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College Students Find ‘Serious’ Video Games Educational, Fun – US News and World Report

April 9, 2012 Robert O. Duncan

All work and no play is said to make Johnny a dull boy. But the proliferation of educational video games—what professors and game industry professionals call ‘serious’ games—in college and graduate school classrooms and on campus suggests work and play can occur simultaneously.

via College Students Find ‘Serious’ Video Games Educational, Fun – US News and World Report.

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