While many people used to think that playing any kind of video games was a fast-track ticket to rotting your brain, in recent years, studies have found that people who play video games actually develop a lot of skills that can be supremely beneficial in their real life.
So whether you’re trying to justify the playing of your favorite video games or you’re looking for ways to improve these specific skills in your life, here are three skills that video games can help you to develop.
Resilience In The Face Of Failure
For many people, especially those in younger generations, when something challenging faces them in life, they can feel extremely discouraged and want to give up. But for people that have experience with video games, they can have resilience in the face of failure that others might not have been exposed to.
With the nature of video games, you have to try over and over again in order to get the result that you’re looking for. Because of this, people who play video games are often more resourceful and adaptable in real life situations. They’ve learned how to work with their environment, take stock of what they have access to, and work through problems in a variety of ways in order to succeed at their goals.
All Types Of Memory
To be good and have an enjoyable experience with many video games, you have to work your memory hard. Gamers have to remember how to do something, how certain systems and controls work, and information from previous gameplay in order to move forward in their game and level up to something new. This can easily translate into real life.
If you’re looking for someone that can easily recall details about something or notice when something is amiss, those with experience playing video games could be just what you’re needing. Along with this, after years of playing video games, either with a control or using their phone or a mouse and keyboard, they will have developed a lot of muscle memory. This can help with things like learning other things that require fine motor skills, like playing the piano or becoming a surgeon.
Improve Communication Skills
When many people think about people who play a lot of video games, they envision someone who sits by themselves in a dark room and never has any social interaction with the outside world. But with the way that many modern video games are, you have to either speak with or otherwise work together with other people. This requires being mindful in your communication in order to reach shared goals. With this experience, gamers often are better at communicating effectively than their non-gaming counterparts.
If the above-mentioned skills are of value to you, consider how playing video games could help you improve in these areas.