New Times,
New Thinking.

  1. Politics
14 November 2008updated 01 Jul 2021 5:43am

Super Obama World

Each weekend Iain Simons provides you with a game that'll help you while away a few hours. This time

By Iain Simons

Each weekend Iain Simons provides you with a game that’ll help you while away a few hours. This time it’s Super Obama World. Enjoy wisely…

A ludic footnote to a most networked of presidential campaigns has emerged in the form of Super Obama World. This lovingly assembled work pays solemn tribute to the man and his ideas through the medium of the browser-based flash game, itself perhaps the only form of digital communication the Democrats didn’t use during the election.

Unexpectedly, whilst nothing on the original, it’s quite good fun. Whilst not eschewing the satirical heights of ‘Super Columbine Massacre RPG’, the developers have instead delivered a series of pixel-art character jokes wrapped within a gentle pastiche of Super Mario Bros. The game borrows the map interface from the Nintendo classic although rather than bouncing around the Mushroom Kingdom, here you traverse the States of the USA. The action begins in the colds of Alaska with a level entitled, ‘I can see Russia from my House!’ Indeed, within moments you’re beset by lipstick-wearing pigs as you make your way to a showdown with Palin herself.

In a nice-touch (although one senses it may be one they come to regret) developers Zensoft have promised to continue updating the game with more States in the weeks to come,”…including Arizona, Illinois, and D.C. levels. Just because the campaign is over doesn’t mean the excitement has to be!”

Play Super Obama World

Select and enter your email address Your weekly guide to the best writing on ideas, politics, books and culture every Saturday. The best way to sign up for The Saturday Read is via saturdayread.substack.com The New Statesman's quick and essential guide to the news and politics of the day. The best way to sign up for Morning Call is via morningcall.substack.com
Visit our privacy Policy for more information about our services, how Progressive Media Investments may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.
THANK YOU

Content from our partners
The Circular Economy: Green growth, jobs and resilience
Water security: is it a government priority?
Defend, deter, protect: the critical capabilities we rely on