Gaming Is Not Just Entertainment Anymore
Happy hump day my fellow gamers! Wait…. Do we have any special games or game for today?
This day of the week for most weeks I usually take my time to check out new games on the app store or the most trendy game on the internet, that helps me relax and feel sooo new! So today I am not going to play any new game but rather take my time to finish up some I have been playing and hit more milestones, I need to go from tier 6 to 4 or further on my DREAM LEAGUE SOCCER, I also need to unlock the Beast General on ZOMBIE HIGHWAY and most importantly I need to learn how to play the Alcatraz mission or BATTLE ROYALE on CALL OF DUTY MOBILE.
I gat so much to do right? Well I have no tasks today so I will take it one step after the other then I will teach my lovely students a daily French lesson. You may think I am just gaming for fun alone but Thats very wrong, I have a lot of benefits from games and majorly it widens my perspective about life and it somehow makes me smarter. SECRET: (Dont tell anyone) gaming helps you enter the mind of a developer to some degree and fhat is a big flex, that alone reshapens your mental ability.
Gaming has evolved far beyond what people used to think it was and I am so happy about it. Before, it was just seen as a way to pass time or have fun but now it has grown into something much deeper. I remember as a teen i used to sneak my parents phones to play games and sometimes I take both phones lol just so that I can have a feel of multiplayer and play against myself in real time 😅, and guess what?My parents were never tech inclined so they’ll beat me for playing games instead of reading…. HmmmmBut you know what effects it had on me? I became wayyyyyyyyyyy smarter! I can boast of never failing an exam all my life.
One is because some of those games gave me a high retentive memory, imagine hiding a car in a game and come back to find it in 45 seconds after playing several games … that has boosted my memory and abilities never to forget what o was taught in school. Now forget about me… When you look closely, gaming actually teaches a lot of real-life skills that people don’t always recognize, I just mentioned one and another important thing is it keeps you busy and not being the devils box!(AN IDLE MIND)For example, strategy is a big part of many games so indirectly you are constantly thinking ahead, making decisions and adjusting your approach based on what is happening in real time or just to find a way to scale through and I will do a lot of that today.
That kind of thinking improves your ability to solve problems quickly and there is also patience involved because you don’t win every time it is impossible to win it all and if you do so easily im sorry that game is not worth playing!In gaming, you lose, you learn and you try again and that cycle builds resilience Thats why my parents were so surprised at how I never gave up regardless of how u serious I was. I was unserious because I was a gamer ? LolNow, the most important aspect is connection. It may sound strange or weird but gaming brings people together from different parts of the world, creating communities that interact and grow together just like in those days we had a mini militia squad on telegram and WhatsApp were we bonded like a family and now with streaming and competitive gaming, it has even gotten sweeter, I meet people on call of duty almost everyday.
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Now it has become a career for some people. So at this point, gaming is no longer just entertainment, it is a space where people learn, connect and even build opportunities so please let yourself and your kids game as long as it is an educative or adventurous game not a sexually rated game. I hope my Dad and his friends read this post to change their perspectives haha.
Thank you for reading.
SAINT HEROD.
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