Darfur activism meets video gaming

Play the game: www.darfurisdying.com
The ongoing violence in Sudan's Darfur region has spawned many forms of activism. The goal is to increase public awareness of the conflict, in which hundreds of thousands have died and more than two million people have been displaced.
Now, that activism is going online, in the form of a video game entitled Darfur is Dying.
The idea of a Darfur-related video game came from mtvU, the music video giant's network for university students.
The network has an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of the situation in Darfur. But last October, executives decided that they wanted to add a new component, something that would hopefully increase the level of student activism.
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