Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon devotes her latest article to government tax dollars wasted on a video game pushing left-of-center policy goals.

The National Institutes of Health is spending over $200,000 on a video game about clean water.

The computer game will help children “right the environmental wrongs” of a fictional town. A grant for the project was awarded last month to Meadowlark Science and Education, a company that makes STEM video games in Missoula, Mont.

The target audience of the new environmental health video game is 5th and 6th graders, who will use the game to sharpen their Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math skills while increasing their “awareness of the importance of clean water.” …

… The goal of the study is to create a computer game with “significant commercial potential that increases awareness of the importance of clean water in human health.”

The project, which began in July, has received $224,999. Research will continue through 2018.

Meadowlark Science and Education announced an upcoming project on its website for a computer game entitled “Water Follies.” The objective of the game is for children to convince politicians on the importance of environmental issues.