Eliminate the Babylonians...for credit!

Via Cliopatria, Inside Higher Ed looks at increased use of Civilization III in college history courses. Um, yes, I've been playing Civ 4 in almost all of my spare moments of late solely for pedagogical purposes. Seriously, notwithstanding my own inveterate Civ addiction, I can't see how the game would be in any way useful in teaching history, and particularly at the college level. And if you're going to use games for elementary, middle, or even high school courses, I think you'd do better with a game grounded in specific history, such as old-timey classics The Oregon Trail or Seven Cities of Gold.