Videogames taught me that, no matter how good you think you are, there's always someone out there who is better than you. I used to take part of shmup competitions and it was crazy how high some players could score. No matter how much I practiced, I could never beat some people. And this carries over to real life too.

It's humbling but also exciting that you're never a master at something. There's always new things to learn, even if you devote a lifetime to it.

I've learned that talking to a random stranger on the street usually ends with me owing them 10 rat pelts.

Are you saying this is like a gleam.io giveaway without using gleam.io?

OMG...again with that!? Seriously you guys will never learn, huh? Either you love to piss your community or all of your contests are rigged. There's no other explanation for this nonsense of having to force the contestants to be Shakespeare...or to say exactly what your "judges" want to hear/read.
Last time you did one of these your "experts" chose a very dumb, non-compliant and super-shady entry as the 1st prize and everyone was angry AF for it. And here we are. Again with the "experts panel" selecting winners based on completely subjective factors. SMH

You need to change your ways and just held a good ol' classic contest where the winner is the first one to solve something or is 100% chosen at random. Otherwise your contests are never going to be fair. Or fun.

Just my 2 cents.

There is no 1 game that taught me this but it's been a redeeming asset to my character.

Video games have taught me tolerance and persistence to not lose my cool under pressure and know that it was all for fun.

In life, this have helped me to be patient and to keep believing everything will be okay.
There is lot to be said for finding ways to enjoy the moment and having fun!

I have always had a very poor sense of direction. Playing video games that required me to learn to follow maps and routes, such as Red Baron, improved my navigation skills tremendously in real life as well as in the gaming world.

From the years of racing games, especially recently being able to use a steering wheel, i learned how to deal with a car when you lose control of it. Saved me from a crash in 2019 winter when my rear wheels lost grip and i instictively started drifting on the roundabout rather than sliding right into a car at one of the junctions.

to be fair it should be adjusted to inflation

You know those little sliding block picture puzzles?

I am the only person I know IRL who can successfully do those things, thanks 100% to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and the stream of them it throws at you for rupees in the basement of the chateau making the method finally click in my head.

Doesn't sound like much, but I don't have many tricks that people find as weirdly impressive as that one.

You cannot re-spawn in real life, so choose your next move with extreem caution. :)

Assassin's Creed: It's easier to walk through crowds of people by making yourself thinner, and walking sideways.

I learned of the existance of Edward D Wood Jr from seeing the clip from Plan 9 they put on the PS2 version of Destroy All Humans.

By playing Pathologic, I learned to think outside the box and question myself about our world and the true definition of life and death but also the concept of reality.

I've learned from dark souls and similar games how to approach problems methodically and avoid unnecessary mistakes by doing so. I've also become paranoid.

Video games have imparted a lot of lessons. Most interesting is the lesson from My Time At Portia.

When you show up and get your workshop, and your tools, and workbench and everything, the other builder in the town was always kind of snobbish and upset (as he should be, you are competition now.)

Later on, during one of the events when you have a chance to chat with him, it turns out he is more than a little upset because he seemingly did a lot of work and a lot of developing to get to where he is, and you just show up, get a place, a workshop, and all kinds of useful tools and help right away.

Basically, lesson was that sometimes the things that you can just get are unique to you, and other people likely take it personally if you constantly use it to your advantage. While I don't have the comfiest of living, I know that a lot of things Ive gotten are just not a thing that happens for many others.