Authentic vs Educational Games
It appears that authentic games with curriculum connections have more validity in the classroom.
Authentic (COTS – Commercial Off The Shelf) games allow students to engage at a deeper level than a game developed purely for educational purposes. One contributing factor I feel would be simply the commercial aspect.
The COTS games can afford to spend the time to make the game detailed and engaging – and production of the game would rarely begin without a detailed market analysis and effort spent on story-line.
Maybe this is missing from ‘educational’ games?
http://librarygamer.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/authentic-versus-educational-games/
