July 20, 2008 -
Earlier this month British Prime Minister Gordon Brown spotlighted the topic of food waste in the U.K., which he said costs the average household about £8 ($16). Brown's comments, which included criticisms of "buy one, get one free" promotions run by supermarkets, sparked some derision in the UK.
Via the Wasted Food blog, we've learned of an online parody game, Gordon Brown and the Kingdom of the Wasters:
You get to control the British Prime Minister as he tries to recover good food like bananas and cupcakes while avoiding rotten items like fish bones.
Apparently, dastardly opposition leader David Cameron is the one throwing away the good food. The goal is to catch Cameron and stop him from giving another press conference. Zelda, it’s not.



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Re: Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting
Thanks good job;
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YES.
Now I don't have to get off my ass for the important shit anymore!
Whats next, ordering pizza from Xbox live?
Wait... I think that sounds like a good idea.
But I think voting should MAKE you get off your ass, and see outside or a second while you go vote. I mean, your picking the president of the United States of America for God's Sake... least you can do is drive down there and punch out a card.
Re: Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting
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Re: Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting
I'm all for freedom of ttnet vitamin speech and allowing rent a car game makers to put whatever they want in games, but there's one thing about this app that has me scratching my head. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from araç kiralama the previous article araba kiralama on this I gathered that players can use Google maps in-game to find the other (real-life?) dealers in their area. If this is the case, has travesti anyone considered what's stopping someone from using this app to actually move drugs between hands for reals?
But majority araba kiralama of their outrage araç kiralama stems from what it could DO TO children, not the content itself. Talk to one of these people and you'll find they don't think any books kiralık araba should be banned from children. Mention American Psycho and they talk about kiralık araç the redeeming value of a has and likely never will have any scenes where someone has sex with a severed head. Not gonna happen. Yet despite this, they'll fight tooth and nail to protect their children from two boys kissing in Bully but whatever they read is harmless... yeah.
The entire arguement is kiralık oto based upon a social normality inflicted by luddites who can't figure out the controls for Halo so it's frightening and terrifying and obviously the cause of youth violence on the rise even though, in reality, it's in decline (which is actually a HUGE suprise given minibüs kiralama the economies status). In a perfect world, we would have parents that actually parent. The idea of sales restrictions on media on oto kiralama any form to accomidate parental unwillingness to get involved with their child's life is the real problem to me. Here I am, 32 years old, and being held up at a self-scan rent a car needing to show ID before I can buy a $10 M rated game all because Soccer Momthra can't be bothered to look at the crap Billy Genericallystupidson does in his free time. It's too hard for her, so I have to suffer?
Re: Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting
His issue isn't actually a terrible one. I've been the head of a family of 5(sort of), and it's absolutely insane the amount of food that can get wasted. The problem isn't that the supermarkets sell too much, it's that it's very difficult to ensure food gets eaten in such a structured environment. Making meals 7 days a week and trying to make sure it gets eaten, along with all the other stuff, it's difficult.
As a single guy, I always eat everything I buy. As a step-father of 3, we threw out a third of our groceries.
Re: Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting
Yeah this game is disitnctly in the shovelware category. I wish private eye would make a game it'd be ace!
Re: Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting
When the idea of satire in a game comes up, I always imagine something witty and clever, like a BioShock or Fallout. Sadly, 99% of satirical games are like the shovelware above :(
Re: Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting
BioShock's not a satire, surely? I do believe it's an allegory rather than a satire.
Fallout, on the otherhand, would count as satire (I think).
-- teh moominz --
Re: Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting
Bioshock is a satire of an Ayn Rand novel.