Darfur is Dying.

MtvU has a game about the struggles that Darfuri refugees face everyday, it's called "Darfur is Dying."  To start the game you pick one of eight Darfuri's to represent you in the game. The ages of said refugees range from 30 [the oldest] to 10 [the youngest] After you choose a character you make the choice of whether to forage for water or go to the refugee camp. When your character forages for water you have to walk around the Sudanese desert and look for the well of water. The journey is very difficult because you have to walk very swiftly and hide behind rocks when the Janjaweed come within range of where you are walking. If you are caught by the Janjaweed outside of the camp you risk being shot and killed, and then the game is over. Depending on the characters age that you choose, your death is different depending on the situation you choose.  If the mission to the well is successful then you have to make the long trek back to the village. Later on in the game you can plant foods, build shelter, and other basic tasks. 

The creator of this game is a college student at USC and she created the game because she feels a lot of young people are already on the computer and if they play the game it might create more activists for aid in Darfur. She created the game for her masters thesis. People have many reactions about this game. Some people think it's wrong to belittle the problem so much that it is just mere child's play. Yet others think it will aid in spreading awareness about the problem in Darfur. That opinion is for you to decide, but I think it does help spread awareness because it's not like Halo where you can restart. When the avatar you chose dies it no longer becomes a character that you can use, it's like the person actually died in real life, which is what it's creaters wanted to convey to the players. 

Check the game out here--->Darfur is Dying