Online plagues, protein folding and spotting fake news: what games can teach us during the coronavirus pandemic
- Written by Heide Lukosch, Associate Professor, University of Canterbury
Blizzard Entertainment
Most of us don’t take games too seriously. They are a way to unwind, or these days to maybe escape from the world of COVID-19 for a little while.
But games are also simulations in which real people play, make decisions and interact. This makes games powerful tools for learning and understanding complex situations, such...