From hc2d.co.uk:

The US government has teamed up with the video game company Virtual Heroes in developing a game that teaches young Kenyans how to avoid HIV.

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As they progress through the game, they encounter situations that encourage them to use problem-solving skills, saving a happy ending for the people who succeed in making the right choices and beating the game.

The game is features a simulation of the slums and city centre of Nairobi, and is called Pamoja Mtaani, which means Together in the Hood.

University student Evelyne Mwandia said that the characters in the game teach her about HIV prevention, and how to protect herself by having one partner and using a condom.

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From belfasttelegraph.co.uk:

“A Swedish ice hockey game has been delayed several times after the ice became littered with sex toys.

Fans of the AIK hockey team in Stockholm brought items to the arena on Tuesday for a game against the visiting Leksand.

The start of match was delayed to allow staff to clear the ice of inappropriate items. “

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From joystiq.com:

“Back in May, we heard 30 Rock character Tracy Jordan was putting the finishing touches on his pornographic video game Dong Slayer. Since then, according to the 30 Rock season premiere that debuted on Hulu this week, the title has gone on to sell 61 million units. That amounts to an average of approximately 360,947 each day. Comparatively, as of March 2008, Hot Coffee-laden Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has sold just 21.5 million in its then-1,247 day lifetime. “

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From mediaglobal.org:

"Cell phone games are nothing new. But four cell phone games released by ZMQ Software Systems in 2005 is an invention that has hitherto been unknown. The games are unconventional in that they have a unique objective of their own: to increase HIV/AIDS awareness.

Increasing HIV/AIDS awareness through the use of cell phones ensures maximum impact. ZMQ Software Systems calls it the “device of the future.” When the organization launched the ‘Freedom HIV/AIDS’ campaign in India in 2005 and Africa in 2006, cell phones were involved – in the interest of creating maximum impact."

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From gamasutra.com:

"At least, they aren’t often included with this kind of impressively egalitarian scope. With remarkably few exceptions, all property that seems like it should be ownable in the game can be purchased, be it a private home or a place of business. This includes a castle.

And matching that breadth, so too can you marry or engage in (strictly off-screen) intercourse with nearly any non-quest-related NPC with whom your sexual orientation and gender are compatible; each citizen is classified as straight, gay, lesbian, or bisexual, and nobody in Albion has passed a defense of marriage amendment."

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