Must All Educational Games Be Boring?

from the who-would-want-to-play-this?!? dept

Mon, Aug 16th 2004 2:01am — Mike Masnick

Some researchers are trying to encourage those on food stamps to eat in a healthier way, while making the food stamps go further. They decided that, since so many young adults like to play video games, they might as well create some video games on the subject called The Fantastic Food Challenge. While it's a nice idea, the games sound ridiculously boring ("place baked beans, tortillas, frozen chicken and other virtual groceries into a cartoon-drawn freezer, cupboard or refrigerator"), and unlikely to attract much attention. While the designers suggest these games are more exciting than typical "eat smart" brochures, they forget that they're not competing against those brochures, but other video games. This brings up the question, then, why must all educational games be so painfully boring?

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ws, 16 Aug 2004 @ 8:38pm

foodstamp video game
That's unbelievable. Where do you get this stuff? This is a great site.
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Pussy, 30 Sep 2004 @ 5:37pm

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Boy... sounds a lot like the Sims...
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knockheads, 15 Dec 2009 @ 10:21am

Guess some are but 5 years on have your views changed.
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Anonymous Coward, 2 Mar 2010 @ 8:53am

yes
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stephanie, 24 Aug 2010 @ 10:29am

must all math games be boring?
why do all math games be boring?why cant u play math games and have fun 2 somebody needs to make math games fun and quivk.
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Anonymous Coward, 8 Feb 2019 @ 11:36am

this game is so fun it is funner than the 2nd funniest thing ever
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