Reading in the news with the 'new generation of students, (unfortunately i am not one of those, but trying to keep up) I see that computers are the direction they want to go.

Granted, this is quite common that politicians and professors want to get publicity so to say very broad statements like 'we need more technology in education seems common place.

However, maybe they're really on to something? Would it be worth it to have a historically accurate video game? Being a Proud Canadian (Yes, my I have a PS3 cozy to keep it warm in my igloo!), i would love to play a game about a historical figure and his adventure coming to Upper Canada (yeah, ol' Samuel de Champlain). Or even looking at some of the roman wars and what a soldier did during his time. Would it be possible to make this a worthwhile game?

These games would not lend itself well to FPS but for strategy and RPG, knowing the history would be beneficial. What's nice is that the story has been written already and there are lots of references if one needs help. Many of our histories are littered with heros who have overcome huge obstacles to get something worthwhile.

Even looking at the trends, we started off learning from storytelling. That was formalized into writing and then we started to experiment and read. Even using the Internet to get information or do courses on-line is the next step in education. Would it be that much of a leap to have a historic video game? Can you imagine leading the troops into WWII Germany to try to take out Hitler (not quite like Wolfenstein).

I can see some political incorectness issues and people being upset. But history has both good things and bad things? Do we not write about the atrocities of Nazi-Germany? Do we not speak about slavery in the US?

I think that we should be going towards video games with a purpose. There was a great blog about Video games as (or as not as) art. Maybe we should be shifting the focus for a different purpose.