Russian President wants to teach with MMOs

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev thinks the popularity of MMOs like World of Warcraft make them the perfect teaching tool, reports The Moscow Times.

Speaking to Russia’s culture and science councils last week, President Medvedev said: “I’ve checked what our youth are playing with, and most games are pseudo-historical and fantasy-based.

“Take World of Warcraft. It’s not all about destruction. It has a subtext about developing human civilization. We could try to make something similar if it’s so popular – not globally, perhaps, but at the domestic level.”

World of Warcraft isn’t the only successful MMO. Recently EA announced the upcoming title Star Wars: The Old Republic had broken the firm’s pre-order record.

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  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Massively Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online, RPG