March 24, 2009
Sure, those AIG bonuses were maddening, but punching out execs isn't the solution that most rational people have in mind.
Still, Kewlbox has posted Bailout Bonus Beatdown, an online game in which players have 15 seconds to throw punches (read: click their mouse) at a greedy yet defenseless exec from the "P.I.G. Insurance Company."
GP: We'd like to think that the state of games as political commentary has advanced beyond the tired whack-a-mole, punchout and first-person shooter genres. But, apparently not...
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Re: Online Game: Bailout Bonus Beatdown
Well, I don't expect you'll EVER see this on the iPhone. Apple's delayed our "Bailout Bonanza" for over a month, and all you do there is catch bags of $$$$.
Too political? You tell me: http://bit.ly/abNCA
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Re: Online Game: Bailout Bonus Beatdown
Honestly, I'd rather beat the people that allowed the bonuses to go through rather than the people just doing their jobs. Oh noes, someone got paid for doing their job! When will the insanity stop!?
Re: Online Game: Bailout Bonus Beatdown
http://www.kewlbox.com/games/GameLaunch.aspx?GameId=329#
Here's the link if you want to play
Watching JT on GP is just like watching an episode of Jerry springer only as funny as the fights
America has just became its own version of the Jerry Springer Show after a bizarre moment in Florida involving a carnival worker.
Re: Online Game: Bailout Bonus Beatdown
Reminds me of the "Don't Taze Me Bro!" 'game' from back in the day. Another pile of crap masquerading as a game. Yeah Super Columbine was considered by some (not me) to be tasteless and wasn't topical but it was at least functional. There was no reason for this game save to milk website hits as near as I can tell. It isn't a game, its a political message in a false game format that really would of worked better as a video.
Re: Online Game: Bailout Bonus Beatdown
A.I.G is P.I.G. (Had to make the joke) how do we play the game because it redirects me to the page where you get the code to embed it
Watching JT on GP is just like watching an episode of Jerry springer only as funny as the fights
America has just became its own version of the Jerry Springer Show after a bizarre moment in Florida involving a carnival worker.
Re: Online Game: Bailout Bonus Beatdown
"We'd like to think that the use of games as political commentary has advanced beyond the tired whack-a-mole, punchout and first-person shooter genres. But, apparently not..."
I wouldn't call this political commentary, GP. It's politically themed, but in the end, it's not commentary so much as stress/frustration relief. It's less a message, and more one of those squeezable boss heads.