Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by baby » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 2:59 PM UTC

Honestly the kid section of bookstores is amazing to me. There are so many hyper pedagogical book/games/labs to learn about anything. I don't know why we don't shop there as adult

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by funkjunky » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 3:00 PM UTC

Https://yousician.com teaches you play musical instruments via a guitar-hero like game interface. Also supports your own/community content

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by blablablerg » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 3:01 PM UTC

www.nandgame.com

it was a couple of days ago on HN, really loved it and learned something from it.

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by wodenokoto » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 3:01 PM UTC

I played Khan Academys "World of Math"-missions as if it was a game. It really helped with my mental arithmetic and memorizing middle school equations, for which I did understand the concept, but could never remember.

https://www.khanacademy.org/mission/math (need login)

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by baby » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 3:01 PM UTC

To learn Chinese get wordswing. It's an interactive gamebook where you can hover words you don't know. It's amazing.

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by wibr » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 3:02 PM UTC

I learned a lot about aviation as a kid/teenager playing the Microsoft Flight Simulator. All the important instruments, flight control, radio navigation, flight patterns etc. Good times on Meigs Field.

Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

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Post by superdeeda » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 3:04 PM UTC

hardwaresofton wrote: post #17

I found flexboxfroggy ( http://flexboxfroggy.com ) to be an excellent resource for learning flexbox when I came across it. Just enough gamification, and enough straight concepts to allow me to build confidence quickly and make it a bit easier to remember the knobs flexbox offers.