The Educational Benefits of Playing RuneScape
By Antoinette McGowan, published Jan 24, 2007
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RuneScape is an online RPG community aimed at providing an entertaining online gaming experience. Providing a gaming experience that people of all ages can enjoy. Runescape tries to educate their players in ways that will help with developing skills that they could use in their everyday life.The creators at Jagex have very strong stance on responsible gaming. They try to give players not only entertainment but also education. They present the players with thought-provoking challenges that make the game not only fun but stimulating as well.
One of the most obvious benefits of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game is the player interaction. Thousands of players are simultaneously playing in the RuneScape world. They are forming friendships that are just like the friendships formed at school. Maybe even a little better than the friendships at school, because the friendships here gives the kid no one likes at school a chance to form friendships and learn about team work. Since this kid is behind a computer screen his friendships are based on his personality not on his looks.
The geek, the poor kid and the shy kid for example all have a chance to really show off to people who they really are. Being behind a computer screen gives them the confidence to form friendships that they other wise would be to scared to form. So with this the outside appearance has no factor in building friendships. It truly is all about what is on the inside.
Some of the ways these friendships are formed is through teamwork during teamwork specific quests. These quests require two or more players to work together in order to complete the quest.

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Takeaways
- They are forming friendships that are just like the friendships formed at school.
- With learning the working of an economic system players can incorporate what they have learned into their everyday lives.
- Another benefit of RuneScape is the opportunities for players to test their mental abilities.
Did You Know?
A recent UK survey highlighted that 82% of nine to 19-year-olds have at least one games console and 70% play computer games online.Today's Most Commented On
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