A long time ago in a school far away, I was that guy in the chess club who loved science. I also loved team sports and was fiercely competitive. A few years later I was sitting through undergraduate studies in vast lecture theatres struggling to absorb the details of the Kreb cycle. As a graduate medical student I was thrust into problem-based learning where small groups of us sat around a table tasked with teaching each other whilst we munched on carrot sticks dipped in hummus.

This team-based social learning style left a mark. It got me thinking. Why does education have to be boring? Why does it have to be hard? Why can’t it be interactive, immersive, competitive, cooperative, fun and more like a game?