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Conservatives Upset Over Tea Party Zombie Game

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by Dan Ryckert on September 08, 2011 at 03:25 PM

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A new online game pits players against zombie forms of various conservatives, and Fox News is none too happy about it. The game, Tea Party Zombies Must Die, sends players through a Doom-like gauntlet of Tea Party supporters, Fox News personalities, and Koch Industries businessmen.

FoxNews.com features quotes from several conservatives regarding the game. Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee chimed in, saying "I'm personally flattered to be included in this young game-maker's efforts to be funny, and I even support his First Amendment rights to produce things that are in poor taste or unseemly to rational people, but I do not support the hypocrisy of the left who scream at all offenses they can manufacture toward conservatives, but turn their backs on the same standards when applied to someone of their own political ilk." Other enemies in the game include Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich, and Sarah Palin.

While I may not personally agree with the Tea Party or Fox News' political rhetoric, I have to admit that liberals would be in an uproar if a game allowed conservatives to kill Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Jon Stewart, and the like. How about we just agree that making games representing the murder of people with differing political views is a bad idea overall?

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Filed under: News, politics, Zombies, fox news, conservatives, tea party zombies must die

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by LOCOPELAND Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:31 PM

lolz
by Boyzby Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:36 PM

Yes, a bad idea indeed.
by FutureZeus Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:36 PM

Hahahahaha!!!! Love it!!!
What a stupid game.

Maybe it will have the liberal DLC pack so both parties can participate in this nonsense.
by castlemadeofsand Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:37 PM

if this was a game with obama and the liberals faces in it they would have a *** fit and call it "hate mongering and inciting violence" like they did when Palin had a poster with her competitor in some crosshairs. they made a huge deal about it. now the left make an actual game depicting physically shooting people on the right.

f'ing hypocrites.
by ThrawnOmega Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:37 PM

Love Huckabee's quote.
by Erich Beckmann Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:39 PM

lulz
by firedude3663 Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:40 PM

that's hilarious
by Chief Beef Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:44 PM

+1 to Dan, +2 to Huckabee.
by lancehutson Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:45 PM

Personally, I listen to Fox News everyday and it makes me cringe when they bring up video games. This is ridiculous but with all the political bickering going on today, can we please just leave video games out of it. I dont want to have political messages in the games i play. This is a stunt to p*** people off and it worked. but like i said, can we please... FOR THE LOVE OF GOD... keep news stations and politics separate from video games.... PLEASE??????
by Jessie Scott Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:45 PM

I think it's pretty funny. Poor taste, but funny. People will always find something to complain about. Personally I couldn't care less about our current political system as it's full of people who are corrupt and only interested in furthering their own gains. Republicans I especially detest because they claim they want smaller government, but in small print it's actually just free market they want government out of, yet they want to regulate the most personally things based on their religious beliefs. We need an overhaul, not continuing to repeat the same bipartisan, bickering nonsense. Ack, this is a gaming site not a place for political opinion... quick think of something game-y to say... I can't wait for Dark Souls!
by Andrew SiNiSTER Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:45 PM

I don't personally agree with either side, frankly they all make a fool of themselves, and they're lives, and words are meaningless to me. But.. This is kind of a low blow... I mean, I'm sure the game designer doesn't really care, but I'd like to see a democratic version of this game too.
by wayoverdue Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:46 PM

If they weren't zombies, I'd love it.
by febtober swords Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:46 PM

I agree with pretty much everything Huckabee just said. I don't really appreciate how he somehow turned the comment from his opinion about the game into a claim that liberals are hypocrites (completely ignoring that many of his supporters and allies display the same hypocrisy), but he does make a rational, agreeable point otherwise.
by Eyros Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:46 PM

To your closing statement, agreed.
by Zrdtard Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:48 PM

Eh, that's a step back.
by Cameron Koch Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:49 PM

Huckabee seems to have some sense. But yea pretty poor taste regardless of what political party. Makes gamers look bad and overall doesn't help the worlds opinion of us at all.
by gumdropmonster Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:50 PM

After all of Fox news' crap they had this coming
by Raven K. Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:50 PM

Obviously they are upset- they're upset about everything- but yeah, this is clearly a case of bad taste. Your closing point is only too true; if the tables were turned we'd be hearing about it just as much or more (honestly I don't think politics should come into the common sense idea that it would be bad to portray the slaying of any President, particularly while they are in office).

The reason this verges from slightly annoying to infuriating is that it's just another dumb stunt which draws unneeded negative attention to gaming as industry/hobby- and it adds NOTHING to any conversation, political or otherwise.

Like ol' Huckabuck said, I'm all for the protection of Freedom of Speech rights- but just because you have the right to be an idiot, doesn't mean it's prudent to do so- furthermore, I'm not a supporter of 'shock rock' that's only value is being shocking, and is otherwise devoid of artistic merit (which is why I like some Marilyn Manson, and dislike a most the rest). True, artistic merit can be a subjective thing (don't tell an art-history major that), but I think we can agree this game is without that merit (reminds me of a famous quote from the People vs Larry Flynn judge).
by ABCNT Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:50 PM

HAHA....Nice
by Soldierx0fxGod Thursday, September 08, 2011 at 03:51 PM

I agree with you, Dan. This is just a stupid idea.