Swine Flu: The Game

[DBloke]

Bloody hell there quick
Yes it is another one of those games made in good taste

The feared swine flu pandemic may be fizzling, but online games based on the H1N1 virus continue to proliferate. Today we'll look at two new offerings.
Based on simple keyboard movement system, Stop Swine Flu requires only that players maneuver their character near others and sneeze. Scoring is based on whether one's germs have infected a child, adult or senior citizen.
The game was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, which the New York Times points out is the world's second largest charity, right behind The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Daniel Glaser, who heads special projects for the Wellcome Trust, told the NYT:

We did it to engage the older teen audience and teach them that where you sneeze matters. All the science is embedded in a contest that will look familiar to the YouTube generation.

[The idea of the game is] no sicker than Ring Around the Rosy, which is alleged to date from the time of the plague. People have always caught virus and died. I don’t think there’s anything inappropriate about it.
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PC Authority points us to the simple-minded Swine Flu: Hamdemic which inexplicably challenges players to hurl pigs across the U.S. - Mexico border.

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I needed to see something like this after today

 

[Napalmbrain]

Well that game got boring pretty quick.

I propose they make a game where you have to convince people that swine flu isn't actually much worse than a normal flu virus and the only reason so many people died in Mexico is because their healthcare sucks.

 

[DBloke]

Well that game got boring pretty quick.

I didnt say it was good.


They should of tryed a Dr Mario hack

 

[rukus]

haha

 

[Frogger]

http://doihaveswineflu.org/

Much better.

 

[Dorkfish]

oshi

I just lost the game. No, really, I'm horrible at it.