Educational Games: Aren't they great?

Personally, throughout my childhood I was always playing games, whether it was on my game boy, the computer, nintendo 64, GameCube, etc... I thoroughly enjoyed my play time after doing my homework, but looking back in hindsight, I didn't really go much of 'educational game' time. I preferred playing Mario rather than working on my maths work through counting games, or something of that sort. I was always bored by those sort of games and in school we never played computer games, like some children can in schools nowadays. It was always a group game of dominoes or some board game that promoted counting. 
As a part of growing up, it's important for children to have their play time either in a group or by themselves but sometimes it's imperative for children to play educational games that will develop their skills and their knowledge. Learning through the use of play is really good for them and will help them in all sorts of areas of their lives. So, educational games? They are absolutely great for children!