Game time

I have just found out that a new game is coming and for once its actually one that I want (I normally steer well clear of computer games).

The game is called "Fate of the World" and allows you  to protect the world's climate and resources while managing a growing population demanding more power, food and living space, you basically run the World for 200 years and its fate is in your hands - you can either save it or destroy it.

"Gamers see the impact of their decisions: orangutans are saved from extinction, global temperatures drop by a degree; however, bad moves could see Europe battered by floods, or Africa ravaged by war.
"Even if they choose to destroy the world, they still learn more about the subject," said Rowlands, the 35-year-old head of video games developer Red Redemption, which employs 15 people at its base in Oxford, southern England. The game was based on scientific, economic and demographic data from sources such as NASA, the United Nations and Oxford University. "Fate of the World" was developed in partnership with academics working under Oxford University climate change expert Doctor Myles Allen.
The game "allows people to experience the decisions we are likely to confront and makes clear there are no easy answers", Allen said."

I am going to have a little go on the already released taster version very soon and will let you know what I think. It is a good way of introducing climate change, the global community and showing how every small thing can affect the world in a fun, light way for people - anything that promotes the problem and how we all need to work together has got to be a good thing.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20101115/tsc-save-the-world-from-climate-change-b-c6db719.html