World Hunger - Food Force

World Hunger - FOOD FORCE

A game about world hunger from the United Nations World Food programme, designed to educate young people about world hunger and the work of the agency.

Premise: A major crisis has developed in the Indian Ocean, on the island of Sheylan. WFP is sending in a new team to step up the World Food Programme’s presence there and help feed millions of hungry people.

The game represents too many parts our real world, where 852 million people lack enough food to eat and World Food Programme teams deliver food aid using not only airplanes but a fleet of ships and thousands of trucks. Play the Food Force game, learn about food aid, and help us work towards a world without hunger.

Developed by Deepend, a computer design studio based in Rome, and game developers Playerthree in London.

URL: BBC Article

URL: Download (200 MB)

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2005-04-21 06:39:13 | 1 Comment

Public Health - Outbreak at Water's Edge

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This interactive publoic health discovery game will introduce you to the world of public health as you help discover the source of the outbreak that has hit the small community of Watersedge and stop it before more residents get sick.

URL: Outbreak at Water's Edge

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2006-07-16 14:10:24 | Comments?

Physics - Waste of Space

Physics - Waste of Space

A middle-school phyiscs game about the laws of motion in a vacuum. Winner of the Liemandt Foundation's second Hidden Agenda Conference. Created and prototyped by Ethan ???. Developed by Games2train.

URL: Hidden Agenda Games

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2006-07-16 14:20:08 | 4 Comments

PeaceMaker

PeaceMaker

A videogame simulation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: a tool that can be used to promote a peaceful resolution among Israelis, Palestinians, and young adults worldwide.

URL: PeaceMaker

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2006-07-16 14:06:16 | 2 Comments

Pax Warrior

Pax Warrior

Pax Warrior is a Hybrid New Media product for the educational and training markets that extends the nascent "Interactive Documentary" form to incorporate decision based simulation and collaborative learning tools. The subject matter of Pax Warrior is the UN mission in Rwanda.

URL: Pax Warrior

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2006-07-16 11:06:02 | 1 Comment

Pain Distraction - Free Dive

Pain Distraction - Free Dive

A virtual reality-based, 3D undersea exploration adventure that enables players to virtually swim with sea turtles and tropical fish as they hunt for hidden treasure. The game has been shown to distract children suffering from chronic pain or undergoing painful operations in real life with a calming underwater virtual reality.

URL: Breakaway

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2006-07-16 14:34:54 | 1 Comment

Media Blackout

Media Blackout

Media Blackout is a 3D video game in which the user is confronted with corporate interests, religious fundamentalism and military aggression through the deliberate manipulations of corporate media. Surrounded by media noise, government propaganda, spectacular phenomena and a sea of oil, the user attempts to maintain psychological resistance and ultimately transcend the media threat – escaping 'corporatized consciousness'.

The game explores an apocalyptic present in which radical actions by the corporate-military-media industrial complex seek to systematically dominate the psyche. Today's media message is imperial spectacle – a constellation of militaristic plutocrats, right-wing media moguls and neo-fascist populists stridently attempting to colonize subjectivity in their pursuit of 'full-spectrum dominance'.Media Blackout creates an allegorical environment through new interactive technologies – attempting to immerse both player and viewer in the true 'psychological operations' of our time.

URL: Media Blackout

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2006-07-16 11:35:53 | 1 Comment

Language - The Mapojib Experience

The Mapojib Experience

This is episode 05 of the Korean Learning Through Experience series. In this episode, David and Mike meet up and decide to grab a bite to eat at the popular Mapojib BBQ restaurant. Players will get to see and listen to the type of converstation that happens within going in and ordering food at a Korean restuarant

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URL: The Mapojib Experience

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2006-07-16 12:13:59 | Comments?

Language - Tactical Language Trainer

Language - "Tactical Language Trainer"

A military-supported language acquisition game. The objective of the project is to develop tools to support individualized language learning, and apply them to the acquisition of tactical languages necessary to accomplish specific missions.

The training system enables learners to communicate directly with on-screen characters using a speech recognition interface. The objective is to make the toolset easily applicable to new tactical languages, missions, and training contexts.

Developed by USC's CARTE group for DARPA's Darwars Program

URL: Tactical Language Trainer

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2005-10-30 07:37:46 | 2 Comments

Kids - Global Kids Island

Kids: Global Kids Island: Fostering Public Diplomacy through Second Life

Second Life is a 3D virtual world in which the residents are provided with the tools required to literally shape the world around them. Teen Second Life is a space restricted to 13-17 year olds. Beginning in February, 2006, Global Kids has been exploring how to bring a youth development model around global issues into an island within this teen grid.

URL: Global Kids Island

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2006-07-16 13:40:55 | Comments?