Dubbed Made Off, the game uses “cellupoints” in lieu of real money. Players can be a savvy investor or sleazy fund manager out to con as many and as much as possible before the government gets wise. “When your fund goes broke, you go, Holy crap, I didn’t invite enough people,’” says the developer.

Ponzi schemes use capital from investors to pay back mature investors, creating the phony appreciate of legitimate stock returns. The developer says the game does not poke fun at the victims and sees it as more of an educational tool. Ponzi scheme practice for everyone!

Try Bernie Madoff mobile scam for free [PocketGamer] [Pic]

Japan’s Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa showed up at the G7 meeting in Rome totally blotto earlier this month. This calls for a cell phone game.

Cell phone start-up Liveware released a cell phone game in which the object is to keep Nakagawa awake during the press conference. Players must “poke” him with the 5 key at the right time to get him to respond to questions from reporters. His approval ratings are tracked at the top of the screen, and the object is to keep them from hitting zero.

Fifteen minutes after the real Nakagawa finished the now infamous G7 press conference, he visited the Vatican Museum on Japanese tax payers’ dime and touched various exhibits. He even climbed over the barrier for statue Laocoon and then sat on the exhibit as the alarm was sounded.

He has since resigned as Finance Minister.

お酒と薬を一緒に呑むとヤバイ！？ [Dream News via The Japan Times Online via Tokyo Mango]

終章控える『FF IV ジ・アフター』累計ダウンロード200万突破 [Gpara via Game|Life]