Global Warming and Sim City Societies?

I'm anything but a computer gamer myself but having had a look at the article it looks like an interesting concept. I don't think too many people are going to use it as an educational tool but will instead use it for what, at the end of the day, it is - a game.

There was a similar concept on a BBC website, though without all the animation and so on, in which the player chose which world leader they wanted to be and had to manage the national and global economy, the environment and so on without getting voted out of office.

It does look fun and interesting but I don't think I'll be playing it. The last computer game I played was Euro 98 (soccer) and even then I was trying to score as many goals as possible for the opposing team.

i think it could raise awareness but anyone that still doesn't understand AGW wont be convinced by a computer game if all the data in the world wont.