The article examines the benefits of games as a training tools to boost performance and develop critical skills. It offers suggestions on how to accomplish both motivation and socialization, which include giving the players an identity they can relate to by allowing them to customize the look and feel of the event and designing challenges and obstacles that engage the learner and offer the tools for success. It discusses the differences between online worlds versus games and simulations, in which simulations are primarily driven by one person who interacts with characters in different scenarios.