{"id":1337,"date":"2007-06-13T17:54:20","date_gmt":"2007-06-13T15:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.greenmedia.md\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2007-06-13T17:54:20","modified_gmt":"2007-06-13T15:54:20","slug":"xbox-360-launches-contest-for-best-game-based-on-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/xbox-360-launches-contest-for-best-game-based-on-global-warming.html","title":{"rendered":"Xbox 360 Launches Contest For Best Game Based On Global Warming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenoptions.com\/files\/images\/snipshot_e412ftf7699m_0.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"417\" height=\"123\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>My Xbox 360 is a little hungry when plugged in. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenoptions.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/23\/nintendo_wii_uses_less_power_than_xbox_or_ps3\">According<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/groovygreen.com\/groove\/?p=607\">tests<\/a>, it consumes roughly 160 watts of power at any given time. This pales in comparison to the Sony Playstation 3 (which racks up 380 watts) but it&#039;s still a hog compared to previous consoles. Thankfully, beyond the occassional DVD and some epic battles of <em>Gears of War<\/em> the power hasn&#039;t been on that often. Still, it could be a greener experience.  <\/p>\n<p>That might all soon change. Sure <em>Halo 3<\/em> is right around the corner, but even more intriguing is a new global warming-themed contest sponsored by Microsoft and Games For Change that seeks to encourage people to create a game based on climate change. The worldwide competition will inspire gamers to come up with a concept that not only entertains, but also inspires. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/community\/news\/2007\/0611-gamesforchangechallenge.htm\">From the release<\/a>, <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;The current generation of gamers is among the most socially conscious in history,&quot; said Suzanne Seggerman, co-founder and president of Games for Change. &quot;We know from experience that young people are looking for ways to help make the world a better place, and who better to support this effort than an industry leader like Microsoft?&quot;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Xbox 360 is a little hungry when plugged in. According to tests, it consumes roughly 160 watts of power at any given time. This pales in comparison to the Sony Playstation 3 (which racks up 380 watts) but it&#039;s still a hog compared to previous consoles. Thankfully, beyond the occassional DVD and some epic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}