An online game known as Tea Party Zombies Must Die has stirred a little bit of controversy (at least in conservative circles).  The game somewhat resembles Nazi Zombies from the Call of Duty games where your character has to defend himself from various zombies and move on to other areas. I played for a few minutes and eventually got to the Fox News station (when entering, you see a message saying something to the effect “Opinion journalism masquerading as legitimate news”).

http://teapartyzombiesmustdie.com/

I have mixed feelings on this.  While I certainly understand the sentiment, I can’t help but wonder if this plays a little too much into the hands of the belligerent tea party mentality.  Keith Olbermann has criticized this game, urging people to boycott the game producer.

On a more amusing note: it’s interesting to read accusations from conservative mouthpieces, claiming that hypocrisy from liberals who are supposedly against this sort of thing.  This game was designed by a single game developer in New York.  And yet, from the ranting I am seeing, this something “liberals have done.”  This reminds me of Bill O’Reilly’s Culture Warrior whereby a few select (and small) anecdotal examples apparently represent large organized movement by secular progressives to undermine America’s cultural heritage.  I am guessing this game will make its way into his next book (since he himself is in the game) as yet “another example of liberals out to destroy all that’s good with America.”  This is the sort of exaggerated nonsense right wing media and pundits thrive on.

Here are a couple of  screenshots.

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