http://joaobordalo.com/articles/2006/12/28/5-games-to-think-about en-us 40 Simplicity, Usability, Productivity, Code, Design, Business and more <p>Still alive after <a href="http://joaobordalo.com/articles/2006/12/22/fun-materials">last week home experiments</a>? Good. Now is time to think about some issues (political & ecological) the best way I know how: by playing with it.</p> <p>The following is a short compilation of web games from <a href="http://www.watercoolergames.org/">Water Cooler Games</a> and <a href="http://www.socialimpactgames.com/">Social Impact Games</a> websites. Play it, share it, think about it:</p> <p><ul> <li><a href=" http://www2.seattle.gov/util/waterbusters/">Home Water Conservation - "Waterbusters"</a> - A game to teach tips for water conservation around the home;</li> <br/> <li><a href="http://www.darfurisdying.com/">Darfur is Dying</a> - In partnership with the Reebock Human Rights Foundation and the International Crisis Group, mtvU launched the Darfur Digital Activist Content, a competiton briging together student technology and activism to help end the genocide in Darfur. The game is a narrative-based simultaion where the user, from the perspective of a displaced Darfurian, negotiates forces that threated the surevival of his or her refugee camp. It offers a faint glimpse of ewhat it's like for 2.5 million who have been internally displaced by the crisis in Sudan;</li> <br/> <li><a href="http://www.mcvideogame.com/">McDonald's game</a> - The McDonald's game from Molleindustria. Be sure to try out the Italian version of the website, as a Pope Speaking Generator can be found here;</li> <br/> <li><a href="http://www.cyber-budget.fr/jeu/index.html">Cyberbudget-France</a> - The French government has taken a gaming approach to try and find a solution to the country's financial challenges. Budget Minister Jean-Francois Cope has launched an online Cyberbudget game that allows people to balance the books. The challenge is to ensure the €300 billion budget is spent wisely and that if tax cuts are made then services do not fall into deficit. There are a range of tests to face, including having to present the budget to a virtual parliament;</li> <br/> <li><a href="http://www.newsgaming.com/games/madrid/">"Madrid"</a> - An online game expressing feelings about the March 11, 2004 train bombings. The game was online less than 48 hours after the incident. </ul></p> Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:13:00 -0500 urn:uuid:55990499-355b-437c-b5eb-e146d9f5ff38 bordalix http://joaobordalo.com/articles/2006/12/28/5-games-to-think-about games politics ecology