**WTH? New Game For XBOX 360..The Title? CRISIS IN THE GULF!! No Joke!**

[link to www.msnbc.msn.com]

updated 6/29/2010 5:22:30 PM ET

Frustrated from weeks spent watching BP's oil spread far and wide across the gulf? Ever wish you could swoop super-hero like to the scene and stop the evil oil in its tracks yourself?

Some independent game developers have come up with a way to let you blow off steam — if not stem the flow of oil itself.

The developers from a company called Super Boise have launched an Xbox 360 game that tasks players with blasting globs of oil from the ocean's waters. And they are not the only indie game makers using current events as gaming fodder.

" Crisis in the Gulf" is a tower-defense game that challenges players to stop the oil escaping from an oil rig owned by a company called "DP." After the rig explodes, players must strategically place cannons, torpedoes and other weapons in the ocean — which then shoot down globs of escaping oil.


The game developers from Super Boise describe their game like this: "The Government and Oil Corporations have failed to stop the oil leak. Clearly they haven't tried tower defense!! Do you have what it takes to cap the leak?"


And another one:

"Bailout: The Golden Parachute" is just one of many games based on curent eventsAs the game plays, a news ticker at the top of the screen scrolls satirical factoids and bits of commentary about the oil spill on your game screen.

Read the rest here: [link to www.msnbc.msn.com]

Last Edited by TXGal4Truth on 06/30/2010 01:52 AM