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Do Videogame Skills Transfer To Real Life?

Posted by simoniker on from the i'm-a-superlative-tomb-raider dept.

macshune writes "Lately, I've been wanting to try my hand at firearms, just to see if a youth spent playing Duck Hunt and an adolescence playing FPS games has given me a preternatural shooting ability. This got me thinking, do videogame skills, both reaction-based and of other kinds, transfer to real life? My friends that play D&D are good storytellers, but do games like Counter-Strike build teamwork skills? Inquiring minds want to know!"

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  1. Re:Chess by mandalayx · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hey, PartyPoker has sharpened my poker skills too :)

  2. Re:Real life example? by {8_8} · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "I...D...Q-no wait...K...F...A"
    "Uh, the hell is that?"
    *Sound of BFG charging*