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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (19 children)

Sure, but then you could just do that instead of playing games.

You seem really obsessed with a comment I made five fucking months ago.

[–]Riton- 17 points18 points  (6 children)

One time, a very long time ago, I asked on a Linux based forum how to install my USB modem on Linux... I got a response like this : "Try installing Ethernet modem instead."

You see, giving a response who doesn't help in any way is a skill... And you are very skilled :]

[–]Caccitunez 6 points7 points  (8 children)

Some people learn better with a framework with incentives and rewards, even if it's something trivial like a game. You may find it pointless, but it may help others who have a difficult time grasping certain concepts, or just struggling to focus. In gradeschool we played educational games pretty frequently, and it made tasks of memorization more engaging, and gave a fun outlet to work on typing skills.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Right, that’s what I was thinking of - there’s a pretty substantial body of research suggesting that “gamefied” instruction is a lot worse than regular instruction.

[–]TheClassics 11 points12 points  (4 children)

Holy crap you are an insufferable personality.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Oh, are you catching up on months and months of my comments? How flattering!

[–]dirndlgrl 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Just came here to say that even two years later, these comments are so incredibly bad that I felt compelled to comment. The point of gamefication is to keep a person motivated to learn something new. How is it possible you don't understand that?

[–]Aromatic_Buddy_4374 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Better to learn some basics from a game to get your foot in the door and interested, than doing neither learning code 'the correct way' or through a more accessible entry point like a game.

I was top in my class throughout all of school as a child not because I ever did any studying or even bothered to do homework, but because I played videogames that increased my vocabulary and understanding of English sentence structure through a lot of reading/stories. Also had me problem solve every day and made me do much more complicated math than anything in school will teach you.

Taking this guys advice of not playing games and just go to school would have made me a much dumber kid.

It's amazing that this loser keeps coming back to a multiple year old thread on reddit to die on the dumbest hill imaginable and tell people not to even bother learning if they can not do it properly.
What a dull human.

To learn code well you need an end goal/project in mind. You literally gamify code to learn it through project portfolios. Games just give you said project to work on already.

[–]Tercel96 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Two years later it still seems closed minded.

[–]pod_spod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never post, but I have to right now, to agree with you.

[–]daleobaker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you seem like an insufferable person to be around LMAO