Terry Lavender, a resident of Vancouver’s West End, is Simon Fraser University (SFU) Surrey’s communications manager, and also studies in the SFU’s school of interactive arts and technology. Lavender has created a video game called,  Homeless: It’s No Game, as part of his graduate studies. He hopes to determine “whether it’s possible to fuse computer games and social activism to make a difference.” Players of the video game walk in the tattered shoes of a homeless woman on the streets of Vancouver, with the object being “to survive 24 hours in the West End, scrounging for food, clothing, and shelter, while dodging hazards like the police, drug addicts, irate drivers, aggressive dogs, speeding cyclists, and surly tourists.” While the project is not finished, Lavender has already released the source code to the public as encouragement for others to adapt the idea. The game may be accessed online via his website: http://www.sfu.ca/~tlavende.