Have you visited the Apple website lately? If you haven't, you should go check it out especially if you're concerned about climate change and politics. Apple put on a message - loud and proud - congratulating the former U.S. Vice-President for winning the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Gore is regarded by some as one of the geniuses of our time, becoming one of the biggest voices in the fight against global warming. Aside from the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, Gore won an Academy Award for his documentary on climate change "An Inconvenient Truth."

The message in the official Apple site reads:

Al has put his heart and soul, and much of his life during the past several years on alerting and educating us all on the climate change crisis. We are bursting with pride for Al for this historic recognition for his global contributions.

Just because global warming is an inconvenient truth doesn't mean learning about it has to be an inconvenient bore. French independent game and software developer Midori has just announced the release of its new game, titled Global Warming.

This game will put players behind the control of one of several characters, as a landfill is about to be set up beside their home.

Players must find a way to save their home from the dump by choosing an action card, which will affect their character's various stats (finances, morale, and health) in the next few rounds. These action cards will further have an effect on the character's surroundings (C02 emissions, waste, chemicals, etc). Further adding to unpredictability are the appearance of "accident cards,"  which randomly occur to add a degree of complexity to gameplay.

Global Warming runs under the Phelios game engine (PTK), and is compatible with both Mac OS X (10.3.9 or higher), and Windows (95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista) OS. Here are the technical requirements:

• 512 MB of RAM
• 450 Mhz Processor
• 3D openGL video card

A free game demo should be available for download over at the Midori site (read link). Or if you're interested, the game's full version can also be purchased and downloaded for US$ 9.95.