"26 Learning Games to Change the World"

This article provides short descriptions of 26 computer games that can be used for educational purposes. All deal with real issues of international development. Some are browser based and some are personal computer based. Almost all are free. The article was written by site owner, Jeff Cobb on Apr 29, 2008. Game titles include: Deliver the Net,Karma Tycoon, Ayiti: The Cost of Life, 3rd World Farmer, Free Rice, Go Goat Go, Darfur is Dying, Whack TB, My U.S. Rep: Role Play Congress, eLections: Your Adventure in Politics, Nuclear Weapons, Global Warming Interactive, Climate Challenge, Wasteland Adventure, World Without Oil, Stop Disasters!, Stop Whaling Game, Food Detectives Fight BAC, The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detectives, McDonald’s Video Game, Food Force, Fatworld, WolfQuest, Harpooned, Re-Mission, Peacemaker. If you go to the game called Nuclear Weapons, it takes you to nobelprize.org which has several other games as well (http://nobelprize.org/educational_games).

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Contributor: John Daly
Published Date: May 8, 2008