A downloadable video game about eating, obesity and the politics of nutrition, FATWORLD reconstructs a playful, small-scale society where players own and operate a restaurant, purchase groceries, create and share recipes and make nutritional decisions over the life of a character.

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FATWORLD is an Independent Lens Web-Exclusive online game and an Electric Shadows project. The Electric Shadows initiative, presented by ITVS Interactive and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, presents innovative Web-original projects that offer untold, provocative stories by today's independent storytellers.

Electric Shadows projects are available online as a special feature of the Independent Lens Web site at PBS.org. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/interactive.html