Games blur news and entertainment: "Digital media, and particularly digital media of a game simulation type, is going to become one of our staple kinds of expressive media..."
Comment: Few arguments can be made against the effectiveness of games as a means of learning, motivation, simulation, and creating shared understandings. Still, in spite of the enormous benefits of gaming, it's an infrequently used tool in learning. Development costs are too high (due largely to lack of effective game creation tools) and skilled developers are hard to find.