Traveling is a part of our lifestyles and friends always share their travel experiences with us. So what if you brought your new BF and introduce to your friends and during the conversation he goes "Ya! I've been to London. It's in the USA." Seriously how embarrassing is that?
The board game RISK is probably one of the first games that taught us the world map rather than our teachers back in school. You know where Ontario, Yakutsk, Greenland, etc are.
And playing soccer simulation games like Championship Manager 2, FIFA 97, etc taught us city names like (Bayern) Munich, Glasgow (Rangers), Marseille, Barcelona, etc.
Can you name me which countries do these cities belong to without Google?
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| Our first interactive world map. And ladies, we knew the word YOGA before you. |
Face it. No one likes history back in our school days. We cannot bluff our way through like social studies and geography. All the dates and names cannot be changed. So how did guys became better at history than girls? They played games like Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3, Genghis Khan 2, Rome Total War, Civilization 2, Assassins Creed, etc.
3. He Upgrades Himself
Guys that play Role Playing Games (RPG) sub-consciously wants to upgrade himself. Shining Force 2, Zelda, Final Fantasy games helped guys understand the importance of 'leveling up' in his life or he will be unable to face his new life challenges ahead.
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| Image from: sf2.shiningforcecentral.com |
4. He knows how to manage his Family
Guys that play The Sims have a huge advantage. They know they have to work, get promoted, balance their relationship, designing a house, buying furniture that contributes to their <fun>, <hygiene>, <hunger>, etc. This game launched just in time to prepare us for our next phase of life.
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| Do you know the word Morti actually means death? That's why Mortimer Goth has a graveyard in his plot. |
5. He can drive and park better than others
I said others. Ladies, please don't think other-wise. Though driving games are usually fast like Need for Speed, Outrun, GTA, Daytona, Mario Cart, etc, they still help us to gauge distances properly. These in-game cameras also help us to have a better vision of how the car is being positioned from the outside. Yes I'm talking about parking.
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| Our first car simulator |
6. He can type faster
A gamer’s fingers on his left hand can always find W,A,S,D,R,Q,Space,Ctrl,Shift with ease. These letters makes out the majority of the letters in a word and that’s the reason they are placed there.
First Player Shooters like Doom, Half-Life, Counter-Strike, and Battlefield trained us well in position our fingers and typing without actually looking down at the keyboard. Of course /chat did help in speed typing too.
7. He can read MAPS
Not only can he read maps, he can navigate and remember a location after the second visit. Maps play a very important role in our lifes. Even racing games have mini maps to prepare us for the next turn, locating landmarks, etc. Real Time Strategy or MMORPG games like Diablo 2, World of Warcraft, etc challenges us with their dynamic maps while Command & Conquer, Counter-Strike, Battlefield games has static maps to guide us to our objectives.
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| de_Dust 2 - Image from: www.nextlevelgamer.com |
Sounds like this person will be useful to go travelling with right?
8. He's Romantic
He learnt his first love story in Final Fantasy X. How Tidus, a guy in torn and tattered shorts won the heart of the lovely Yuna. Oh man, I'm gonna cry... Best love story ever…
And in Sims, guys learn that to woo a girl they have to:
talk, talk, talk, joke, talk, talk, flirt, - - ,joke, talk, talk, flirt, - -, (damn it), talk, talk, talk,.... Ok this is never ending...hmmm what's the cheat code?
9. He does his Research
Almost all games require the gamer to have a plan to beat the game. Some games give hints like Tetris and Puzzle Bubble where you know what is coming next. Some games don't and we have to go to GameFaqs to research. So our real life GameFaqs is Google. Before we get married, we ask what to do, what to buy, how much ang bao to give etc. After marriage, we research about diaper changing, bottle feeding, etc.
Yup, we’re better prepared to face our next
10. He has a wider range of vocabulary and open to new languages
He knows words like Ectoplasm, Arrowroot, Alchemy from RPG games. He learned his Italian from Ezio Auditore in Assassins Creed 2, Japanese from Final Fantasy games and English from reading key quests notes to solve puzzles.
11. He can solve your problems (if you tell him)
“For a relationship to be successful, the guy must always know what the girl is NOTsaying. “
So when a guy asks a crying girl, what is the problem? Imagine a speech text bubble coming up like in RPG games.
- Nothing.
Press E to exit.
So ladies, if a guy asks you what’s the problem, help him by giving him more options to select.
1. My dog is lost.
2. I lost my way.
3. I just feel like crying. Go away.
That helps a lot in our problem solving.
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| I'll choose 4. Image from: superadventuresingaming.blogspot.com |
Yes I'm serious. We are in the end times now.
Games like Left for Dead 2, Resident Evil teaches us how to handle a zombie and viral outbreak. Fallout 2 teaches us about post nuclear war survival and Metal Gear Solid gives us survival tips like hiding in a carton box or a locker filled with Playboy magazines.
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| I don't think this will work with Zombies though |
Now who says guys that play game are nerds? They make great husbands!
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| Did you mean me? |
Mashing RPG and Forrest Gump: “Life is like a box of sand (sandbox), you never know what you’re gonna get (monster encounters).”
Disclaimer: This article is meant for fun and there is no statistics or research proving what this author wrote is accurate.
Let us know what games have helped you become who you are today. And guys...keep gaming
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