The simply designed 3rd World Farmer is a serious game that “aims at simulating the real-world mechanisms that cause and sustain poverty in 3rd World countries”. The brainchild of IT-University of Copenhagen students, this addictive game forces you to make tough choices on a tight budget. (Does it remind anyone else of the Oregon Trail?) Visit their forum for discussion and suggestions. My advice: start with corn and hope someone offers you a wife.
Other serious games we have written about include: Darfur is Dying, CyberBudget, A Force More Powerful, EU Water Game, Food Force, and a Hungarian budget game.
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