Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Another Obama Video Game (Sort of)

It looks like Super Obama World has competition. Or sort of competition. The folks at BarelyPolitical.com (the same people who helped the Obama Girl gain fame) have their own video using 8-bit graphics titled 2008 Election: The NES Game. Like Super Obama World, this one also riffs off of the classic Super Mario Bros. video game as well as a brief scene at the end that echoes another classic Nintendo game, Duck Hunt.


The big difference is that 2008 Election: The NES Game is a video that you watch while Super Obama World is an actual interactive video game.


Sure, it's a fun video to watch but that's partly because I have fond memories of when I used to play Super Mario Bros. in the local video arcade back in the 1980s. But both Super Obama World and 2008 Election: The NES Game both riff on the same classic 8-bit game. I really would like to see parody political video games that riffs off of classic video games other than Super Mario Bros. How about a variation on Pac-Man where Barack Obama's head is eating tiny blue dots while being pursued by Republican elephants?

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