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I’m Learnding!: Do Educational Games Work?

news.gotgame.com — Though many of us grew up with educational games like Oregon Trail —where the most important lesson was how hilarious attempting to ford a river could be—school systems still have faith in the game-as-teacher model. "Immune Attack," a pseudo-first-person shooter, aims to be the Oregon Trail of immunology. But does it succeed?

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  • Pookie003, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Haha, I remember, as a kid, my parents would have me play the Reader's Rabbit educational games and I didn't learn a thing. On the other hand, games like Civ made me interested in history and I actually learned some things. Maybe because Civ doesn't force you to learn that you're drawn to learning?
  • EnfantinChloe, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1Any up for some Carmen Sandiego?
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