Amazon just introduced a bizarre metaverse-like game to train people how to use AWS

$Amazon (AMZN.US)$ on Tuesday launched “AWS Cloud Quest,” an online role-playing game that aims to help people build cloud-computing skills.
Users navigate a virtual city, helping its denizens solve IT issues related to the cloud while earning points for completing simulations and puzzles.
Amazon said Cloud Quest was launched to help explain “core AWS services and categories,” including computing, storage, database and security services, as well as to guide the building of basic cloud solutions.
In addition to the quirky online game, Amazon has launched other cloud-training services. AWS offers a range of certifications to help employees advance their careers and cloud expertise.