Learning has always been a thing that we do, ever since we came to this world. Since we were a baby, then became a little kid, a teenager and soon, an adult, we obtained new knowledge every day. Since learning is something we do every day, it became boring and dull. Most of us somehow lost our interest at learning new things. When you observe a class of high school students, for example, most of the student’s goal was to pass the requirements, exams, and then the subject then forget about it after. Learning in the past where they focused on memorization and acquired skills (writing, reading, calculation, science etc.) are different from today. Today’s learning focused more on higher order skills, such as solving complex problems. That is why …show more content…
Greenfield (1994) stated that playing games in a regular basis allows the user to familiarize oneself in a “computer-oriented society”. Games where graphics play a more important role than phrases such as adventure and action games help the players to improve their “Spatial Awareness”, which is the ability of relating things with one another and it also boosts their mental processes. (Mitchell & Smith, 2004). Playing video games also requires the ability to use visual information to control and direct the motor system in order to complete a task. This ability is necessary in everyday activities like reading, writing, walking, driving, dressing etc. To perform well in an action games, the players must react quickly to detect threats, determine its level of difficulty and defend properly. Similarly with driving games, quick reactions to vehicles and obstacles that appear suddenly are required to avoid collisions and accidents. Players get tutored in detecting a range of visual and acoustic evidence that supports speedy decisions. This is why military uses video games to train pilots and soldiers and professional racers use video games to improve their driving