Information Databases

http://www.worldbank.org/data
http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/244175/
http://www.grid.unep.ch/
http://www.oecd.org/statistics/
http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/
http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/

International News

http://www.undp.org
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html

Game News and Developers

http://ludology.org/index.php
www.persuasivegames.com
www.newsgaming.com
www.watercoolergames.com
www.politicalmachine.com
www.lunagames.com
www.emogame.com/bushgame.html
http://www.deanforamericagame.com/play.html
http://www.takebackillinoisgame.com/play.aspx
http://www.replaystudios.de/survivor/aboutthegame.php
http://www.theyrule.net/2004/tr2.php
http://www.carmensandiego.com/ (http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=4349)

Other Links

http://gssd.mit.edu/
http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/tutorials.html