How educators can “Force” a student to play a game

Games are supposed to be fun and voluntary. Explain how educators can “force” a student to play a game and expect it to remain fun and engaging. As well, it can take several hours of gameplay to learn the mechanics of some games, even longer for the more complex games.

If subject matter learning can occur only after this initial game mechanic learning occurs, explain how educators can justify the amount of time a learner must spend within the game just to get to the point where learning begins