On May 1st, Capcom together with Gakken Co. will publish the first book aimed at introducing children to the vide game industry called, "Secrets of Video Games". It's part of a series of Gakken's "Understanding" series that is recommended by the Japanese PTA Association as set educational comics.

"Secrets of Video Games" will not only introduce video games to children, it will also include information on various game creator professions, the process of creating video games, interacting with video games, expert opinions on social issues such as the effects of video games on the brain, and the competitiveness of the Japanese video game industry from an economic perspective.

The "comic" will be distributed to 24,000 elementary schools (that's a lot of kids!) and 2,700 libraries across Japan. Either way, it's gotta be less creepy than those episodes of "The Inside Story" we had to watch as kids with that guy in the body suit. So unnatural. Kim Phu

Capcom teams up with Gakken to publish "Secrets of Video Games" [Capcom via GamerCafe]