Ok by a show of hands how many people reading this in their mid twenties to early thirties remember educational video games in grade school, high school or middle school? I’m 26 nigh on 27 here and I vividly remember as a reward for classroom achievement in grade school we were given time on the classroom PC, or mac. Depending on what classroom we where in. The games we played were classics like Oregon Trail, Where in the (World / USA / Time) is Carmen San Diego, typing tutor, Math Blaster, Logo for programming. it was a hoot. This leads me to the current status of video games in the classroom and the fear that the mere words invoke. According to a little blurb linked from TechDirt that professors now find themselves confronted with the need to defend educational video games. And that revenue for these titles has been steadily decreasing. No wonder why they are stuck in a mode of thinking and game design gear strictly towards smaller children, Reader Rabbit should not be the apex of game design for your genre, but rather a stepping stone to greater things. The game modes should be engaging the content diverse […]