Extreme Edutainment

Ok this article is both reassuring as it is frightening. I'm all for people helping other people and having individuals expand their horizons, but a gamer using a game to treat my injuries? Slightly disturbing, this one turned out well, and I'm glad someone was there to assist, but is this really the way we want to have people trained? Good thing it wasn't an argument/conflict... the game would've taught him to shoot the one wearing clothes the most different from his own.

Perhaps I'm looking at it from the wrong angle...

Perhaps we should see this as an opportunity. A chance to reach out to the gamers out there. It could be a way to teach almost anything, including all the topics that are a favorite here on the Blog O'Scorn. Including literacy, driving skills, parenting, manners, relationships, and anything else I've ranted on. I can see the games changing now... Racing games turn into games that see how high you can get your MPG while retaining the fewest points on your license, or for parenting, high scores depending on how good of a citizen they turn into...

Perhaps a new day is dawning on an educated society that teaches itself by gaming.
(Ah well... good to have dreams, right?)