The overthinker boots up the Virtual Fireplace and talks about Holiday Game Shopping. Fans, send this one to those you reckon need it.


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By 00tyler on February 8, 2010

I’m proof that all games are educational. They’re how i learned to read. Screw school.

By neverolvido on February 8, 2010

Yeah i remember how the english language was forced to get into my brain thanks to things like the 3 ff games in the ps1, and later helping me to know the overly complicated plots of games like the metal gear series or silent hill, and thanks to this achieving nearly always an A+ in english class xD, BTW i`m from colombia and we use NTSC tvs so we can`t play spanish translated games because that ones just work on PAL tvs

By fratdogs on February 8, 2010

the ancient tony hawk games really some what tought me how to skate board. see video games brought a stout kid exercise.

By flameman9 on February 8, 2010

amen!

By chickenfetusnarr on February 8, 2010

send this shit to jack thompson and hillary clinton!

By DashTyro on February 8, 2010

if you reckon about it, GTA4 can also teach you some russian, (or italian, cant remember which) if you willing to read the subtitles while they’re speaking it

By bealtespip123 on February 8, 2010

RPGs taught me to read excessively and improved my reading skills a lot more than most kids that didn’t play games. = ]

By coolgeek35 on February 8, 2010

LBP is a excellent educational game as it teaches patience, problem solving, and physics while encouraging imagination and creativity

By TheDJGrandPa on February 8, 2010

Pokémon taught me a lot of English when I was a 7 year ancient Swedish boy :P

Fantastic episode, would have shown it to my parents if they wouldn’t already have accepted video games. Hell, my step dad have played Battlefield 2 pretty much every day since 2005 xD

By cheetah672 on February 8, 2010

Another year, another pleased holiday season, another lengthy period of time where I send this video to parents who need them

By thetylife on February 8, 2010

Yes!!! Some parents..like my Uncle and Aunt are soooo uninformed about video games.They basicly banned my 13 yr. ancient cousin from gaming his whole life for dread of him getting addicted and neglecting his school work.That is a load of crap. Meanwhile he is relegated to just vegetating in front of the Disney Channel in his free time.I feel sorry for the kid.

By CurtDogg on February 8, 2010

Hey Cars was awesome >=(

By TheSevenSages on February 8, 2010

While the appropriate language caught me off guard, another brilliant video!

By aabb3ElOriginal on February 8, 2010

@Ashadow700 yeah, but it’s not really an advantage

By Ashadow700 on February 8, 2010

No… that the game teaches us english… i thought that was, well, obvious

By MaxlovesCartoons001 on February 8, 2010

yes, I’ve just re-read my comment lol, its a pretty nonsencial comment lol.

By aabb3ElOriginal on February 8, 2010

@MaxlovesCartoons001 uhmm… sure…

By aabb3ElOriginal on February 8, 2010

@Ashadow700 advantage? hmm… I don’t reckon so

By LordToast on February 8, 2010

And if you really want to get technical, SMG has 242 stars.

By seatspud on February 8, 2010

The flames are talkin’ to me maaaann!

By Ashadow700 on February 8, 2010

Heh, and all us non-native English speakers have an obvious HUGE advantage in playing games. ^^ In fact, I pretty much resented English untill I happend to pick up Final Fantasy X.

By pleasmarryme on February 8, 2010

yea ive played it a few times and i always managed to get stuck in that temple

By KuraIthys on February 8, 2010

That depends. Parts of Mario Galaxy are harder than anything in Mario 64.
Then again, parts are simpler.

On balance, getting to bowser is simpler, but getting 121 stars… (yes, SMG has 121) Quite a lot harder…

By PlaystationMasterPS3 on February 8, 2010

the fire is creepy…

By AndrewAnime on February 8, 2010

Ocarina of Time also increases your ability to tolerate something annoying that after saying “Hey!” “Hey!” *presses button* “Listen!” gives completely obvious/useless information: Navi

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