A person is very good at planning a residential area in “Sim City”, or knowing the strategic skills of “Civilization 6”. It seems that it is not something that can be taken on the table. After all, it’s hard to have a relationship with their professional life.
But the example of game thinking affecting and infiltrating into real life is objective. This is not just about application design such as motivation feedback, leaderboards or hierarchies. Some people are more willing to believe that players can continue to develop their skills by relying on games. And used in real work and life.
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In 2017, Glasgow University professor Matthew Barr conducted a test on 100 students, Research shows that, the game will subtly enhance the student’s ability to interact and collaborate, which is the “soft skills” mentioned above, but this result is Not widely recognized.
“More often, telling others that you are good at playing a game doesn’t do much good for your job search.” He said that few people will explain their game experience when they are looking for a job, even though There are commonalities in managing multi-person guilds in online games and in managing businesses.
What’s more, most players just use the game as a leisure and entertainment project, and don’t consider connecting the game experience with some of their own advantages, or even applying it to real-world challenges.
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A non-profit organization called Game Academy hopes to change that. Specifically, they regularly organize courses and summer camp activities. By analyzing the game habits of participants, they provide customized courses to “consciously” cultivate players’ thinking in a certain field.
Game Academy co-founder David Barrie said:
“Why can’t we write our own game experience on our resume? If a company has a demand for the job seeker’s leadership, can I write a copy of my own World of Warcraft with a lot of years? Experience?”
In May of this year, an EVE Online player, Matthew Ricci, Accepted in an interview with Kotaku,, if you can play the game skillfully, it is no different from having an MBA degree.
This MMORPG game developed by CCP Games in Iceland has discredited many new players because of its unique gameplay system and high starting threshold, but it enjoys a lot of reputation among hardcore gamers and even attracts Some scholars and economists believe that this virtual world can bring some new ideas to re-understand reality.
And Matthew Ricci manages a guild of more than 200 people in this game, he needs to balance all kinds of matters, such as ore collection, article manufacturing, market trading and command battle, the game has become his The second job.
Inspired by the game, Matthew Ricci also tried to create a multinational sales company called Zentech in the real world. He said that EVE helped him establish some business concepts and better understand the theory of cost, expense and taxation. And how they will affect the company’s profit margins.
“I want to win the trust of my customers, let them trust my brand, and deal with retailers and suppliers. This is my PvP battle in the real world.”
We also mentioned in previous articles, “simulated city” and “my world” games were not For the first time, less city planners learned the “teaching materials” of the community, as well as the “simulation flight” series launched by Microsoft. The accumulated thousands of hours of game experience also helped some people to obtain real flight licenses.
It is foreseeable that the game experience will continue to shape the player’s career. Just like books, movies and other forms of content carriers, our discussion of the influence of the game will not be limited to the game itself.
Source: EVE Online
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