So, I was browsing through Wired.com today and I happened to come across a very, very, very interesting article.
Basically, a Norwegian boy survives from a Moose attack by "feigning death" which he learned from World of Warcraft.
Being a seasoned World of Warcraft player who played a few years ago before "retiring", I felt that this was such an amusing and outragous story. "Feigning death" in WoW is a Hunter's ability which literally has the hunter feign death when he/she is being attacked. To think such a useful trick in a game would be useful to survive in real life.
[World of Warcraft - 1, Moose - 0]
Thoughts: When I first saw this article, I was laughing hystericallly. Probably because I used to play World of Warcraft. How ridiculous is it when you start using skills, abilities, etc. originally from a game and applying them to your own life. Fortunately the young boy was able to escape being injured, but I sort of feel that it is amazing what some people can do... This definitely brings up the idea that video games are not completely useless (hehe) and that people can really do some outragous things, especially children.
Anyway, what are your thoughts, opinions, and ideas on this. Do you think that video games can really help people out of life or death situtations? You decide.
Maybe we should train children to learn special skills from video games so that they can use them in life. That way children can have a way to combat against moose.
-Entry by James Ngo
