On Dec 25, 8:12 pm, Galen <ga...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> He also predicted that games would become truly educational
> though - would have to be, that there is too much people have
> to know for the classroom to teach it all - but has that happened?
>
> World War II was a major unit of US History, and there are several
> games about re-fighting it - some of which even include the
> economic factors that decided the real war. Is there a War of
> the Three Kingdoms game for Chinese History?
11 of them. And that's just Koei's interpretation. But I can't
really say how many of the economic elements of the period factor into
the game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms_(game)
> And then we have Civilization for world history.
> Carmen Sandiego for geography ... any others?
Well, Tetris taught me that if you rotate boxes around, you can make
more efficient use of existing warehouse space. Does that count? :-)
And ****tal teaches valuable lessons on how to use dimensional gates to
overcome the limitations of 3-dimensional-space. It also reminds us
to never trust the computer, but a career in IT had already taught me
that lesson. (THE CAKE IS A LIE!)
> Phoenix Wright for Law ... or wait; if you followed
> his example in an actual court, you'ld be pilloried.
>
> Math, ironically, is all about computing algorithms
> by hand, and is purely rote instruction until late
> high school introduces geometric proofs. (Although,
> the best math teacher I had in high school was my
> Drafting instructor - geometric solutions of algebra
> problems for the win. The geometry class itself taught
> only theory of proofs and never mentioned that the
> techniques even could be used to solve problems.)
> Altough a game could be based on riddles, as Lewis
> Caroll did during the Victorian era. Unfortunately,
> math instruction in the US has somehow reached
> a point where a majority of adults take pride in
> not being able to balance their own checkbook.
>
> What we need are some good games about
> real economics - Trader on the Silk Road,
> Lemonade Stand, Tycoon, Loan Shark, and most
Ookami to Kou****nryo DS. One part ren-ai, one part trading
simulation.
http://www.spicy-wolf.com/comics/ds.html
> of all: Land Shark (lending swindles are breaking
> the US economy). Oh, and a variant on Operation
> where the players try to come up with the money
> to pay for it before their relative dies.
An anime inspired variant on the Operation game would end in tragic
failure as a blackmail h-game. It would be made by Black CYC or
Lillith, feature mind-control, guro, extreme penetrations, and full-
voice acting.
Pink Pineapple or Milky would do an h-anime adoptation several years
later, which would be widely derided for straying too far from the
original plot, and depicting the "Happy End" where you raise the money
to save your sick imouto, instead of the "True End" where despite you
and your imouto becoming the ***-slaves of a depraved insurance claims
agent, your claim is denied and she wastes away in the dungeon.
It could be worse. We could be training doctors and nurses with
"Yakin Byouto".
http://www.himeyashop.com/product_info.php/products_id/1006
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