sentences:  By playing it out in a serious way, the game aimed to apply collective intelligence and imagination to the problem in advance, and create a record that has value for educators, policymakers, and the common people to help anticipate the future and prevent its worst outcomes.In sum, "World Without Oil" invited people to, per its slogan, “Play it - before you live it.”
  
  "World Without Oil" was an Awards Nominee in the Games category for a 2008 Webby Awards, earned an Honorable Mention for the Prix Green award for Environmental Art at the 01SJ 2008 festival, and was honored with a Special Mention in the Environment category for its contribution to humanity in the 2008 Stockholm Challenge.The game won the award for Activism at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in March 2008.