2K14 offers a robust possibility space through competitive and cooperative gameplay, and because it is inextricably tied to the NBA ... its palpability provides rich opportunities for the development of systems thinking skills—i.e., the ability to understand the interconnectedness and interactivity of a dynamic system and its granulated parts. ]In Learning, education & games vol. 3: 100 games to use in the classroom and beyond, edited by Schrier, Karen. Pittsburgh, PA: ETC Press (Carnegie Mellon).

Difficulties in STEM Education engagement and encumbered participation are often due to decontextualized learning - incongruence between meaningful contexts and learning processes...This contradiction is central to this paper and the conceptualization of Metatuning - a game design pedagogical framework that aims to empower students to discover their identities as agents of change, and to see that game design can nurture their internal motivations. Cooke, Laquana. "Metatuning: A pedagogical framework for a generative STEM education in game design-based learning." Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), 2016 IEEE. IEEE, 2016.