Whether saving for a premium item or learning the best goods to sell at a profit, players need to use critical thinking skills to succeed.

FORBES: How Online Gaming Can Teach Kids About the Economy

Media and information literacy, through which individuals acquire a combination of technical and cognitive skills to seek, evaluate and use information effectively, develop critical thinking and acquire the behaviours for life-long learning, is becoming the engine of education in the 21st century.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The holistic vision of the programme is evident in the six learning strands within the Accreditation and Equivalency Sub-Programme, namely communication skills, critical thinking and problem-solving, sustainable use of resources and productivity, self-development, a sense of community and expanding one's world vision.

UNESCO: Education