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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Aleks Krotoski

Charitable game

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the US, when many Yanks will be stuffing themselves silly with turkey and all the fixin's. Over in other parts of the world, however, people aren't quite as lucky to have such bounty. While to date there's never been a killer app which combines playing games and directly contributing, while you play, to alleviate the shortfalls of third world countries, here's a game which tries. Free Rice.



* Click on the answer that best defines the word.

* If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word.

* For each word you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.



Well, when I say "game", it's as much a game as Sega's Typing of the Dead or Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training. But at least it's something.

Caught the first whiff of this from Wonderland

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