I thought we were over the games are only good for entertainment but then I bump into (game) researchers that insist that games are only good for fun… They don’t see any proof that games can learn. I mean how ignorant can people be. It would probably be more precise to say that we need proof that games are NOT about learning. All games ultimately involve some kind of mastery, progression and learning (not including cheap gamification marketing stunt examples) – that is the very fabric of a game. The question has never been whether you can learn from games but rather what things they are better for learning and under what circumstances. For example teaching 300 page textbook chronology of history facts will never be the favorite flavor for games medium. Rather we should looks to learning systems, patterns, mechanics, procedures etc.
Give me strength because though know not what they are saying.