please delete; I was misinformed about this game

[CatWoman]

:grr:

http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Games/Hail_to_the_Chimp

[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. That game came out before the election. I played a demo of it last summer.

[Lars39]

2. That's so blatant...you didn't have to even describe it.

:grr:

[Tempest]

15. She should have because it has nothing to do with Obama

Not only did it come out before the election, but the game has nothing to do with any president or candidate.

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937549.html?categoryid=1079&cs=1

[Occam Bandage]

24. Of course. Describing it would make it clear that the game wasn't about Obama. nt

[Lars39]

27. Who's to know when they haven't seen it before or even heard of it?

[Occam Bandage]

29. Yes, there's no way anyone could possibly

learn anything about this game before they posted about it.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hail+to+the+chimp

[CatWoman]

31. thank you

[Occam Bandage]

32. We all make mistakes from time to time. No worries.

[DS1]

3. sigh

[NeedleCast]

4. Oh For Fucks Sake

First, Playstation didn't develop the game, Gamecock did.

Second, it was released in June of 2008, long before Obama won the election.

[Lorien]

11. Then it seems like a slam against Bush

since he was known as "the smirking chimp".

[NeedleCast]

16. Maybe. I don't think it's a slam against anyone

I think it's a kids game for the Playstation three with little thought put into the title beyond the fact that the main character is a chimp.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[Mari333]

5. but the release date is 06/2008

so I think it meant Bush if it meant anything.

[rcrush]

6. How do you know its not about Bush?

[Tempest]

9. It has nothing to do with Bush or Obama

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937549.html?categoryid=1079&cs=1

[rcrush]

14. So its just a really boring game?

[Tempest]

18. Much like most of the games for the PS3

Not to mention Sony's lame Home.

I should know, I own one.

I rarely use it for gaming.

[rcrush]

20. Yar its my blu ray player

The only thing I've ever played on it is Heavenly Sword.

[Tempest]

23. Heavenly Sword was interesting

For about the first 15 minutes. Then it got boring and repetitive.

And don't get me started on Resistance and Killzone 2.

Mine is just a movie player as well.

[alfredo]

36. The only reason I'd buy it would be for Gran Turismo 5. That's not

enough reason for me.

[drmeow]

10. That was my thought

We certainly referred to him as Chimp enough times.

[BeeBee]

7. Do we not remember when Bush was referred to as Chimp? n/t

[AB_Positive]

First that should be "FU - Gamecock"

Or WideLoad - those are the companies programming/distributing.

Secondly even a budget game takes longer than half a year - possibly longer nowadays - to create. That means when they started not only were they not sure who was running yet, but the only president that could be called a "Chimp" would be the one we've all called Chimpy Magoo (or other variations) for years: George W. Bush.

So... not to rain on your hate parade but unless Wideload/Gamecock comes out and says this is a parody of the current US president... donna worry.

Plus, what, this is like a $15 budget title on a system no one really cares about. Meh?

[CatWoman]

19. i heard about this on Warren Ballentine's show today

and according to him it's a playstation game.

I googled "Playstation+Hail to the Chimp".

[beac]

8. WTF??

And the promo 'spoofs' Hillary's 3am phone call ad??? Double :wtf:!!!

[RubyDuby in GA]

12. I immediately thought it was about Bush, but I still call him Chimp-in-chief. Old habits die hard.

[Dreamer Tatum]

13. Get a grip nt

[dysfunctional press]

17. what exactly are you angry about...?

:shrug:

if you think that this is somehow some kind of slur against obama- you are INCREDIBLY off-base.

[CatWoman]

25. see my post above

I heard about this game yesterday on a black radio show.

He didn't, however, reveal that this game existed before Obama was elected.

[Occam Bandage]

26. Talk show hosts sometimes omit information in order to tell a better story.

:shrug:

[rcrush]

28. Google hasnt made it to the radio yet.

[CatWoman]

35. In his defense, i've gotten some very good tips and breaking stories from his show

The Jena 6 situation, for one....

[Occam Bandage]

37. Well, we all make mistakes. Perhaps he saw it in a Target or a Wal-Mart,

and immediately jumped to the not-unreasonable conclusion it was about Obama.

[Occam Bandage]

21. I doubt it's intended to reference Obama.

It's a party game about a bunch of animals (a hippo, an octopus, a chimpanzee, an armadillo, and a jellyfish) running for President of the Animals, monkeys are pretty common as a source of animal humor, and the game came out in mid-2008, meaning it was most likely in development before the Iowa caucuses.

I guess it's possible the entire thing was designed as an anti-Obama slur, but I kinda doubt it.

[rcrush]

22. I find that hippo to be very racist.

[CatWoman]

33. lol

as do I :rofl:

[jobycom]

30. You sticking up for Bush now? Very admirable, but I couldn't do it.

:shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

34. Umm, this game came out before the election.

I know the guys who worked on it. Wideload Studios comprises about 14 people in downtown Chicago, FWIW. It's a party-style game a la Mario Party about a bunch of animals running for president.

BTW, remember when Bush was the Chimp? If anything, it was a reference to that. I'd have to ask them if it's a Bush reference, but I think it may be. But it is not in any way a slap at Obama, so please don't start this stuff.