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5 digital games that teach civics through play

  • Written by Karen "Kat" Schrier, Associate Professor and Director of Games and Emerging Media, Marist College
imageFortnite players have to think about what they want to build to achieve their goals.Whelsko via Flickr, CC BY-SA

There is a lot of discussion in the United States about how to help people come together to solve the complex problems facing the nation and the world.

As a scholar of games, I see opportunities for that popular medium to contribute to...

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