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I'd say virtually any game that somehow relates to programming stuff makes you smarter: You develop problem solving skills. It will only make you "smarter" though if it doesn't revolve around (mechanically) applying an algorithm but if it lets you solve problems in a creative way.
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I'd say virtually any game that somehow relates to programming stuff makes you smarter: You develop problem solving skills. It will only make you "smarter" though if it doesn't revolve around (mechanically) applying an algorithm but if it lets you solve problems in a creative way.
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Sometimes
it
depends
on
what
you
do
with
the
game:
You
can
play
minecraft
by
spanking
sheep
and
digging
dirt,
but
you
can
also
build
entire
CPUs
in
it.
You'll
likely
learn
more
with
the
latter
(
for
example,
back
when
you
had
nothing
but
torches
and
dust,
I
wrote
a
program
[outside
of
minecraft]
that
would
figure
out
how
to
combine
the
NOR
gates
[which
is
how
the
torches
work]
to
recreate
a
gate
given
its
truth
table
[including
arbitrary
numbers
of
inputs
and
outputs]
with
simulated
annealing
[with
the
goal
to
minimize
the
amount
of
torches
used])
.
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Sometimes
it
depends
on
what
you
do
with
the
game:
You
can
play
minecraft
by
spanking
sheep
and
digging
dirt,
but
you
can
also
build
entire
CPUs
in
it.
You'll
likely
learn
more
with
the
latter
(
for
example,
back
when
you
had
nothing
but
torches
and
dust,
I
wrote
a
program
[outside
of
minecraft]
that
would
figure
out
how
to
combine
the
NOR
gates
[which
is
how
the
torches
work]
to
recreate
an
arbitrary
gate
given
its
truth
table
[including
arbitrary
numbers
of
inputs
and
outputs]
with
simulated
annealing
[with
the
goal
to
minimize
the
amount
of
torches
used])
.
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I hope this thread doesn't diverge into "define intelligence!" discussions...
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I hope this thread doesn't diverge into "define intelligence!" discussions...
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I mean, there surely are ways/games to train your performance in various intelligence tests, but I don't think that's what we're after here.
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I mean, there surely are ways/games to train your performance in various intelligence tests, but I don't think that's what we're after here.
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GeoGuessr
is
a
good
example
of
something
that
probably
doesn't
make
you
more
"intelligent",
but
will
surely
make
you
more
knowledgeable.
This
category
will
include
a
lot
of
learning
games
though
:P
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GeoGuessr
is
a
good
example
of
something
that
probably
doesn't
make
you
more
"intelligent",
but
will
surely
make
you
more
knowledgeable.
This
category
will
include
a
lot
of
learning
games
though.
:P
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Hm, sorry for rambling about so much... I guess I should include some games myself.
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Hm, sorry for rambling about so much... I guess I should include some games myself.
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Ah, I found what I had in mind. I played this game like 5 years ago, but it immediately came to my mind when thinking about the topic:
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Ah, I found what I had in mind. I played this game like 5 years ago, but it immediately came to my mind when thinking about the topic:
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http://www.zachtronics.com/the-codex-of-alchemical-engineering/
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http://www.zachtronics.com/the-codex-of-alchemical-engineering/
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The "engineering" in the title is well deserved in my eyes :)
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The "engineering" in the title is well deserved in my eyes :)
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Bonus
game:
Try
finding
this
game
via
google
when
all
you
remember
is
the
gameplay
and
that
it
had
the
word
alchemy!
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Bonus
game:
Try
finding
this
game
via
google
when
all
you
remember
is
the
gameplay
and
that
it
had
the
word
alchemy
in
the
name!
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