Archaeologists in Italy have discovered the skelotons of a young couple hugging.  The bodies are believed to have been placed there more than 5,000 years ago, during the Neolithic period.  The Neolithic period is the latter part of the Stone Age, this is when they had started farming and using metal tools. 

What is really interesting is the couple were found in an embrace.  You wonder what led to their death and beautiful burial?  I think it's amazing how they lived so freely with mother earth, and they died with her too.  They found a way of life here that was more true to the land. 



www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/02/07/prehistoric.love.ap/index.html

Serious games have been around for quite some time; from simple algebra games to full-blown flight simulators. But in just the past year, a whole new type of serious game has emerged. At a time when popular games like Grand Theft Auto are coming under fire for too much violence and no real value to kids’ development, many groups are developing games with what could be termed a “global awareness” theme. The game that really kicked this trend off was “Darfur is Dying”, a browser-based flash game in which you have to survive in a Darfur Refugee Camp. Other games in this new genre are “A Force More Powerful”, in which ‘you learn, through trial and error, every principle of nonviolent strategy imaginable’; and “PeaceMaker”, in which you choose a side of the Palestine-Israeli conflict and attempt to resolve it.

This genre aims to bridge the gap between our youth and the important issues of the world today. While many kids are not likely to pick up a newspaper, they are very likely to pick up a videogame. And if that game can teach them some better values to apply to their world, the better off our future can be.

www.darfurisdying.com/