• jaschen@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Gen X here. Honestly, I was a shit typer until I got a keyboard for my sega dreamcast and bought “Typing of the dead”.

    I went from hunt and peck to well over 100wpm.

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      2 months ago

      Typing of the dead

      Still my favorite example of gamification: take a useful task and make it so fun that people will gladly devote hours and hours of their time to it.

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        2 months ago

        I didn’t know I was learning a life skill at the time. I was having such a good time playing and wanted to get better and better. I guess this sorta holds true for any sport.

        My girlfriend (wife now) at the time also played with me using two keyboards. She types over 120wpm.