Parents with kids in college or children who will one day be attending college have plenty to worry about. There's always been the issue of rising tuition costs, but with today's recession, finding a job after graduating will be a major hurdle. And then there's the issue of debt – not just personal debt from all of those tuition bills, but the government debt that's being built by the current policy-makers in Washington, D.C.
mtvU has partnered with the Peter G. Peterson Foundation to help college students – and interested parents – understand the current financial crisis through a new casual video game called Debtski. The game, which was designed by a recent college graduate and developed by serious gamemaker Persuasive Games, casts players as Piggy Banks and challenges them to spend within their limits.
