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In the ironically sponsored BP SimCity Societies videogame players will be forced to address global warming. They can increase or mitigate the effects of global warming based on their energy choices. We’ve covered this game before.
Sutainablog has got their hands on the game and have covered SimCity Societies in detail:
Now, SimCity Societies isn’t an “educational [...]

Two years ago a disease ravaged the country sides of the World of Warcraft, an online virtual world in which players have to interact with one another to solve problems. The virtual disease effectively ‘killed’ the players and now researchers are thinking that they can examine these virtual outbreaks and compare them to real-world scenarios [...]

Ian Bogost makes games, but not just any game – he makes games that try to raise awareness about how messed up North American society is. His next game is called Fatworld and Wired has the info on this impending game of fatness.
Remember you are what you eat, not what you play.
In his [...]

Peak oil is coming, probably soon than you think. We sort of all know this, but we never really talk about it. What are we going to do when it actually happens? Will we be caught totally unawares?
A new alternate reality game (read: online story-driven community-based game) aims to make people think about this unthinkable [...]

The BBC has a neat game where you get to be the president of Europe (!) and guide Europe to environmental success.
“A game where you are president of the European Nations. You must tackle climate change and stay popular enough with the voters to remain in office.”
It’s fun to play!

Along the increasingly militarized USA-Mexico border some people are having fun. They play an volleyball using the wall that defines the border as the net! It attracts spectators and a good time is had by all.
All this activity finally brings down the hammer of the border patrol, and a jeep shows up to separate [...]