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Escape from Diab
Ayiti: The Cost of Life

Initially, my group intended to play and review the game Escape from Diab, which according to its website is an advanced game designed to teach kids about healthy eating habits. However, after spending some time trying to find the actual game, we realized it was not released yet. So, we went ahead and tried out a different game…

Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a game meant to show how difficult life is in some parts of the world, with the focus of the game specifically being rural Haiti. After playing for just a brief amount of time, it is quite obvious that life there is extremely difficult to manage. As soon as I had gotten the entire family I was in control of to be happy, someone got sick and died. When the money situation was starting to look up, someone suffered a major injury and required a costly stay in the hospital.

I feel that this game is very effective in raising awareness of the hardships people face in other parts of the world. It always has some nasty surprise waiting around the corner for you, just like real life. Now, if I could just find some cheat codes…