A video game that teaches battling hunger, not people.Last April, the UN World Food Program introduced Food Force, a computer video game to teach children about global hunger. One of a new category of peace games, it has become the most unlikely of cult sensations. No one shoots anyone in Food Force'. Rebels are negotiated with, not blown away. Yet it has become the second most downloaded free Internet game, after the Army's recruiting tool, America's Army For the actual U.S. Army, see United States Army. America's Army (also known as AA or Army Game Project) is a tactical multiplayer first-person shooter owned by the United States Government and released as a global public relations initiative . The game is this: A fictional island has been ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. by drought and civil war; millions of people need food. The player must airdrop air·drop n. A delivery, as of supplies or troops, by parachute from aircraft. tr. & intr.v. air·dropped, air·drop·ping, air·drops To drop or be dropped from an aircraft. Noun 1. food from a C-D0; navigate a supply truck through land mines and guerrilla guerrilla Member of an irregular military force fighting small-scale, fast-moving actions, usually in concert with an overall political-military strategy, against conventional military and police forces. checkpoints; design a nutritionally balanced food package for the hungry; and use food to help rebuild a community. Food Force is an attempt to make people aware that one person dies of hunger every five seconds. It also tries to show that concrete steps can help, and that working on hunger is exciting and cool.--Tina Rosenberg [12/30/05] |
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