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Bush Backrub August 4, 2006 - by Ian Bogost A new little newsgame over at AddictingGames.com, this one taking on the much-publicized impropmptu backrub Bush performed upon German chancellor Angela Merkel. The game, Bush Backrub, is simple enough: move Bush around behind cleverly selected world leaders. Click rapidly to offer a "Texan backrub." Keep the comfort meters full or you lose. As with many of these little games, not really political in content, but an adequate and rapid interpretation of a news event that got a lot of media attention. Comment from JRZody on August 7, 2006
Truthfully, I think it was the most ridiculous game I've played this Summer. I know its supposed to be "an adequate and rapid interpretation of a news event that got a lot of media attention", Buut why make a game of it? come on, I think thats going too far! POST A COMMENT
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