Civilization gets kudos for educational value
Planet Civilization has posted an article highlighting the educational value of Sid Meier's popular strategy series. The games are noted for their geography-honing skills and interactive decision making tasks that provide kids with levels of engagement and direct feedback not found in textbooks. In response to similar write-ups of the Civ series, developer Firaxis has launched Teacher Features, an online resource inviting educators to share their experiences with video game-based curricula.
A certain shareholder of publisher Take-Two Interactive might be interested in knowing that the company he's invested in isn't all blood and guns.