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Packin' meat
Online game 'PackMan' tries to give 'Pac-Man' a green spin |
Holly Richmond |
06 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Joining the ranks of online games with varying eco-plausibility like 'Ocean Survivor' and 'Catstration' is 'PackMan,' or Packaging Man, a creation of the Dogwood Alliance. The organization aims to protect Southern forests from packaging-heavy (and tree-hungry) corporations; the game takes aim at fast-food execs in particular.The intro of 'PackMan' depicts colorful villains wielding phallic chainsaws while informative text scrolls by, and a 'take action' link at the ga ... |
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| Topics: deforestation, green living, recycling, video games, websites (all these topics) |
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Guitar Heroes?
On video games saving the world |
Umbra Fisk |
09 Apr 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Does the increasing use of video games as a form of recreation bode well for the environment? Fewer people using real resources means less of an impact on the world. Tadeusz Rockville, Md. Dear Tadeusz, Now that is an interesting spin on things. No one knows the complete answer, and we won't know until we fully assess the footprint of our electronic age. Make that 51 simple things you can do. Photo: ansik Playi ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, video games (all these topics) |
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Virtual virtues
Global warming -themed game now online |
Kate Sheppard |
18 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| A new video game teaches users about saving the planet is coming on the market, and you can try it out for free first. Check out Global Warning, a new game from Midori Tech. Here's what happens: A dump company sets up an immense (nearly the size of 50 football fields) landfill next to your virtual home. The player's mission is to stop the dump company, as well as save the planet by choosing strategic, earth-friendly behaviors, which are 'cards' in the game. Each rou ... |
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| Topics: green living, video games (all these topics) |
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Media Shower: Game on!
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Chris Schults |
26 Jul 2006 |
Gristmill |
| I don't know if anyone else pays attention to the Google ads in Gristmill, but I just clicked on an ad for the game Xeko Mission: Madagascar and, wow, it sounds really cool! I'm all for creative ways of educating the public and this seems like a great way for families to learn about ecosystems. And speaking of gaming, I direct you to this New York Times article by Clive Thompson titled 'Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time'. Here's a taste: Video games have ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, green living, movies, video games (all these topics) |
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Good Nintentions
On video games |
Umbra Fisk |
25 Jan 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, After reading some heart-rending, gut-wrenching articles on global warming, I've decided that I want to do something about it. I've started by vowing never to buy a car, or get a driver's license. But I happen to love video games. Nothing is going to make me stop playing my video games. As I am painfully aware, a consumer lifestyle is what contributes to global warming and the ecocide of our planet, so how can I be an environm ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, e-waste, green living, toxics, video games (all these topics) |
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Reaching the gamers
How enviros can tap the video game market |
Chris Schults |
06 Nov 2005 |
Gristmill |
| I'll echo Dave's sentiment that he expressed in his post 'Reaching the hipsters': What about the hipsters? What about the semi-affluent, college-educated, tech-savvy, media-saturated twenty-somethings with artfully disheveled hair? They are, like it or not, apt to be central players in our culture in coming years ('the next generation,' blah blah).They have no tolerance whatsoever for the kind of earnest, soft-focus appeals most enviro-groups pitch. They are, let's ... |
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| Topics: green living, messaging, video games (all these topics) |
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