Video Games Are Good For Learning

Games are optimal learning environments:

• Feedback loops are short, fast and adapted to your skill level.
• Challenges grow as you develop new skills.
• Failures are learning opportunities because every time you make a mistake, you get a hint about how you can do bett...

With the help of hired scientists, game developers have employed many psychological techniques to make their products as unquittable as possible.

• First, players are enticed with easy and pred...

1. Sometimes games tempt us to cheat, but winning while cheating is an empty victory.
2. Many games have secret bonuses and features not explained. To extract the most out of things you have to be meticulous.
3. Repeated failure is built into the learning curve of any we...