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Whack-a-Politician April 8, 2006 - by Ian Bogost According to The Washington Post, a group of researchers at the Stanford political communication lab are using an online whack-a-mole game to measure players feelings about politicians. They built whack-a-mole games with politician heads instead of rodents, then measured the effects of "cathartic whacking." The results?
...political independents had a significantly less sour view of Bush and the GOP after spending 45 seconds whacking images of Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro and other rogue leaders.
In addition to the politician version, featuring the likes of Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Fidel Castro, the group also has a version with whackable Michael Jackson, Martha Stewart and Britney Spears. The most popular whackees? Dick Cheney, Michael Jackson, and Adolf Hitler. Hmm... (thanks to Kenton, via Serious Games) Comment from Bunny Fru Fru on April 8, 2006
Comment from Elizabeth Losh on April 10, 2006
Those who are feeling particularly patriotic can also whack "commie" spies in the "Whack a Mole" game at the National Spy Museum in Washington D.C. See http://www.spymuseum.org/games/mole.html for the actual online fun. Comment from maggie on May 16, 2006
Have you seen the Thatcher related whack-em-up, where you whack striking miners? You can play it at http://www.milksnatcher.com and they have one called 'The Lady's not for Burning' after her quote, 'The lady's not for turning' at http://www.maggiethatcher.com/burning.html Comment from charlie_six on June 8, 2006
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