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Things improve with practice though, at least they did for me. I largely sucked at action video games as a kid, I also didn’t have interest probably because I
by grugagag 2y ago
Things improve with practice though, at least they did for me. I largely sucked at action video games as a kid, I also didn’t have interest probably because I wasn’t good. I took to learning musical instruments and now in my 40s I accidentally found Im pretty good at videogames, much much better than when I was young. Coincidentally I got better at sports as well.
- odo1242 2y agoThis reminds me of how a lot of top video game speedrunners (e.g. Portal) are professional musicians because they are very good with accurate timings lol
- vonunov 2y agoThere's also some anecdata floating around in the -- what would you call it, the "competitive speed typing" community? Or "people who play TypeRacer a lot". Some seemingly significant correlation between skill in typing and piano. Or at least the appearance of skilled typists having some interest or experience in piano. This could probably be generalized to being good at fingering or timing, or maybe even further, to having effective mindsets or attitudes regarding performance of skills (like the need for a presumptive confidence of sorts), or being aware of good practice methods.
- lelanthran 2y agoI accept your hypothesis, but allow me to suggest an alternative hypothesis for you to consider (and maybe reject after consideration). I am in my late 40s. Modern videogames are a great deal easier than games I played as a child. I tried playing a few games from my mispent youth recently, and was absolutely amazed at just how much harder they were. FWIW, I also play music, mostly guitar.