By way of an antidote to America’s Army - which teaches young people to go to new places, meet new people and kill them - the UN’s World Food Programme has launched Food Force which teaches players (target ages 8-13) about the complexities involved in delivering food aid in a war zone. So much of the discussion of computer gaming is centred on possible harms - it is good to see an explicitly pro-social game, and one that has been well-liked as a game. Indeed it is actually popular enough that the download site seems to have been overwhelmed!

See this article for more info and links to other pro-social games.

Most games contain ‘cheat codes’ to help developers test the game and to allow users to get through the game easily if they use them. One site is claiming that the developers had a rather edgy sense of humour - eg. - OILFORFOOD: Unlimited Funds or TSUNAMIRELIEF: 100 New Toyota Land Cruisers
or (most untastefully) CONGOGIRLS: Boost Morale 50 Percent - see see here for the rest. I haven’t tested them so this claim could itself be a parody!

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