Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Why it is important to go to arcade:
- One of the main attraction of arcade is DDR (Dance Dance Revolution). It is very fun and you can exercise and lose weight and keep fit at the same time. It also trains your stamina and with enough DDR, you might just master the Endurance spell.
- Many of the games require good hand-eye coordination. Such as Para Para or Time Crisis. For the latter, it trains your eyesight, your reaction time and your shooting accuracy. Some games such as King Of Fighters require you to spam buttons (correct ones) in a very short time. You develop the ability to perform very quick calculations and before you know it, you become more keen and can pay better attention during lectures. You also can think better.
- Games such as Daytona hones your driving skills. It lets you get used to the steering wheel and gears so you can better pass your driving test in future. It also trains your judgement and estimation skills when you think of how to execute that sharp turn.
- You learn team work. Cooperative play such as DDR allows one player to continue to the next level even if he/she fails so long as the other player passes.
- Contrary to popular beliefs, arcade isn't expensive (if you go with a pro player). $2 can last you for a good half an hour at the DDR machine, which is much cheaper than membership at some gym, despite acrueing the same benefits. It MIGHT be a little expensive if you are newbie, but as you get more and more pro, you realise you need less and less tokens. For example Edmund can pown everyone in KOF with just minimal tokens. Or Gareth with his DDR.
- Besides, all these life skills you learn in arcade, you still are concerned about money? These skills are so much more important than those we will ever learn in schools, and yet school fees are still way more expensive than arcade. And school isn't fun at all.
Hence, what are you waiting for? Next time school dismiss early, or holiday, bring home clothes and go zham arcade.
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