Quote Originally Posted by Yeargdribble View Post
Just personally I have found the enrichment of video games very interesting. I can rarely remember off-hand, but throughout my life I've had epiphany moments where I realize that I have a very fluid understanding of a real world concept as a result of a video game allowing me to think in such a way. Sometimes it's just crap like being vaguely familiar with diverse mythologies through RPGs.

Interestingly enough, I recently was at working doing an accompaniment pattern (I play piano for a school) and realized that it was easier because I'd played Beatles Rock Band (drums) the night before. Though the motion was obviously different, the mapping in my brain was literally the same. For BRB I was using my left and right hands but on the piano I was using my left pinkie and thumb. But I was amazed at how coordinated I found myself being able to play an accompaniment that may have otherwise seemed awkward or at the least not totally comfortable.


I also think I manage money better as a result of old school RPGs. I manage my time and resources better as a result of the Sims. In general I'm driven towards finding patterned efficiency in almost everything I do and though I can't nail it down, I blame video games.
I think RPGs are to blame for me liking to read books so much these days, before I really started playing them I never really read much.

But then again, it could have just been because I was a young, punk ass kid.