And blaming videogames isn't going to help people with obsessive behavior problems.

Answer 5

Yes it mostly game with complaining story. I have to say U.S.A.
games are fun but japanese hardcore fantasy,shoot,.etc But it not so much the kid one but the gore and violence.

Answer 6

i've learned that a sniper rifle to the head will take you out faster than a shot gun to the gut...i think it's a good thing. teaches me to watch for snipers.....you never know....

Answer 7

hell no. It wastes a lot of your time. i used to play a lot of video games in middle school and part of high school.

Answer 8

yes they do they teach u hand eye corrornation

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

no