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White House Joust April 1, 2004 - by Ian Bogost New from KewlBox, White House Joust. Like Joust, but with Bush and Kerry (and Limbaugh and Blair and...) Comment from bryan-mitchell young on April 1, 2004
Wow, that was... not that great. I guess it shows that, not only is making a game hard, but that making a good game is really hard, even if you are copying a known format!. Comment from gig'em on April 2, 2004
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Comment from Den on July 22, 2004
Yo Bryan, take a chill pill. The game was obioulsy a political parody. It made everyone in my office laugh. the cool part which you missed was the scoreboard system that shows how people played the game. More people play the Bush version than the Kerry version. Not scientific but interesting. Comment from Online Poker on February 16, 2005
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Joust with Bush and Kerry
Excerpt: This is excellent -- a version of Joust, played with various political figures in and around the Bush/Kerry race! You can pick either side, but either way, the figures shout hilarious little one-liners that are composited from statements that were act... Weblog: collision detection Tracked: April 9, 2004 2:37 AM |
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