In a post on Reddit, many fans report their experiences with games that have taught them important life lessons. World of Warcraft can, for example, help in accounting and risk management, while Minecraft helps with scientific subjects.
How can games assist in learning? Reddit user Pufferdent5082 reports in a post about how he taught himself linear algebra. The topic from mathematics helped him create a ring effect for his homemade weapon in Minecraft.
But Minecraft is helpful not only in mathematics but also in physics and coding. User LeagueofShadows04 writes how Minecraft brought him closer to understanding electricity and programming:
Through working with Redstone, I learned a lot about electricity. I was even an electrician for a few years, and I understood everything super quickly, thanks to years of handling Redstone. I can confirm that. It also got me into programming when I started writing page-filling commands, which is why I am now in the IT industry.
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Minecraft has apparently helped the player to his current profession in the IT industry. It is therefore possible to identify one’s own interests with the help of games and thus determine which professions suit oneself best.
Other players prefer to promote their creativity with Minecraft by building complex buildings and structures. An example of this is a city on a Minecraft server that 500 players have been building for 11 years:
WoW helps in economic areas
What examples do players mention? Minecraft is just one of many games that have taught the gaming community important school and university topics. World of Warcraft also turns out to be a learning platform where fans have learned business areas such as financial modeling and accounting. The best teacher for this is the auction house.
Additionally, WoW conveys a sense of risk management. For example, one player weighed how the ratio of time spent to loot and experience points gained in dungeons and quests looks. This allowed him to manage his time more efficiently and maximize profit.
Currently, WoW players are unleashing themselves in the Dragonflight expansion. Patch 10.1 brought the Zaralek Caverns and the new raid Aberrus, the Shadow Crucible. You can see the new content in the following video from MeinMMO:
As another example, a user mentions Cities: Skylines. The community teaches itself urban planning, which would otherwise be the responsibility of architects, engineers, geographers, and other professions.
Let us know in the comments: Which games have taught you important school topics? Can you even apply some things to your professional life? If you want to convince yourself of how much you can learn in World of Warcraft, according to MeinMMO demon Cortyn, now would be a good time: World of Warcraft has not felt this good in years – If you’re not playing now, you have only yourself to blame
