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While browsing my feeds I came across an article, Educational Video Games Mix Cool With Purpose, in the NY Times about video games that have been developed to help improve and test children's critical thinking skills. These games are being used in school curriculums, in after school programs, or at home. One of the students even said he preferred these problem solving games to Halo. One of the games covers core elements of science curriculums that are being tested as part of NCLB. The students are inside a 3-D national park where the fish are dying, students must interview local interest groups, test water samples and figure out what is happening to the fish. After reading about these games, heck, I wanted to play them!