The thing I’m not certain of is whether such lessons translate into real life performance improvements, but it seems to me that they probably do.
See, I’d presume from my knowledge of humans that they would compartmentalise horribly, and only apply lessons in one area to another rarely and with trepidation, as if they were crossing the magisteria.
I suppose we need studies: is gaming effective in training people up in a real-life field when they’re not told the game is training material? We have people here working to achieve that very effect. And not to do the opposite.
(Of course, Cracked provides—check the first game in that article.)
See, I’d presume from my knowledge of humans that they would compartmentalise horribly, and only apply lessons in one area to another rarely and with trepidation, as if they were crossing the magisteria.
I suppose we need studies: is gaming effective in training people up in a real-life field when they’re not told the game is training material? We have people here working to achieve that very effect. And not to do the opposite.
(Of course, Cracked provides—check the first game in that article.)