Blago Loses Guv Job, But Gets iPhone Game
Blago Loses Guv Job, But Gets iPhone Game
January 31, 2009
The Illinois Senate may have given Rod Blagojevich the boot via impeachment, but game developer Yanki.JP is celebrating the disgraced ex-Guv's reign with with Pay2Play, a new iPhone app.
The game's website lets us know that this is not exactly a hardcore political sim:
Pay2Play is the game of trading and danger. How much money can YOU make selling senate seats? Head all over Illinois trading your way to success!
You have 30 days to pay back the unions, make tons of cash, and get out of town all before getting impeached! Transposing a trading game such as Dopewars with a slick interface on the iPhone.
Also a gaming first! Alcopops make it to the game scene for the first time. See what Illinois politicians have been so worried about!
The alcopops reference is a dig at a recent Illinois law prohibiting the depiction of the sweet, boozy drinks in games aimed at children - not that there has ever been an alcopop depicted in a video game.
Eager to try your hand at corrupt Illinois politics? You'll have to wait a bit longer. Pay2Play is currently on hold pending AppStore approval.
Via: Kotaku
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Valdearg: @Zip: Not exclusively Online, I don't think. And it's like 17,000 a year, to attend. Not worth it, IMO.
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ZippyDSMlee: Vlag:do they have online corses?
ZippyDSMlee: Vlag:do they have online corses?
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Valdearg: Fun. For what it's worth, at ITT, it was 8 Week Quarters.
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ZippyDSMlee: Vlag:looky here, http://forums.theeca.com/showthread.php?t=8590
ZippyDSMlee: Vlag:looky here, http://forums.theeca.com/showthread.php?t=8590
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ZippyDSMlee: Valdearg:So force our nobles in charge to re join normal sosicty is unrealistic?
Posted 03/17/10 at 04:08pm
Valdearg: Instead of thinking about these fanciful notions of how things should work in your world, you should be thinking how can we realistically fix the problems with our current system. Small steps mean progress, big leaps are usually defeated.
Valdearg: Instead of thinking about these fanciful notions of how things should work in your world, you should be thinking how can we realistically fix the problems with our current system. Small steps mean progress, big leaps are usually defeated.
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Valdearg: @Zip: Thinking realistically is the first step to bettering yourself. :P
Valdearg: @Zip: Thinking realistically is the first step to bettering yourself. :P
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ZippyDSMlee: They should be treated as part of society not nobility and I have been labeled an incompetent so I can haz my monies, not like its enough to live on....going to be fun when I start devry in a few years.....
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ZippyDSMlee: House/senate/P/VP do not need to be paid , they also should be blocked from working with any industry thats attached to government(even lowest contract bids) after office.
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ZippyDSMlee: Also survive<live
ZippyDSMlee: Also survive<live
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ZippyDSMlee: They do not need to be paid, the fame,influence,back scratching, free security and reduced housing is all they need to live and work.They live far to far away from society to be charged with its governance....
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ZippyDSMlee: Vlag: Goverment needs an overhaul not absolute destruction tho I dubt it would be changed any other way >>.
ZippyDSMlee: Vlag: Goverment needs an overhaul not absolute destruction tho I dubt it would be changed any other way >>.
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ZippyDSMlee: Vlag:Only if congress stops taking their checks :P
ZippyDSMlee: Vlag:Only if congress stops taking their checks :P
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Frankly, I wonder how much a seat in Utah costs?
Full fledged case of Thompsonitis. Soon, he'll be trying (and failing) to convince people he's still a Senator, and that his opinion is the only sound one.
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You mean Governor, not Senator.
"That's not ironic. That's justice."
Thompsonitis....,
symptoms include;
Dementia, Rambling, Crabs (just not where you think), hairloss (same as crabs) and spouting from all ends.
Symptoms that you are getting worse may include but are not limited to;
explosive diarrhea, implosive diarrhea, braintooth (thanks, Colbert!), insideoutness, hysterical screaming, hysterical laughing, hysterical crying and anything else with hysterical on it...
If you have 3 or more of these symptoms, please consult your nearest mortician.
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I do feel (an insignificant) sense of pity for the fool, thought...
You forgot Explosive farting and implosive farting but, anyway that sums up Thompsonitis(literaly)
The Jack Thompson complex
Symptom include: paranoia
, using religion as your tool, blaming video game (or other form of medium)
, attempting to link school shooting/violent crime with that medium, intimidate people to get them believe you, coming up with stereotype and negative image about certain medium, putting lawsuit for the maker of that medium, and using lawsuit as threat, deep thought of conspiracy theory, also showing sign of border-personality disorder and also god complex, having thought about people going after you
, these symptom can vary and not all of them may show that you have the complex.
If you have this symptom, please commit yourself to a mental asylum and stay away from any religion and medium.
The only people with this complex is Jack and a few of the anime hater I met online (they don't have the religion tool symptom)
AE: Your post is off topic. If you must complain about the stories GP hasn't written, do it here.
The alcopop thing is awesome! :D
reminds me of the game drug lords i that used to come with the eee pc install