News: Harpooned

January 20, 2008, 09:00 PM

by brandon, via Conor O’Kane -
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I forgot to mention Harpooned when it came out a few days back - the side project of a fellow (Conor O’Kane) from Tantalus Games in Australia lampooning (rhymes with harpooning, see) Japan's "research" that they "need to conduct" on whales, which of course really means they just want whale burgers. The game comes as a reaction to Japan whaling in/near Australian waters. You play as a Japanese whaling vessel killing as many whales and harvesting as much of their blubber/offal as you can while dodging greenpeace, the media, and icebergs. On top of the political element, it's actually quite fun, with 'extremely scientific' multipliers and things. Give it a shot! Check out a video of the game here.

That Conor O'Kane fellow is also making a game called Droneswarm, which seems pretty neat.