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Games on wii, 360, PS2, PSP, DS, PC. Will game on PS3 at team ico's next release. Did a barrel roll. Knows what can change the nature of a man. Loved not well, but too wisely. Is a spoony bard. Wonders why so many wolves have to die. Thinks, but probably isn't. Wears a kuribo's shoe. Dabbled in pacifism once, not in 'nam of course. Will play your love zones like a parrot stuck inside a grand piano. Is a miserable pile of antonyms. Collaborated with the combine. Is more handsome unshaved. Thinks only in metaphors. Has a mysterious past. Is still looking for the spot where truth echoes. Resides in ireland.

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FreeRice: Kill Time For a Good Cause
brad drac \| 8:58 AM on 11.13.2007	7 comments

Bored at work? Have an extensive vocabulary? Wracked with social guilt? Then FreeRice is the browser game for you. Every time you correctly figure out the meaning of a word, 10 grains of rice are donated to the UN by a group of tax-break seeking sponsors. Even if you consider altruism the root of all wickedness, the game itself is quick to load and reasonably fun. So play it. Or don't. Whatever.

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7 comments | showing # 1 to 7

BlindsideDork

You could just guess? Or look up the words...is there any proof that it isn't just a mindless game and it actually does give rice?

brad drac

Educated guesses based on root syllables is a good way of figuring them out. Of course, firefox's dictionary search works even better. As for proof, you have no more that they're donating than you do that a web store you order something off won't just rob your money. They seem to be pretty legit, and if they're not, those sponsors would probably be hit for fraud. I don't find it that mindless though, vocabular improvement is a noble endeavor.

glipe

Well, I just went on and fed a small country for 5 minutes. Not a bad deal, really. Luckily my grammar good.

king3vbo

..or they could just give all the rice right now.

LAYME

brad drac

If FreeRice has the rice to give, why not give it all away right now?

FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 10 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.

Read the faq, yiz lazy fookars.

Brian Szabelski

It has corporate sponsorship, so I'd assume big guns like Office Depot and Apple wouldn't be signing on to something that's a lie.

RedNEXUS

I couldn't get any higher then Vocab Level 32. Its a clever idea and rewarding, I've dontated 900 grains and hopfully learned a few words on the way. Thank you for the link.

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