Pick up your DS and prepare for your SAT’s
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Posted April 14th, 2008 at 11:18pm
by Corey Tamas
Aspyr Media announced that they’ve penned a multi-year agreement to bring a “game” (if you will) to the Nintendo DS that will prep college-bound hopefuls for their SAT’s. Working with test preparation firm Kaplan, they’ve started work on the an as-yet untitled offering which will appear on PC, Mac and Nintendo DS. Apparently “engaging” and “visually dynamic” (ohhhhhkay), it brings the standardized SAT preparation materials created and implemented by Kaplan to an interactive medium and, of course, is intended to help get kids into college. Kaplan isn’t about to start having World of Warcraft in-world study sessions just yet, however; Kaplan’s general manager of pre-college programs, Anthony Manley, stated “While a video game shouldn’t be seen as a substitute for a full prep course, it’s an innovative and effective way to reinforce preparatory learning.”
I’m trying to think of a cool way to make fun of this but, truth is, it’s actually a pretty good idea and if it gets a kid into college then that kid’s money is well-spent on the product. No suggested retail price has appeared yet, so we can’t comment on whether or not it’ll cut into anyone’s kegger budget.
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