I agree. I learned reading and typing when I was young playing Kings Quest and Space Quest. I think a lot of todays games are too reliant on point and click, and we need to start to move back to some of the old game styles. If kids are exposed to them early enough, they might do better in school in terms of reading, writing and spelling.
I remember getting stumped in these games and typing every possible command i could think of. For a kid that is 5 or 7, this is probably one of the best ways to promote problem solving, as opposed to a solution that is based upon clicking on the right object.
I think i was around 5 when I started playing Sierra games like Kings Quest and Space Quest. I am sure it helped tremendously in my reading and spelling skills at that age. Not just that, but speed typing during action sequences was also quite useful.
Too many of today's games are point and click, which is fine, but they should look to bring back some old-school typing based games.
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I agree. I learned reading and typing when I was young playing Kings Quest and Space Quest. I think a lot of todays games are too reliant on point and click, and we need to start to move back to some of the old game styles. If kids are exposed to them early enough, they might do better in school in terms of reading, writing and spelling. I remember getting stumped in these games and typing every possible command i could think of. For a kid that is 5 or 7, this is probably one of the best ways to promote problem solving, as opposed to a solution that is based upon clicking on the right object.
I think i was around 5 when I started playing Sierra games like Kings Quest and Space Quest. I am sure it helped tremendously in my reading and spelling skills at that age. Not just that, but speed typing during action sequences was also quite useful. Too many of today's games are point and click, which is fine, but they should look to bring back some old-school typing based games.