Feeding the hungry: the video game

Monday, 18 April 2005, 23:13

Not sure what to make of this yet: the UN World Food Programme has released a video game called Food Force:

The game puts players in charge of a hunger relief effort on the fictional Indian Ocean island of Sheylan, ravaged by a civil war, flooding and drought. You lead a crack multinational team of WFP professionals including a logistics officer, nutritionist and air drop specialist, and you must lead the team through six missions to bring food and supplies to the desperate natives of Sheylan — everything from air surveillance to figuring out a good balanced diet, airdropping supplies, and helping natives get the most out of their natural resources by planning future farming efforts.

I guess it’s a step forward from using video games as a recruiting tool for the armed forces.

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