Also known as Edutainment video games. I played quite of these games back in the day as a child. The old school Jumpstart games come to mind first and foremost.

I credit these video games to a few of my strengths in certain subjects over my schooling experience in my country (Which I feel leaves much to be desired,to keep it short. discussing that would be out of topic here.),but I want to know what the actual research says on how effective these types of games really are for fostering education in kids.

Are you really doing children a big favor by having them play these types of games? I recall them being used during my Computer classes as well. (only there though) Other schools might use them even more frequently.