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simulator game of some sort, but flight simulators are much more than
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entertainment. Sophisticated versions are used in the training of
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astronauts and pilots. If an inexperienced pilot crashes a flight
simulator, everyone aboard lives to tell the tale, making the

simulator an ideal training tool for an inherently dangerous job.

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Another area in which video games are useful is in self-improvement.
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Various online companies offer “brain training” via games developed

specifically to help increase a person’s memory, processing speed,
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and flexibility. The games are designed to be appealing and help
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people of any age build a better brain. Too bad they can’t teach
plain old common sense, a trait that far too many people lack.
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Teenagers who play games just for fun increase the speed at which

their brains process information and improve their ability to switch
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from one task to another. Many popular video games contain a high
level of violence, a factor that worries many parents.

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Video games are gaining respect for their ability to educate as

well as to entertain.

Were you able to spot the sentences that did not fit? The paragraph

lacks unity because sentences 8 and 10 do not support the topic

sentence of the paragraph.

Exercise 5-3 Spotting Problems

with Unity