sorry if i spelt that wrong. im an 11 year old and im wondering, are video games teaching us survival 
ive heard people debating on this issue. :eek: and i say they are (for obvious reasons)
Only if in a post apocalypse world there are health packs and ammo laying about to pick up.
Yes. Always have a shotgun handy for when the mutant radioactive pedophile zombies attack.
In the actual apocalypse, you probably get stuck with the crowbar for the duration.
I’m reminded of the X-Files character who said “I didn’t play D&D my whole life without learning a thing or two about courage!”
What are the “obvious reasons” that you’re thinking of?
Any game that teachers you how to survive the apocalypse would need to teach you, at a minimum:
- how to clean, load and fire a gun. (Hint: you cannot fire an assault rifle accurately from the hip while walking sideways)
- how to fix and/or maintain an engine (car or portable generator, for example)
- how to start a fire with a single match (preferably with no matches)
- how to perform first aid, including setting broken bones
- how to forage for food, including recognizing animal tracks and plant species.
And you’d want something to get you into shape to hike 10+ miles a day if necessary.
We will invite you to come back when you are older; this site is not appropriate for an 11-year-old.
The only practical stuff I see is learning how to pick a sniper spot. I don’t think the medical supplies will do an instant heal and be lying around with ammo to pick up. The games teach you that there is no real cut off point either, because you can always start from a save, but in war you learn that 10 seconds to late for a grenade isn’t good enough when your buddy dies because you’re late. Learning hand to hand in a game by pressing buttons doesn’t give you actual hand to hand skills. you get button pushing skills.
Here’s the Onion’s take on it:
I don’t understand this mentality. If you KNOW that you spelled it wrong, why don’t you TRY to spell it correctly? I mean, even just entering “appocolipse” into Google gives you: “Did you mean: apocalypse”? For God’s sake, Jack, put some effort into it! You have to TRY! [Rock Hudson in Pretty Maids All in a Row]I’m going to teach you to feel, man! To live![/Rock Hudson in Pretty Maids All in a Row]
Well, they don’t seem to be teaching us how to spell it.
All I can think is, Was I this naive when I was 11? Yeesh.
At least you can remember being 11.
Capitalisation is an essential survival skill. Zombies look for diminutive characters.