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| 11 | ->''"I'm learning! And video games are making it fun."'' |
| 12 | -->-- '''Soos''', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E5SoosAndTheRealGirl Soos and the Real Girl]]" |
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| 14 | {{Video Game}}s designed to educate as well as entertain, often, but not always, using the conceit of AlphabetSoupCans. Edutainment games first started appearing in the early 80's, mainly on personal computers, giving rise to games like ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'', ''VideoGame/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' and ''VideoGame/MathBlaster''. |
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| 16 | Edutainment games reached its peak in the mid 90's with the arrival of ''VideoGame/TheClueFinders'', ''VideoGame/JumpStart'', ''VideoGame/LivingBooks'' and the Creator/HumongousEntertainment games. The trend slowly petered out in the early-mid 00's, with companies who previously made a name for themselves making them (Creator/DavidsonAndAssociates, Creator/KnowledgeAdventure, MECC, Creator/TheLearningCompany, etc.) either going out of business or getting merged into a larger company. |
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| 18 | Today, edutainment games are slowly but surely making a comeback, thanks to the advent of mobile apps and rereleases on sites like GOG and Steam. Edutainment games are typically thought of as being aimed at elementary-school-aged children, but there are also those targeted at older kids and even adults, especially in recent years. Modern edutainment games differ from their 1990s predecessors in a number of ways. In addition to being aimed at older players, they are more likely to focus on a single subject (often something relatively niche-- say, [[VideoGame/{{Saurian}} prehistoric ecology]] or [[VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram aerospace engineering]]) rather than covering a school curriculum. They are also less prone to using AlphabetSoupCans, with the educational material instead being blended into the game's story. |
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| 20 | Compare {{Exergaming}}. For the television counterpart, see EdutainmentShow. |
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| 22 | ---- |
| 23 | !!Examples: |
| 24 | |
| 25 | [[index]] |
| 26 | * ''VideoGame/AdibooMagicalPlayland'' |
| 27 | * ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfHyperman'' |
| 28 | * ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfNinjaNannyAndSherrlochSheltie'' |
| 29 | * ''VideoGame/AgentUSA'' |
| 30 | * ''VideoGame/AnimalJam'' (while it offers plenty of educational facts about biology, it's usually played for entertainment purposes) |
| 31 | * ''VideoGame/ArtAcademy'' |
| 32 | * ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' (particularly the ''Discovery Tour'' mode developed with educational settings and schools in mind) |
| 33 | * ''VideoGame/{{Beecarbonize}}'' |
| 34 | * ''VideoGame/BigBrainAcademy'' |
| 35 | * ''VideoGame/BigThinkers'' |
| 36 | * ''VideoGame/BlasterSeries'' |
| 37 | ** ''VideoGame/BlasterMysterySeries'' |
| 38 | ** ''VideoGame/MathBlasterInSearchOfSpot'' |
| 39 | ** ''VideoGame/MathBlasterSecretOfTheLostCity'' |
| 40 | ** ''VideoGame/AlgeBlaster3'' |
| 41 | ** ''VideoGame/GeometryBlaster'' |
| 42 | ** ''VideoGame/MegaMathBlaster'' |
| 43 | ** ''VideoGame/MathBlasterAges912'' |
| 44 | * ''VideoGame/BillNyeTheScienceGuyStopTheRock'' |
| 45 | * ''Pinball/TheBrain'' (which is a rethemed [[index]] ''Pinball/TheSimpsonsPinballParty'' machine) |
| 46 | * ''VideoGame/BrainAge'' |
| 47 | * ''VideoGame/BronkieTheBronchiasaurus'' |
| 48 | * ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'' |
| 49 | * ''VideoGame/CaptainNovolin'' |
| 50 | * ''Franchise/CarmenSandiego'' series |
| 51 | ** ''VideoGame/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' |
| 52 | ** ''VideoGame/WhereInTheUSAIsCarmenSandiego'' |
| 53 | ** ''VideoGame/WhereInEuropeIsCarmenSandiego'' |
| 54 | ** ''[[VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1989 Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?]]'' |
| 55 | ** ''VideoGame/WhereInAmericasPastIsCarmenSandiego'' |
| 56 | ** ''VideoGame/WhereInSpaceIsCarmenSandiego'' |
| 57 | ** ''VideoGame/CarmenSandiegoJuniorDetectiveEdition'' |
| 58 | ** ''[[VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997 Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time]]'' |
| 59 | ** ''VideoGame/CarmenSandiegoWordDetective'' |
| 60 | ** ''VideoGame/CarmenSandiegoMathDetective'' |
| 61 | ** ''VideoGame/CarmenSandiegosThinkQuickChallenge'' |
| 62 | ** ''VideoGame/CarmenSandiegoTreasuresOfKnowledge'' |
| 63 | * ''VideoGame/TheClueFinders'' |
| 64 | ** ''VideoGame/TheClueFinders3rdGradeAdventuresTheMysteryOfMathra'' |
| 65 | ** ''VideoGame/TheClueFinders4thGradeAdventuresThePuzzleOfThePyramid'' |
| 66 | ** ''VideoGame/TheClueFinders5thGradeAdventuresTheSecretOfTheLivingVolcano'' |
| 67 | ** ''VideoGame/TheClueFinders6thGradeAdventuresTheEmpireOfThePlantPeople'' |
| 68 | ** ''VideoGame/TheClueFindersMathAdventuresAges912MysteryInTheHimalayas'' |
| 69 | ** ''VideoGame/TheClueFindersReadingAdventuresAges912MysteryOfTheMissingAmulet'' |
| 70 | * ''VideoGame/{{Colobot}}'' |
| 71 | * ''Website/CoolMathGames'' |
| 72 | * ''VideoGame/CrisisInAlborzGalaxy'' |
| 73 | * ''VideoGame/CyberGrannies'' |
| 74 | * ''VideoGame/TheDayTheWorldBroke'' |
| 75 | * ''VideoGame/DinosaurSafari'' |
| 76 | * ''VideoGame/DisneysActivityCenter'' |
| 77 | * ''VideoGame/DisneysAnimatedStorybook'' |
| 78 | * ''VideoGame/DisneysMathQuestWithAladdin'' |
| 79 | * ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]'' |
| 80 | * ''VideoGame/DrBrain'' series |
| 81 | * ''VideoGame/DrHealthnsteinsBodyFun'' |
| 82 | * ''VideoGame/{{Duolingo}}'' |
| 83 | * ''VideoGame/EagleEyeMysteries'' series |
| 84 | * ''VideoGame/{{EcoQuest}}'' series |
| 85 | * ''[[VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin Ecco Jr.]]'' |
| 86 | * ''VideoGame/EyewitnessVirtualReality'' |
| 87 | * ''VideoGame/FamilijnyCDRomek'' |
| 88 | * ''Website/FinFurAndFeatherBureauOfInvestigation'' |
| 89 | * ''VideoGame/{{Forestia}}'' |
| 90 | * ''VideoGame/FortuneBuilder'' |
| 91 | * ''Website/FunBrain'' |
| 92 | * ''VideoGame/GrammarGames'' |
| 93 | * ''VideoGame/GrannysGarden'' |
| 94 | * ''VideoGame/{{Grossology}}'' |
| 95 | * ''VideoGame/IMMeen'' |
| 96 | * ''VideoGame/IslandSaver'' |
| 97 | * ''Website/ItsMyLifePBS'' |
| 98 | * ''VideoGame/{{JumpStart|Series}}'' |
| 99 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStartPreschool'' |
| 100 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStartKindergarten'' |
| 101 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStart1stGrade'' |
| 102 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStart2ndGrade'' |
| 103 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStartMathForSecondGraders'' |
| 104 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStartReadingForSecondGraders'' |
| 105 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStartAdventures3rdGradeMysteryMountain'' |
| 106 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStartAdventures4thGradeHauntedIsland'' |
| 107 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStartAdventures4thGradeSapphireFalls'' |
| 108 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStartAdventures5thGradeJoHammetKidDetective'' |
| 109 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStartAdventures6thGradeMissionEarthquest'' |
| 110 | ** ''VideoGame/JumpStart3DVirtualWorldSeries'' |
| 111 | * ''Junior Adventure'' series |
| 112 | ** ''VideoGame/FattyBear'' |
| 113 | ** ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'' |
| 114 | *** ''VideoGame/FreddiFishAndTheCaseOfTheMissingKelpSeeds'' |
| 115 | *** ''VideoGame/FreddiFish2TheCaseOfTheHauntedSchoolhouse'' |
| 116 | *** ''VideoGame/FreddiFish3TheCaseOfTheStolenConchShell'' |
| 117 | *** ''VideoGame/FreddiFish4TheCaseOfTheHogfishRustlersOfBrinyGulch'' |
| 118 | ** ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'' |
| 119 | *** ''VideoGame/PajamaSamInNoNeedToHideWhenItsDarkOutside'' |
| 120 | *** ''VideoGame/PajamaSam2ThunderAndLightningArentSoFrightening'' |
| 121 | *** ''VideoGame/PajamaSam3YouAreWhatYouEatFromYourHeadToYourFeet'' |
| 122 | *** ''VideoGame/PajamaSamLifeIsRoughWhenYouLoseYourStuff'' |
| 123 | ** ''VideoGame/PuttPutt'' |
| 124 | ** ''VideoGame/SPYFox'' |
| 125 | * ''VideoGame/JunoNewOrigins'' |
| 126 | * ''VideoGame/{{Kahoot}}'' |
| 127 | * ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' |
| 128 | ** ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram2'' |
| 129 | * ''VideoGame/KidsOnSite'' |
| 130 | * ''VideoGame/KosodateQuizMyAngel'' |
| 131 | * ''VideoGame/LearningVoyage'' series |
| 132 | * ''VideoGame/LegendsAndMyths'' |
| 133 | * ''VideoGame/LilHowiesFunHouse'' |
| 134 | * ''VideoGame/LivingBooks'' |
| 135 | * ''VideoGame/LogicalJourneyOfTheZoombinis'' |
| 136 | * ''VideoGame/TheLostTribe'' |
| 137 | * ''VideoGame/TheMagicSchoolBus'' |
| 138 | * ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'', a [[LicensedGame licensed]] spinoff of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' |
| 139 | ** ''VideoGame/MarioTeachesTyping'' |
| 140 | ** ''VideoGame/MariosTimeMachine'', a SpiritualSuccessor |
| 141 | * ''VideoGame/MarsHorizon'', a game about UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace, with a built-in encyclopedia. |
| 142 | * ''VideoGame/MathForTheRealWorld'' |
| 143 | * ''VideoGame/MiasBigAdventureCollection'' |
| 144 | * ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}: Education Edition'' |
| 145 | * ''VideoGame/MixedUpMotherGoose'' |
| 146 | * ''VideoGame/{{MULE}}'' |
| 147 | * ''VideoGame/MuseumMadness'' |
| 148 | * ''VideoGame/NeverAlone'', a unique ethnographic spin on the concept. |
| 149 | * ''VideoGame/NewDynamicEnglish'' is not technically a game, but it is an interactive textbook-like software. |
| 150 | * ''VideoGame/NoGreaterGlory'' |
| 151 | * ''VideoGame/NumberMunchers'' |
| 152 | ** ''VideoGame/MegaMunchersDeluxe'' |
| 153 | * ''VideoGame/OdellDownUnder'' |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/OlloInTheSunnyValleyFair'' |
| 155 | * ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' |
| 156 | ** ''VideoGame/TheAmazonTrail'' |
| 157 | ** ''VideoGame/TheYukonTrail'' |
| 158 | ** ''VideoGame/AfricaTrail'' |
| 159 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Ozzie}} Ozzie's World and Ozzie's Travels]]'' |
| 160 | * ''VideoGame/PackyAndMarlon'' |
| 161 | * ''VideoGame/PeppersAdventuresInTime'' |
| 162 | * ''VideoGame/PinkPantherPassportToPeril'' |
| 163 | ** ''VideoGame/PinkPantherHokusPokusPink'' |
| 164 | * [[/index]]''Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Playhouse''[[index]] |
| 165 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Popeye}} Popeye no Eigo Asobi]]'' |
| 166 | * ''VideoGame/ProjectRemedium'' - an edutainment ''{{FPS}}'' that teaches you about the human body |
| 167 | * ''VideoGame/PumkinLand'' |
| 168 | * ''VideoGame/ReaderRabbit'' |
| 169 | * ''VideoGame/RealLives'' |
| 170 | * ''VideoGame/RexRonanExperimentalSurgeon'' |
| 171 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rocksmith}}'' |
| 172 | * ''VideoGame/RolyPolysNoNanakorobiyaoki'' |
| 173 | * ''VideoGame/{{Saurian}}'' |
| 174 | * ''VideoGame/{{Thrive}}'' |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/TheSecretIslandOfDrQuandary'' |
| 176 | * ''VideoGame/SlimeForestAdventure'' |
| 177 | * ''VideoGame/TheSmellyMystery'' |
| 178 | * ''VisualNovel/SocratesJonesProPhilosopher'' |
| 179 | * ''VideoGame/SonicsSchoolhouse'' |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/SpanishForEveryone'' |
| 181 | * ''VideoGame/StarWarsDroidWorks'' |
| 182 | * ''VideoGame/StarWarsJarJarsJourneyAdventureBook'' |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSolvers'' series |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/TypeRider'' |
| 185 | * ''[[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead The Typing of The Dead]]'' |
| 186 | * ''VideoGame/TheWaltDisneyWorldExplorer'' |
| 187 | * ''VideoGame/TheWildThornberrysAustraliaWildlifeRescue'' |
| 188 | * ''VideoGame/ThinkinThings'' |
| 189 | * ''VideoGame/WolfQuest'' |
| 190 | * ''VideoGame/WordRescue'' |
| 191 | * ''VideoGame/YogiBearsMathAdventures'' |
| 192 | [[/index]] |
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