real life skills learned from video games

Namely breaching and entering and how to clear rooms etc. The one game that made me actually go on the web and learn CQB tactics by swat teams. He's always been fascinated by language, so he was a great teacher and video games were a great motivator to learn. I started playing very young, so my brother had to translate for me a lot. Pifanjr: I've learned most of my English from video games. ToxicOffender: The Sims taught me everything about social interaction with other people and thanks to Hitman I also know how to get rid of them unnoticed. Having to futz about to get games running, to get mods working, to fix things when they break? That's taught me an incredibly useful life skill and I owe it all to good ol' PC gaming. The one undeniably useful skill I've picked up from PC gaming is just knowing my way around using a computer. I'm as likely to make use of that knowledge as I am the things I learned about BDSM from playing Ladykiller in a Bind. Sure, I know all about reverse-parking trucks thanks to Euro Truck Simulator 2, but I don't drive a car. Jody Macgregor, Weekend/AU Editor: I've learned a lot of theory I will absolutely never make practical use of from games.

Real life skills learned from video games