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That's absolutely true. The game matters. Games with a strong story can put you in the role of someone with unfamiliar backgrounds and challenges where other games are more about reflexes. I think they likely all have some sort of value. Fine motor skills, teamwork, dealing with success/failure, spatial reasoning, etc. but a good story is great for lessons you can't get with space invaders or bejeweled.


Factorio? Stationeers? There’s games and then there’s games.

People seem to like writing off the entire medium, which makes about as much sense to me as neglecting all of fiction. That happens, too.


Yeah those are excellent examples of brain games!




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