How you Level Up IRL with Games - Extra Credits - Game Design

Wanna watch without ads and see exclusive content? Go to https://curiositystream.com/extracredits to get a full year of Curiosity Stream & Nebula for 26% off. A lot of us have been playing video games since our early childhood. Interacting with our favorite medium for years but, outside the joy games can bring, does our dedication to them bring us any real-life benefits? Or to put it more bluntly, can the virtual skills we develop in video games materialize into real-life skills, and can we answer that question with some research and a jet ski? ___________ This episode was guest-written by Mariana of "Mariana's Corner". You can check out the rest of her awesome stuff here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEHp_b02I0GvTYCBPX_0w1g https://nebula.app/mariana Also Matt's podcast "The Only* Podcast About Movies" can be found here: https://nebula.app/theonlypodcastaboutmovies ___________ Support the people who make this show, vote for future Extra History topics, and get great perks at our Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon Subscribe & ! to our channel on YouTube at http://bit.ly/SubToEC Got more info about Extra Credits on our website at http://extracredits.site/ Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://extracredits.store/ Watch this episode ad-free at https://watchnebula.com/extracredits ___________ Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://www.extracredits.site/extra-credits-community-code-of-con Come chat with us live on Twitch http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Want to contact us directly? Email us: contact@extra-credits.net Interested in sponsoring an episode? Email us: extracredits@standard.tv ___________ Want more Extra Credits? Follow us on social media: Twitter : http://bit.ly/ECTweet Facebook : http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Instagram : http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram ___________ ♪ Intro Music: "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM http://bit.ly/1eIHTDS ♪ Outro Music: "Groove Sweet Grove" by: Mattias Häggström Gerdt #ExtraCredits #GameDesign #IndieGames


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