Video games can be highly educational. For example, Space Quest 1 was responsible for the fact that two of the first words I learned to spell were "search body".
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I taught myself English by playing Zelda with a dictionary next to me when I was 8. Had to understand the dialogue so I could progress.
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learned english by playing / translating Defenders of Oasis on the Game Gear with my granddad, was exciting! & programming because I wanted to publish articles on japanese RPGs on the web to tell more people about these games wonderfulpic.twitter.com/5SDB4IZsvn
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My youngest brother learned English by playing Ocarina of Time. He'd get frustrated when not being able to advance and would learn the words he needed to move to the next dungeons
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You: "Video games are a great reason to learn to program." Me: "Patrick, this is horribly off brand for you; programming ROI is terrible for video games."
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I finally got
#Ben to buckle down and read by giving him unlimited access to Pokemon Red, but I refused to help him with anything. He sat alone in his room reading for 2 hours just to get out of Pallet TownThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Flashbacks to sitting with the GW-BASIC manual in first grade at recess trying to sound out "syntax error"
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ahaha the 8yo was playing Terraria for the second time today and I spoiled it by saying „aren’t you glad you can read“
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I'm helping our 5 yo navigate the Minecraft inventory right now. He is highly motivated to learn the search tools etc :) reminds me vividly of the "LOAD *,8,1" that I'd be writing on the C=64 to start games at his age.
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Video games are how my parents learned that I could read (rather than recite from memory) as I read aloud from NES Zelda Dad: “Wait, you can read?” Me: “Yeah…? Why?” For years they said I “taught myself to read playing video games”—ignoring all the hours of story time together
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