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I am not big into the educational value of games – serious games or not. However, there are serious scholars who feel that games offer educational advantages not found in many traditional forms of instruction (e.g.., Gee).<\/p>\n

I encountered an analysis today that made me wonder what the game designers might think of this. This game designer argues that the story is irrelevant<\/a>. This position would seem to be at odds with academics such as Gee who began their examination of games as literature.<\/p>\n

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