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No one said anything about an education-like-game. Just because you learn something from a game, doesn't make it a game made to teach you anything. Did you even watch the video? The point is you learn social skills, leadership skills, optimism. The big one being optimism, not giving up on trying to get that "epic win", as she put. coughcough
I don't know about you, but I learned English from my games more than I did from my teachers. Ever trying to have a successful conversation in a RPG (e.g. Neverwinter Nights) without knowing what the NPCs are really saying? Well, that was my situation - I had a dictionary open on my computer and was frequently looking words up. Granted, this made my vocabulary a little more old fashioned and fancy, but I did learn a lot. Of course, I could have learned all that from books - but they were not only more expensive, but not as much fun. And were usually available translated.Think about this for a second. How many non-native English speakers are playing WoW (let's ignore all the other games for now) and are being forced to communicate in English? Wouldn't you say that a game that pretty much forces you to practice the most commonly used language is helpful? And it's so much more interesting than sitting in your classroom, listening to your teacher who may or may not speak the language with an accent. It's a simple thing, but it very much allowed me to move to the US and not feel like everybody was speaking an unknown language. Because I had over 5 years of almost hands-on practice with English.