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Games Better Than Books?

Posted by michael on from the precision-motor-control dept.

cellullama writes "Some of the leading video-game researchers are saying that games are better for teaching than textbooks. Three University of Wisconsin professors just said schools and corporate trainers should learn something from Halo 2 and Half-life. My workplace is already doing this (but don't tell my boss.)"

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  1. Re:Bullcrap. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "Dude, I totally fragged you with that asymptote!"


    (Switches to Chainrule weapon)

    Suck that derivative death down, biatch!
  2. Play online by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There is nothing like a "real time" spelling/grammar nazi, to help you spell.

    Player: OMG i killed u to.
    GNazi: It's 'I killed you too', RETARD!!!

  3. And she's hawwwwt... by jfoust2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What, this story has been up for an hour or more and no one's stalked the home page of the researcher and no one's mentioned that she's hot?
    https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/steinkuehler/web/funny pics.html

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