Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting Concerns

Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting Concerns

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
Submitted by Haggard - July 20, 2008 at 7:31 am -0500

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
Submitted by SticKboy - July 21, 2008 at 9:23 am -0500

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
Submitted by Anonymous - July 23, 2008 at 7:37 pm -0500

Bioshock is a satire of an Ayn Rand novel.

Re: Game Lampoons UK Prime Minister Over His Food Wasting
Submitted by Andy - July 20, 2008 at 4:20 pm -0500

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
Submitted by Chance - July 20, 2008 at 7:51 pm -0500

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.

 

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Posted 08/20/08 at 02:05pm
sortableturnip: It's funny, he sends a letter b4 any investigation...what a moron...
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Austin_Lewis: There's a pub in a village with thatched roofs on the way to Stonehenge that had the best garlic bread ever. I ate like 12
Posted 08/20/08 at 09:36am
Austin_Lewis: orders of it and ended spending 24 pounds on the bread alone.
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Austin_Lewis: @Novablack: That's funny, when I was at the Peele Center, they reported London's knife crime at 850 with some change.
Posted 08/20/08 at 09:18am
gamepolitics: used the Tube continually, except took a bus tour to Stonehenge... such a tourist.
Posted 08/20/08 at 09:14am
NovaBlack: true. wasnt there a 'good news paper' that sold practically nothing and went bust?
Posted 08/20/08 at 09:08am
ZippyDSMlee: NovaBlack: the news media needs soemthignto tak abotu and good thigns do not "sell" news.
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NovaBlack: Also knife crime in london last year 160.. in new york (similar size etc) 400+ knife attacks... wierd how things get reported
Posted 08/20/08 at 09:00am
NovaBlack: its wierd the knife crime thing in the UK atm. knife crime is actually at around one of its lowest levels. Just reported alot.
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