Some people believe that players can continue to develop their skills by using games and use them in real work and life.
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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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A spokesman for the Royal Air Force said in an interview with the BBC that those who are good at playing games will have some qualities in terms of random response, information acceptance and coordination of actions. They are also better at keeping calm under high pressure, just as these qualities are military. The party hopes to cultivate.
Professional Recruitment Group Hays Regional Director Ryan Gardner also said that some gamers will demonstrate their “soft skills” in the professional field, such as teamwork, mission planning and problem solving.
“The key is how to make the game connect with the work you do, making you a potential target for more business attention.”
Business consultant Mia Bennett said that while playing games in the traditional environment is considered addictive and time consuming, it can foster metacognition, such as learning to understand a new thing, as well as creative thinking. work out.
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In 2017, Glasgow University professor Matthew Barr conducted a test of 100 students. The research shows that the game will subtly enhance the students’ ability to interact and collaborate, which is the “soft skills” mentioned above. This result has not been 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.
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 need for job seekers’ leadership, can I write about my own experience of having a copy of World of Warcraft with a lot of copies?
In May of this year, an EVE Online player, Matthew Ricci, said in an interview with Kotaku that 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 that “Sim City” and “My World” games were the first “textbooks” for many urban planners to learn to operate the community, as well as “Microsoft”. The Simulated Flight series, accumulated thousands of hours of gaming experience, also helped some people get a real flight license.
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.