Comment on Ask HN: Would Video Games Requiring Real-World Education Work?Comments−mukyu16yhttp://www.somethingawful.com/d/feature-articles/project-hip... basically this idea but with mathI don't think it ever came out though.edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tale_in_the_Desert also comes to mind. Not specifically real world knowledge based, but advancement is generally tied to the user's real world skills (at least partially) rather than the normal fair.
Comments
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/feature-articles/project-hip... basically this idea but with math
I don't think it ever came out though.
edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tale_in_the_Desert also comes to mind. Not specifically real world knowledge based, but advancement is generally tied to the user's real world skills (at least partially) rather than the normal fair.