GAMES TO PROVOKE ACTION

'3rd World Farmer is a new kind of game. An experiment in the genre of Serious Games, it simulates some of the real-world mechanisms that cause and sustain poverty in 3rd World countries.'

• Read about the game.
• Who designed it?
• What is its purpose?
• Play the game and keep track of your strategies.
• How does this assist in developing an understanding of poverty and action that can be taken to alleviate this as a global problem?

Image: Steve McCurry :Tibet 2002