5 Essential Things Video Games Can Teach Us

3. RTS - A Lesson In StrategyStarcraft The earliest games of chess demonstrated the ability for mental excursion and expression through competition with others. Online games such as Starcraft, and even single player titles like the Age of Empires series have shown the capacity for fast thinking delegation of resources, with an emphasis on strategic, tactical, and occasionally logistical challenges. Real Time Strategy games demand a degree of concentration and investment not found in fast paced shooters or even RPG's, as you invest in entire civilizations, nurturing them from small towns to raging empires. Games like SimCity explored the simplest world building under a budget aspect whilst Xcom forced the player to think objectively about the direction of their next decision, with a premium on the multiple paths to an overarching goal.

 
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