MIT Games to Teach

I'm an addict. OK, now I've said it. I'm addicted to role playing games (RPGs) like Diablo, StarCraft, and Dungeon Siege. What if a player were to put the amount of hours, thought, and money into learning that people put into RPGs?

The Games-to-Teach Project at MIT created several prototype games that they hope will "lay the foundation for next-generation educational gaming." One game, Hephaestus, is a "massively multiplayer role playing game" where players design robots to colonize a planet. This game teaches physics concepts that the players must consider in their robot design. You can view a movie online [Quicktime][AVI]. Warning: big files!