Marc Prensky is a consultat for education and learning, with an expertise in digital game-based learning. One can check up on him in his blog or read about 'games with non-entertainment goals'. Not just in the e-learning scene, but also in the corporate world are these online games/simulations on the rise. Prensky provides a list of such business examples. In$ider, is such a game that provides training. Bayer also offers international management simulations for example.

Prensky's paper on 'Digital natives vs digital immigrants' (PDF) is worth a read, as it puts a lot of good arguments for game-based learning and also questions the foundations of present day pedagogical practice.