Implicit v Explicit Learning

Can intention turn something that is explicit learning into implicit?

When I was younger I loved to play the Disney’s Adventures in Typing with Timon and Pumpaa game but the reasoning for me playing was not to become a better typer but it was just because I enjoyed the individual challenges and most importantly the characters Timon and Pumbaa and the gang. My personal favorite mini game you could say was the smack-a-bug game where you would have to type the letter on the bug that popped up to whack him it was almost like whack a mole but instead using a hammer you used the keys on the keyboard. So I was playing the game to fulfill other satisfactions such as entertainment rather than just playing to learn how to type which was the objective of playing the game but it is not what I played it for. So this leads me to believe that even if a video games objective is to make you explicitly learn something such as the lay out of the keyboard or how to type it can be an implicit learning experience if those are not your intention or not exactly aware that you are learning to type makes it an implicit learning experience because while you are getting your entertainment you are also learning to type even though you are not aware of this.

Reference

Downs , Edward . "Implicit and Explicit Learning ." COMM 3560: Video Game Entertainment. University of Minnesota Duluth. Power Point , Duluth. 2 May 2013. Class lecture.