ashok

On Mr. Johnson's point -

Growing up I played a lot of Koei games for NES and SNES. Learned a lot about the history of China, the Middle Ages, the Age of Exploration, and the Second World War doing this. My high school seriously taught less than video games.

In fact, the historical facts they taught were just the beginning. I'm arguing nowadays that EVE Online has a very rich backstory, one that explores politics thoroughly as it is shaped by capitalist/technological forces. Kate Foxwood's little essay in the EVE forums is probably a good place to start, if you don't know anything about EVE -

http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=348575

Point is, what Johnson's saying is just the tip of the iceberg regarding games. They have enormous educational potential if used right.