Episode 129: Can Games Be Used to Teach?

We know that games are often used as a fun past time, but can video games and table top roleplaying games be used to teach serious topics? In this episode Al discusses a couple of games that tried to inform or educate the player on serious subjects and attracted controversy and criticism for doing so. Was the game developer right or wrong? We will all come to our own conclusion, but it is something worth pondering.