Skillz I haz them

Most people over 30 will think of video games as, well, games, stuff that younger (mostly male) people do until they get around to growing up. The real world, however, is realizing that the skills learned while playing video games aren't completely useless. For example, we learn that surgeons hone skills on Nintendo Wii
. In addition, the military has found that "video games made better soldiers and sailors faster, safer and cheaper." In addition, businesses are finding that, along with learning manual skills, video games can teach leadership.