Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Rebuild a Virtual Island
I am anything but a whiz when it comes to video games, yet I've stumbled across another free, online, educational game with an international outlook. It's called Sayansi and it's posted on the Montreal Center of Science's web site. Here's the situation: a horrible storm has devastated an island and its up to you to help rebuild it. You must organize health and education initiatives, increase crop production and ensure a ready supply of potable water. You do have to register in order to play the game, and I'll readily admit that I did not do so well - although I think this had more to do with my inability to figure out all the bells and whistles and clickable icons than it did with my ability to organize a humanitarian crisis. Or maybe it's just awfully hard to organize a humanitarian crisis.
Give it a whirl right here.
