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Matt Crowley Digital games are what people do for fun, but some believe that it may change the world. Jane McGonigal, a game designer, believes that digital games can impact the world. McGonigal is the director of game research and development for the Insitute for the Future. She believes that there are problems throughout reality, and believes that games could fix this void in reality. Alternate reality games will help fix problems throughout the world such as: poverty, disease, hunger, and climate change. An example of a game that helped change society was World Without Oil. This game forced the players to act as if there was no oil in their lives. This would impace how their families and them travel. The players of World Without Oil, have not only changed their daily habits, but are spreading the word throughout the community. This shows that video games can and will make a difference throughout the world. By using videogames, the world can be changed by taking away resources and other things that we use everyday. By taking away these things, it will show that by overusing these resources can be a diaster for us in the future. This would be a diaster because we would completely run out of that resource and it could be gone for forever. Videogames can help the world and the people that live there.

Bp is a company that drills oil in the Gulf of Mexico. This company had a major accident and spilled oil. When oil is spilled, the environment is devastated. For example, fish die, and birds wings are stuck together, which means that they can't fly or find food for themselves. Oil could also get in the lungs of these animals and kill them instantly. Ironically, this company rejected stricter safety rules proposed last year. They claimed that their safety measures were adequate. But, everyday a pipe is leaking about 1,000 barrels of oil a day. It is believed that this oil will reach the caost by the weekend, which would threaten the environment of the Gulf. To fix this problem, BP plans on covering the pipe with a large umbrella-like canopy. The problem is that it would take around 4 weeks to install. In conclusion, if BP took the correct safey measures, then there would never have been an oil spill.
 * Documetns Show BP Opposed New, Stricter Safety Rules **