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Tetris teaches geometry? Bit of a stretch there. It may use geometry but it's not teaching anything I ever learned in geometry. Wife loves Tetris and she can't

• tessierashpool 12y ago
  "Even computer games that were not developed with the explicit intent to provide such training, such as Block Out and several versions of Tetris, have been found to contribute to enhancing spatial skills." http://web.jhu.edu/cty/STBguide.pdf http://web.jhu.edu/cty/STBguide.pdf
  • wutbrodo 12y ago
    I can see how he was confused by the conflation of "teaches geometry" and "improves spatial skills" (though I can of course see how you could say the former and mean the latter).
    • tessierashpool 12y ago
      well, yeah. I tend to check Hacker News in the morning, while I'm making my espresso, and my precision sometimes suffers accordingly. sorry, I'd probably get a lot more upvotes if that weren't the case.
  • munro 12y ago
    Where have they been found? This doesn't prove your claim that Tetris teaches geometry, or anything really, there's no data. I'm sure it does have some affect though, like playing a lot of Tetris improves your ability to play Tetris. :) Unrelated, I notice the Tetris effect [1] strongly when I play RTS games too long. I still see the game when I go to bed, and I get weird urges to perform the actions of the game when I'm not playing. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect