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Professor, student-made computer game makes national impact

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With the rise of interest in video and computer games, one UW-Whitewater professor and her students have created a computer game that was chosen to participate in the Serious Game and Showcase Challenge Nov. 26-29 in Orlando, Fla....

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John Sutherland

posted 11/22/08 @ 3:26 PM CST

Wow. Boring. Just why do people try and make video games educational? It reminds me that the purposes of the BBC are to be educational, entertaining and informative. That is, dull, interesting and boring.

Video games are about three things: fun, fun and fun. Attempts to make them educational will probably all fail, commercially.

Jason

posted 11/25/08 @ 11:39 AM CST

To the comment above, I've got two words for you:

Oregon Trail
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