A budgeting game that could help the French economy
France has released a new budgeting game Cyber-budget that allows players to assume the role of the Finance Minister and apportion funds to various ministry portfolios.
Alas, the game is in french which counts me out but if you can understand parle vous Francais you probably can make a go at it. However, I'm a little unsure as to why this game exists. It will certainly take an enormous amount of promotion to rival the lastest War Craft and Grand Theft Auto, though I'm sure they're not the audience.
I guess, after the last bout of riots which appear to cripple the french social community, the government is looking for citizens to provide fresh ideas for their welfare portfolio. If you receive a phone call after balancing the budget while increasing funds for welfare and delivering effective tax cuts - it may the Department of Finance on the other end.
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The game was made so that the people of France could understand the hardships their Finance ministry goes thru, well at least that is what a report on the game said on the BBC site http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4946496.stm
Posted by: Raymond | July 12, 2006 11:10 PM