If Presidential Candidates Were Old School Video Games
If Presidential Candidates Were Old School Video Games
February 13, 2008
Game With a Brain has a bit of fun picking old school vido games to suit its view of the top four presidential candidates. Barack Obama is Final Fantasy VII, the site says:...[FFVII's] slick graphics and presentation have led many to accuse it of being more style than substance. In fact, while Final Fantasy VII is often cited as one of the best games ever made, you are likely to find just as many who decry it as the most over hyped ever.
Meanwhile, Democratic rival Hillary Clinton equates to Donkey Kong Country 3, according to Game With a Brain:
The Donkey Kong Country series of games were huge blockbusters... many viewed them as the best games ever... Still, as the series progressed gamers grew weary of the titles... By the third title’s release gamers were seeking change...
On the Republican side, GWAB's selection of Bible Adventures for Mike Huckabee seems almost too obvious, given that the candidate is a minister. Still, it's clear that GWAB has old-school gaming sensibilities:
Huckabee, like Bible Adventures publisher Wisdom Tree, is a fighter. Wisdom Tree was one of those rare companies to release unlicensed titles for the original NES... The actual game may not impress you much upon first play, but there is a certain fun, winning charm to its weirdness...
Republican front runner John McCain? He's Desert Bus:
...Desert Bus tasked you with driving a bus from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada in eight hours of real time. The game could not be paused, and the bus occasionally would veer to the right. So, like the Arizona senator you set out on a grueling long journey (to your party’s nomination) and occasionally veer off to the right (frightening potential independent voters). Uncanny.
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Posted 11/08/09 at 09:02am
DarkSaber: http://tinyurl.com/yez7jyo
DarkSaber: http://tinyurl.com/yez7jyo
Posted 11/08/09 at 09:01am
DarkSaber: Oh for gods sake, the Gearbox pres is gobbing off about Valve again
DarkSaber: Oh for gods sake, the Gearbox pres is gobbing off about Valve again
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:53am
JDKJ: But cheer up, Austin. If the unemployment rate continues to double-digit as predicted for the next few years, your half-dozen stands a better than likely chance of returning to power.
JDKJ: But cheer up, Austin. If the unemployment rate continues to double-digit as predicted for the next few years, your half-dozen stands a better than likely chance of returning to power.
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:46am
JDKJ: @DS: If he had added the line about "or hiring illegals aliens under the table to work as nannies," it would have been a completely perfect descripition. And, yes, it's about the same difference between a six and a half-dozen.
JDKJ: @DS: If he had added the line about "or hiring illegals aliens under the table to work as nannies," it would have been a completely perfect descripition. And, yes, it's about the same difference between a six and a half-dozen.
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:31am
DarkSaber: My god, that description makes them sound almost Republican. Still what did you expect, Obama is only marginally more left than republicans.
DarkSaber: My god, that description makes them sound almost Republican. Still what did you expect, Obama is only marginally more left than republicans.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:07am
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:06am
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Posted 11/08/09 at 12:24am
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
Posted 11/07/09 at 11:33pm
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
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Comments
Why is everyone ignoring this superb candidate???
/Ron Paul Lemming rant.
Very funny list. Never would have made these comparisons.
Eat that Hillary...
The Donkey Kong Country series of games were huge blockbusters… many viewed them as the best games ever… Still, as the series progressed gamers grew weary of the titles… By the third title’s release gamers were seeking change…"
Don't worry. At worst, she can only serve 2 terms. :P
:)
:: Personally wishing for a cancelled title to begin with. ::
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
If you think of it that way, I would have to go with Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.
It tried so hard to be a part of the Final Fantasy franchise, but no fan would give it the time of day, because it sucked.
Clinton as DKC3 = I'd pick the GBA version. Completely screwed up and not as good as the original, plus overshadowed by something bigger.
Not a bad choice at all, but Ron Paul doesn't suck, unless you mean Final Fantasy as the Republican Party, in which case Ron Paul does suck at being part of this new party, but a fine example of old school like Mystic Quest
Damn it, now I keep imagining him as some shirtless dude with a vest, and a gatling gun for a right arm.
Better than imagining him as a long haired chick in short shorts and a rather skimpy top. And apologies for being crude, but that would also give him a rather large chest, which would be very, very confusing to many males. And probably a lot of females too.
Better him the Hillary.
Wow, that's a lot of indirect praise for one of the most scandalous Presidents in the history of our country.
That's:
"Better him than Hillary."
Thanks, you just made my brain try to climb out through my ears for the inadvertent mental image. :-P
@ Weighted Companion Cube
The polling place is upstairs. It appears the light is turned off upstairs, and it is nearly pitch black. What do you do? > Climb stairs.
You cannot see the booths to place your vote. It is pitch black and you are likely to be eaten by a grue. What do you do? > Try to find booth.
Fill in the finish as you wish :-P
Also, Ron Paul is clearly EarthBound: they're both loved by cultists.
Obama wishes he was FFVII but he's more like a hundred games that are all style (or just pretty graphics) and no substance. If Hilary was a game she's be a buggy unplayable mess. McCain and Huckabee would be boring and tedious.
SIIIIGH, I guess I'm voting "None of the above" this year...
Still hoping that Bloomberg changes his mind and throws his hat into the ring...
I hate the man, true, but he's not that boring. Hell, I don't see how Hitlery is Donkey Kong anything, when it comes dow to it.
http://xkcd.com/261/
Only 20-some odd replies to Godwin's Law the convo. Is that a win, or a lose? :-P
Hrmmm... I wonder if we could make use of a giant elliptical dish for dealing with politicians....
Women love it, but it's bad for the industry (country) in the long run.
I'm the guy who has the victory music from FFVII as my cell phone ringtone.
Mogbert you will see at the upcoming march how many people support Ron Paul. There are more than you have been led to believe.
The reason they don't include Ron Paul is because he doesn't stand a chance... there's really no point in talking about a candidate that has no hope of winning at this point
Yes a couple of months ago it would be/was unfair for him to be ignored, cause back then anybody could have become a surprise frontrunner if given their fair share of time and good campaigning; like how Huckabee went from the near bottom of the list to hop up to the top 3 (top 2 by default of Romney dropping out)
But now, we are halfway through the primaries and it is clear that he has no hope for getting the republican nomination and really no hope of getting into the whitehouse even if he ran under a third party... he might make a fairly impressive stand compared to previous third party, but in the end he doesn't have the chance... only way a third party candidate would stand a chance is if they were like Liberman; in that they only barely lost the nomination for their party, but were popular enough between citizen's of both parties that they could win despite not having the former party's nomination
I was kidding about the no love for Ron Paul thing.
I still stand by my Ron Paul = Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.
A sub par game that only few people could love, only because they have no idea what Final Fantasy is supposed to be.
It wants to be a part of something bigger, but the franchise has disavowed its existence.
Obama: Tony Hawk (original). Plays on youthful and different image. Plays well but there are those annoying bugs.
Hillary: Dikatana or Lair. Hyped, Hyped, get it home and suddenly not so great
Mcain: Everquest 2 play either side, shiney, talks about war alot.
Huckabee: actually super bible adventure and its creator are a pretty good analogy scrappy and God fearing
Paul: Mighty final fight. small man in a big fight and alot of people don't remember it.