OLPC 3-day 'game jam'

"Software coders are being asked to develop free, open-source educational computer games for the One Laptop Per Child XO project.

It's offering a laptop prize for teams, "who create new games during a three-day 'game jam' scheduled to begin June 8 on the campus of Olin College, an engineering school in Needham, Massachusetts," says the IDG News Service.

"By increasing the software available for the XO, OLPC hopes to encourage governments of developing countries to order more laptops, pushing the group to its sales goal of 3 million units by May 30," said Tory." -- Read more