Water Cooler Games

a forum for the uses of videogames in advertising, politics, education, and other everyday activities, outside the sphere of entertainment



ABOUT
About This Site - RSS Feed

Ian Bogost (editor)
Gonzalo Frasca (editor)


SPONSORS
Visit Persuasive Games
Visit Powerful Robot


COMMUNITY

Finally, a good farting game
February 28, 2007 - by Ian Bogost

What a FartI know you've all been waiting for it. Check out What a Fart, a farting game with a convincing core mechanic. You play the role of a gassy chap waiting at a bus stop. Gas builds up in your gut that must needs be released, but take care not to offend social convention and disturb another fellow at the bus stop. Wait until cars pass by and take the opportunity to mask the sound of your flatus with their engine noise. Don't build up too much gas or you'll explode. Longer farts mean more points!

The game itself is in Korean but you'll get the idea. It would be nice if the difficulty scaled up as you played for longer, but it's an, erm, charmer as is.

(thanks to Nico)



Comment from andrewstern on February 28, 2007

you're right, it's a gas

Comment from andrewstern on February 28, 2007

You don't know how long I've been waiting for someone to "release" such a game

Comment from Joshua Strully on February 28, 2007

Who made this? If they keep making games like this, this company's sure to go fart.

I mean, far.

Comment from Joe Bourrie on February 28, 2007

This game stinks. I love it!

Comment from Patrick Dugan on March 2, 2007

There's no final goal, you just keep shifting uncomfortably and farting, forever, waiting for a bus that never comes. This game is a politically sharpened indictment of Korean dietary health and public transit, which reflect on a corporate and governmental culture respectively.

Comment from Phalligator on March 7, 2007

How long will it take me to get this out of my system? I'm addicted.


POST A COMMENT

Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)


Remember me?



TRACKBACKS

SELF PROMOTION

RECENT ARTICLES
My new column: Texture

Gamasutra has published my latest "Persuasive Games" column, this one on how videogames are tactile. But unlike paintings and plats ...

Liz Losh on the NASA MMO Fail

Recently I made some strong remarks about NASA's decision to pull (or "reconfigure") the funding plan for their long-planned educational ...

iTunes App Store can reject you for any reason

Following my occasional series of gripes about Apple openness (1, 2, 3, 4), I thought I'd share a part of ...

Boxing Politician Games. Again.

It happens every election cycle, it seems. Games that allow players to make their favorite candidate box against their least ...

Me on Advertising and Games in the Guardian

If you read the Guardian, you may have noticed that they are running a series of articles and opinion pieces ...

Libery City Satire

I am a Gorilla

NASA MMO Update: Brains Pulled, not Funding

NASA MMO Budget Cut from $3m to $0

Air Traffic Chaos


FAVORITES

ALSO VISIT
RECENT COMMENTS
Ian Bogost on Libery City Satire

tanner on Libery City Satire

Tele3dworld on NASA MMO Update: Brains Pulled, not Funding

Tele3dworld on NASA MMO Budget Cut from $3m to $0

Ian Bogost on NASA MMO Budget Cut from $3m to $0

more comments... 

ADVERTISERS






  Copyright © Ian Bogost & Gonzalo Frasca, unless otherwise noted. Re-printing for commercial purposes by permission only (contact us: ). Re-printing for educational purposes is allowed with proper attribution.