Bang bang, you're alive

You’ll watch the concert. You’ll lobby the summit. And thanks to the UN’s Rome-based World Food Programme you can play the video game too.

Ideal for all those whose consciences have been stirred by the approach of Live8 and G8, the phenomenally successful Food Force is not so much a shoot-em-up as a feed-em-up.

Players are wafted to the make-believe Indian Ocean island of Sheylan where they have to bring emergency food relief to a stricken population. The action includes nutritional planning, air drops and even negotiations with rebels.