Outlaw Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 I just wanted to share a really funny story about GTA III with all of you. This year, I have a physics teacher who is fresh out of colledge. It's his first year teaching and he is a major videogamming nut. When we where first studying the effects of physics, and the way thing work before getting in depth, our teacher said we would be watching something. We all though it would be some old 1980's movie on physists and what not. But no, he shocked us all when he brought out the TV with a PS2 attached to it. He booted it up to show he was playing none other than GTA III. He than proceeded to show us how physics worked on the car by going on ramages with his car, hitting the unique jumps, and crashing into everything in sight. My favorite was when he took a truck, and started to go head on with a Cheetah. He said "Now, we are in a 7 ton truck, heading towards this 2 ton cheetah at an equal velocity. Which vehicle to you think will feel the greatest acceleration." So you see, Grand Theft Auto can teach us so much more than how to cause havoc to the point that the national guard is after us. (he showed us that too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCajones Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Wow that's pretty funny and very cool! I wish I had a teacher like that, sure we have some that play video games and let us watch fun videos at the end of term, but none actually play video games as a demonstration! That must of been funny, but I would of snatched the controller of my teacher lol. I hope he didn't kill anyone on these rampages lol or he would be teaching you a bad thing. Did you learn anything lol? :demon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 [color=#808080]That's really cool. I think games can teach a lot about certain things; physics being one of them. GTA's physics are somewhat exaggerated in most cases, but the vehicle movement is pretty good. It [i]can[/i] teach you a lot about physics if you analyze it. It's interesting...games like GTA are getting closer and closer to those professional crash test simulations, in terms of the reactions that cars have to one another. It seems obvious to me that some teachers will start using video games as a way of demonstrating realistic physics. It's probably cheaper and easier than building some complex model or something like that.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Break Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 [size=1][color=crimson]That's an interesting and fun way to teach a lesson. That's what I like about GTA; it's fun and some nutty physics teachers use it to teach kids. Genius. ^_^[/size][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShinje Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 I think alot of teachers can learn alot from this guy. 1) use Aliens games to simulate what you should do in case Ripleys [size=1](believe it or not)[/size] Aliens do exist 2) demonstrate how to tackle espionage and impossibly huge unimaginable machines with Metal gear Solid. 3) History Lesson: Physics in GTA1 :p I have always know GTA was a great learning tool. (aah, those beutifull "sick" days off school) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 [size=1][color=darkblue]Heh,your teacher sounds really cool, but I think you should ask him this; Sir, why, when I drive into this wall, at this speed, do I fly into 'blue hell'? Hee Hee. My teacher had a conversation with my and Cajones about Vice City once before, and Hitman 2, which was pretty interesting, but other than that, I haven't really spoke about games with teachers in school.[/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoCactuar Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 Man... I wish my teachers played video games. They are all Rugby buffs, damn my Rugby obsessed school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShinje Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by NeoCactuar [/i] [B]Man... I wish my teachers played video games. They are all Rugby buffs, damn my Rugby obsessed school. [/B][/QUOTE] What would you expect from a Rugby obsessed nation? :p There are rugby games they could have used for something like, P.E I guess lol. or the fact that Tommy could be a really good rugby player, ugh, I'm starting to sound like them! *hides from self* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Break Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 [size=1][color=crimson]It's a shame you couldn't keep this on topic. Thread closed.[/size][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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