Talking Point: Should More Games Try to Teach Us Something?

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Talking Point: Should More Games Try to Teach Us Something?

Added: 09.07.2014 8:13 | 10 views | 0 comments

Push Square: "Edutainment is a dirty word. We typically associate the embarrassing portmanteau with low budget trash such as Mario Teaches Typing and Donkey Kong Jr. Math or worse still, the borderline archaic Flash and Shockwave minigames that litter government websites. However, are we letting bad examples impede the true potential of educational games and should the industry be doing more to challenge us at an academic level from time to time?"