Remember playing Oregon Trail on those old, bulky computers with the blinking white cursor? Or watching Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and trying to memorize landmarks and geography? We were so excited to be at the computer lab and so entertained while we learned. It’s almost a trick, if you think about it. But a really awesome trick that everyone can get on board with.

Read more about the progress of the educational game industry and how to add it to your TXGU student support and STEM encouragement. (After all, who isn’t always looking for ways to grow their bag of tricks?) There are so, so, so many ways to game-ify education it’s not even funny. Whether it’s a game that’s teaching algebra skills or The Sims, it appeals to students in a massive way—and that’s really what we want knowledge to do, right?