THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED FROM VIDEO GAMES

Not all of your education came from school. Reddit asked, “What is a real world fact you have learned from a video game?” Some of the responses:
– “I know a remarkable number of names of bugs and fish thanks to Animal Crossing.”
– “When I moved to Japan, I could immediately recognize several cicadas by sound alone thanks to Animal Crossing.”
– “Carmen Sandiego taught me so much geography.”
– “I learned gold is actually terrible for tools. Minecraft wasn’t lying.”
– “I learned how to make glass out of sand thanks to Minecraft.”
– “Dig straight down for long enough, and you’ll eventually fall into lava.”
– “In The Last of Us, I learned that cordyceps fungus is real; it actually infects insects and controls their behavior.”
– “My knowledge of Greek mythology started with God of War.”
– “Submarine simulators made me pretty good with geometry and trigonometry, having to plot intercept courses based only on sonar ping returns and such.”
– “Assassin’s Creed taught me more history than actual history class. I’ve learned more about the Renaissance era from Assassin’s Creed 2 than college.”
– “I got my basic bearings when visiting Venice thanks to the Assassin’s Creed 2 map.”
– “When I was in Paris looking for the Sainte-Chappelle, I didn’t have to check the map because of Assassin’s creed! ”
– “I haven’t tested it yet but after a few goes of Surgeon Simulator I think I could give open heart surgery a solid shot.”
– “I learned that no matter how hard you work at something, there is always a 13-year-old with an energy drink dependency who is better than you.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What has a video game taught you?