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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A team of scientists, middle-schoolers and software developers have partnered with Wake Forest University to create an educational video game that has gone toe-to-toe with some of the best shoot-'em-up games out there, winning rave reviews from gamers worldwide. Within 10 days of release, CellCraft has been played more than 1 million times on top-level, free gaming sites including Kongregate.com and Newgrounds.com. Players have ranked CellCraft in the top 100 best games of all time out of more than 30,000 on Kongregate. That's unheard of for a free educational game. "When we set out to teach students about cutting-edge cell science, we wanted our video game to rival the very best games in terms of sheer fun and entertainment value. It is a feat rarely accomplished," said Jed C. Macosko, Ph.D., an associate professor of physics at Wake Forest University and faculty science adviser for the CellCraft development team. "But CellCraft's phenomenal success pro