That’s true, cheating is exciting, as are lots of other things we do in games that we shouldn’t be doing outside games (like aggression in sports, esp things like martial Art or boxing). Do we need this outlet? Does playing those games make us better people outside of it, or worse people? It may have no effect, but i have a nagging feeling…because if we say we play certain games with students to promote learning, some direct and some indirect, then we need to question everything about every game we play, because it can have all sorts of effects, some not desirable?