Article in Edge!

"Since embarking on building Astronaut: Mars, Moon and Beyond for NASA, Daniel Laughlin has had many people ask him if videogames were just about blasting anything that moved. After all, how can something so banal and violent possibly teach us about the inner workings of the universe? The fact that he’s partnered up with Virtual Heroes, the maker of America’s Army, to build this ambitious MMOG does not necessarily help matters either, but Laughlin, project manager for NASA's Learning Technologies programme, actually embraces the connection. "

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