Crisis in the Gulf Video Game

Apparently Indie publisher Super Boise Games has made a game about fighting the oil spill spewing out into the Gulf of Mexico. It costs $1 on Xbox Live.

Kotaku did a piece on it here: http://kotaku.com/5575586/an-xbox-video-game-about-the-gulf-oil-spill and New Orleans news station WDSU got a couple of local reactions on a video you can check out here: http://www.wdsu.com/irresistible/24121844/detail.html#.

I'm not offended by the game like some people apparently are - hey it's not like your goal is to kill the dolphins to make room for more oil in the water! You're saving the day with ships armed with high-tech oil-burning lasers! (Are you listening Obama?) And games about newsworthy events might encourage people to become more informed. But c'mon that game looks pretty lame. Even for a dollar - I'll pass.