The Population Research Institute raises concern over an Australian video game for children, designed to teach them about environmental responsibility.

Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, says the game called Planet Slayer is funded by the Australian government. "It's a global warming game that basically tells children that they should die at a young age because 'they've used up their fair share of the planet,'" Mosher explains.

Youngsters playing the game called "Greenhouse Calculator" on the Planet Slayer Web site see on the screen the figure of a pig representing them.

"And if you put in that you make a considerable amount of money and that you have a car and that you like to go on vacations, the pig swells up into a huge bloated creature and then dies in a pool of blood," Mosher adds.

Some of the information shows children have used up their share of earthly resources as early as age five, but what happens if you put in the opposite information? "If you put down that you give half [of] your money to environmental groups, then you can live forever," Mosher contends.

Mosher points out that children are vulnerable, partly because their reasoning ability is not on as high a level as adults, and they may interpret the game to mean they are obligated to commit suicide.

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