Ayiti...the addiction.

So...my kids are addicted to the Ayiti game on the playing to learn section of the course schedule. The game is very basic, but for some reason, that's all they want to play. The basic premise of the game is to have your family of Haitians live for four years while meeting their basic needs. They have to have to have jobs or go to school, and their efforts to prosper are constantly thwarted by natural disasters, robbers and disease.
So far, I have only won the game twice. The first time, my family almost didn't make it. I had one person left and he had a miserable life. The second time I won, I was able to have the whole family live, but they had an "okay" life. However, many of my students have been able to have all of their Haitians live and have good lives.
I guess until we get our flash installed (seemingly never) then we will continue to work on choosing a game topic, researching and playing "playing to learn" games.