Comment by originalvichy
4 years ago
I wonder if we’ll have politicians and political philosophers in the near future who will credit MMO games for awakening their keen eye on societal issues.
MMO worlds and their economies taught many how the basics of our economy works. As a kid you got exposed to virtual versions of negative aspects of free markets that went against the meritocratic ethos of the game. (Especially if you were one of the kids not permitted to use money to buy virtual currency.)
I wonder the same. Played MMOs growing up. Got scolded a lot for wasting time on video games.
But I look back now and realize a lot of my foundational knowledge on economics, programming, networking, teamwork, came from MMORPGS. They are social games where you deal with people - and that is a valuable experience.
Unfortunately modern MMO’s are very asocial games and I don’t think much can be learned from them.