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*grabs Age of Empires and Age of Empires II instruction books* Here is the wealth of information for all of your historical needs. Go learn about US politics at school and how a bill becomes a law. Me? I'll be learning about the Battle of Agincourt and the rise of agrarian economies in the Dark Ages. Did you know that Regicide means the assassination of a king? Oh, you're going to English/Vocab class? Yeah, what does scintillating mean, scrub? How about beguile? Dubious? These words strange to you?  Not to me, I learned what those words and more meant playing Everquest when I was 15. Some of those vocab words I learned actually did help me become a better reader and more well read. Knowing the political make up of England and France seriously helped me do better in my college History courses since that stuff wasn't covered in high school. What did YOU learn from video games that you didn't or wouldn't have learned in school that you think is pretty kickin rad and/or has actually helped you in life (outside of internet arguments)
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no school will ever match the calibur of knowledge i learned from games
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Aug 28, 2015 15:08
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the sims taught me hwo ot make friend and influence people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2EQEsGFCc
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Aug 28, 2015 15:09
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My favorite part of buying a new videogame used to be reading the story in the front of the manual.
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Aug 28, 2015 15:11
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i learned that getting girls to do sex with you is about saying the right combination of things at the right time
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Aug 28, 2015 15:13
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Applewhite posted:My favorite part of buying a new videogame used to be reading the story in the front of the manual. This thread was made for you, man. Said you wanted some fun threads to post in. I learned from Counter Strike that headshots from an AK always are fatal, but from M4's they are not.
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After the end of World War II, the world was split into two - East and West. This was the beginning of the era called the Cold War. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx76RGHbfms
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Jastiger posted:This thread was made for you, man. Said you wanted some fun threads to post in. I learned that the fourth word on the third paragraph of page 6 of the Wings of Fury manual is "bombs."
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i know a ton about the knights templar and the assassins
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I learned a lot about Atlantis from the LucasArts graphical adventure 'Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis' This knowledge has proven to be completely useless
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Aug 28, 2015 15:20
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Also  Wings of Fury.Which has never been successfully remade.
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Jastiger posted:*grabs Age of Empires and Age of Empires II instruction books* Listen up y'all, THIS is how you get the ladies.
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Aug 28, 2015 15:21
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i learend how to be italian from super mario and his brother lugigi
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Aug 28, 2015 15:22
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*crude hand gestures* imma gonna win
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lonesomedwarf posted:i learned that getting girls to do sex with you is about saying the right combination of things at the right time It took me loving forever to get the drat bra unhooking QTE down
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i made fifth place in my schools geography bee entirely off of what i learned from where in the US is carmen sandiego
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Naerasa posted:i made fifth place in my schools geography bee entirely off of what i learned from where in the US is carmen sandiego That's an educational game, though. And a good one at that.
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Aug 28, 2015 15:40
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I learned that mecha Hitler was defeated by a lone Allied soldier thus ending the second world war.
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Aug 28, 2015 15:43
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i learned how to save the princessw/o resulting to DEMEANING PRACICTCISE LIKE NEGGING
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Lunixnerd posted:I learned that mecha Hitler was defeated by a lone Allied soldier thus ending the second world war. Actually even in spite of that the second world war persisted until 1948 and was eventually won by the Axis powers.
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before wikipedia existed we had the civilopedia
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Putty posted:the sims taught me hwo ot make friend and influence people as long as it involves throwing them in a swimming pool and removing the ladder/stairs
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Aug 28, 2015 15:55
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Learned that Alexander the Great was really, really good at giving money to City States
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My fav game when I was little was "Aldo." Was over a decade before I learned he was a ripoff of Mario.
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A fortnight is two weeks!
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Learned the word "eon" (referring to a length of time) from "If it Moves, Shoot It." Also the word "Zephyr" from the videogame of the same name.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbmhwN4gxEs and thats how i became a nascar driver
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A barrel roll is something that is not only important to do, but is a plane spinning throughout the air!
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i unironically learned more from AoE2 and then subsequent reading because of the interest it sparked in ancient culture than I EVER did in 7th grade history take that mrs frazee, rear end in a top hat
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Moridin920 posted:i unironically learned more from AoE2 and then subsequent reading because of the interest it sparked in ancient culture than I EVER did in 7th grade history Unironically this.
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*can visually identify and rattle off the scientific name sof 30 herbs/mushrooms from playing alchemists in elder scrolls games*
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Aug 28, 2015 17:08
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I learned about Zaubers, Verboten Jams, and The Chaos Dunk.
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Aug 28, 2015 17:59
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i started learning english when i was like 8yo by playing monkey island and having my dad translate phrases / words i didnt understand
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Crusader Kings 2 bitches
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Everything I learned about life and social interaction I learned in EVE Online.
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bewilderment posted:After the end of World War II, the world was split into two - East and West. This was the beginning of the era called the Cold War. metal gear has taught me all i need to know
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im going to kill you with a poleaxd nigga
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Nanomashoes posted:I learned about Zaubers, Verboten Jams, and The Chaos Dunk. Gun's
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