   Artists Kanye West, Matisyahu, Serj Tankian from System of a Down and Olympic gold Medalist Joey Cheek are just a few of the people participating in the online launch of Darfur is Dying and are encouraging their families, friends and fans to play the game.
You can make your impact by playing Darfur is Dying and then passing it on to your family and friends.
In partnership with the Reebok Human Rights Foundation and the International Crisis Group, mtvU (
mtvU is MTV’s 24 hour college network) launched the Darfur Digital Activist Contest, an unprecedented competition bringing together student technology and activism to help stop the genocide in Darfur. Susana Ruiz, Ashley York, Mike Stein, Noah Keating and Kellee Santiago of the University of Southern California conceived the game and worked closely with humanitarian aid workers with extensive on the ground experience in Darfur to develop it.
Darfur Video:
Darfur is Dying is a narrative-based simulation where the user, from the perspective of a displaced Darfurian, negotiates forces that threaten the survival of his or her refugee camp. It offers a faint glimpse of what it's like for the more than 2.5 million who have been internally displaced by the crisis in Sudan.
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"Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
