Does gaming (RPGs) make one a good writer?

As a gamer for 32 years, I'd say that gaming (table top/play by post) gaming will help your writing. Not so much for things like WoW or D&D Online. I suppose there is some aspects of the character creation process but it's all too programmed for my thinking to be too beneficial.

It helps even more to actually be the GM/DM of the situation, there in you're creating the story and the NPCs and so on which gets really creative and can inspire a lot of interesting material. I'm in the process of creating my own game world and am finding it a fantastic challenge but an amusing one.

I'd suggest tabletop or Play by Post to help with the writing though.

 

I believe gaming will give you more ideas about world building and character development than a book would, but that's just me. However, just because you play video games does not mean you will be a good writer. For that you truly need to read and get a feel for how other authors write.

 

I wouldn't say it's necessary but it can help. For example I'm writing a novel at the moment and just thinking of the world of final fantasy IX helped and inspired me. However now my novel's moved away from that and become it's own world without much similarities with ffIX, but it did definitely start me off well.