Hey kids, hear about the latest rage? It’s “Tea Party Zombies Must Die” an exciting new first-person shooter “Advergame.” Here’s how it’s described:
DON’T GET TEA-BAGGED! The Tea Party zombies are walking the streets of America. Grab your weapons and bash their rotten brains to bits! Destroy zombie Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Glenn Beck, the Koch Brothers, and many more!
Don’t believe the hype? I took the game for a whirl and managed to snag some choice screenshots. Here’s some of the graffiti that appears inside the “trailer park” level.
If you can’t make it out, that sign says “MORE TAX KUTS 4 RICH FOKE!” And this one says “GO BACK 2 KENYA”
The verisimilitude is quite striking. See for instance this tableau: an undead yokel, his rotting flesh peaking through holes in his faded blue overalls, stands against an ominous sky between the Stars and Bars and the iconic image of President Obama as the Joker:
Oh, neat! This Tea Party zombie lady is wearing the ragged remains of a KKK robe!
I didn’t advance to the later levels, but they promise zombie versions of Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and Bill O’Reilly. And of course the opportunity to “bash their rotten brains to bits!” Looks like fun:
She came from Alaska, to feast on your flesh! Oh, look! There’s infamous Tea Partiers Newt Gingrich and Bill O’Reilly skulking through the post-apocalyptic remains of a Fox News Studio. This all makes so much sense:
But the best part about the game is that it isn’t just fun. It’s educational. Between levels we get informative tidbits about how Obamacare lowers the deficit, and how most Republicans think the president is a Muslim. There are even lessons to be learned in dying:
I can feel wave after wave of New Tone washing over me.
UPDATE: MRCtv got comment from Jason Oda, head of StarvingEyes, the company that created the game. Oda called it “just a personal project” and said he is “not worried about it effecting business.”
Actually, this looks pretty good.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf it's got zombies, I'm in. I just wish our side had some propagandists this good.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMuslin "effecting" LOL!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseGot an LOL out of that myself! Makes me think the misspellings in the game weren't intentional, just representative of the intelligence of the creators.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseOh, delicious irony. In a post ostensibly mocking a game that mocks Tea-Party illiteracy, the author notes "an undead yokel, his rotting flesh PEAKING through holes…"
That must be some good zombie E.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYawn... people that play games like Resident Evil and L4D do it as an ESCAPE from everyday stupidity like this... I don't begrudge anyone the right to make annoying useless junk no one in their right mind would want... but isn't that what China's for?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBut if the tea party foke have all become zombies - who's doing the shooting? To be realistic, the lefties trying to survive the tea-zombie onslaught should be hitting the undead things with their purses.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI love the new civility... Now can there be a game made about the Dems without the maker being excoriated? I do not think so...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJust wow. Stay classy lefties!
Does anyone seriously think this game will earn Obama even one more vote? If anything it ought to drain away the attention and enthusiasm of some of the stupider voters under 30. Republicans should not feel jealous for not having equivalent childish timewasters.
It's just a modern version of: "Like, if we have a free music festival, that will defeat the fascists! Or anyway, I like free music!" Kids like free shoot-em-up games with zombies. Like duh.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseFogey.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhile the Left shrieks about violence from the right, they are projecting their own dark side fantasies. Obvious as the sunrise.
This just shows that we are not in a simple political conflict, but that at root we are in a war of fundamental worldviews and culture. I use those terms metaphorically, because as a warrior myself, I know that the action of last resort is actual physical warfare. Everybody loses when that happens.
Basic Psy-Ops: Demonize your opponents; makes it easier to kill them. Will Democratic pols be held accountable for inciting violence when the hardcore rightwing fringe-lunatics get fed up and take action?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAm I wrong for enjoying the game just a tad? Zombies are zombies are they all must die, even if they're Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann.
But wake me up when I see a zombie game featuring Obama and Gabrielle Giffords.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThese guys are morons for not putting them in. The game would be much more fun.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAre you kidding?
Why accept second best?
Today is the release day for Rise of Nightmares...we now get to blast zombies using the Kinnect. No more wimpy controllers, swing the axe for real!
Just make sure to miss the TV) ;-)
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseKinect? Guffaw, I'm old school. Dead Island today and Resident Evil 4 and Code Veronica HD on the 20th will make me a happy gamer.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePssst, Daniel, that's not the Stars and Bars. That's the Confederate Naval Ensign. A square version was the battle flag and was incorporated into the Seocond and Third National Flags of the Confederacy. There were also a few rectangular versions used as a battle flag by some local regiments. But the Stars and Bars is more like the US flag with three bars (red/white/red) instead of thirteen stripes and a circle of stars on the blue field like some of the early Colonial flags.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abusecaptcha: (pushing) "ups a daisy"
From this game, we can see the liberals' worst fears. Newt Gingrich is a pushover, but conservative Christian undead chicks are nearly indestructible.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis is great. I had a FB friend post an article from Cracked.com that explains how republicans are zombies and democrats are vampires. I would post the link but I'm a brainless zombie out to consume all in my path without regard.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLooks like fun. Just goes to show that conservatives have a sense of humor. Liberals would be up in arms if there were a game with Barry, Joe, et. al. Come to think of it, Harry and Nancy are already pretty close to being zombies.
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