Games often serve as analogs for real-life activities and at the same time provide a save way of participating in more dangerous (or expensive) reality, such as in combat games or business investment games. This is another reason for the popularity of simulation games in business education. The safety of a game (rather than doing the real activity) encourages learner to explore alternative approach with the knowledge that failure at worst means losing the game. You do not lose your retirement money, and Earth does not get destroyed by asteroids