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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Remember “Close Range”? The Onion’s violent video game satire got a web-based Flash game after its hilarious introduction in April, and soon the satirical publication began work on an iPhone app. Until Apple killed the fun, of course.
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As Kotaku’s resident deplorable alcoholic, expectations for me are low enough that not only can I post something this reprehensible, it’s practically expected. So here’s the problem of drunk driving imagined as a 1990s-style game – note, this game doesn’t exist.
Disney’s forthcoming, darker reboot of Mickey Mouse caught the eye of the Shouts & Murmurs satire column in this week’s New Yorker, the second time in three months the highbrow mag has deigned to poke fun with a video-game purpose.
Once again, The Onion cuts to the chase: Lane Kiffin, the new football coach at Southern California is rumoured* to have been wooed away from the job by the chance of a lifetime: Working at a GameStop.
To satirise self-styled guidos (and guidettes) who better than Mario and Luigi? Dr. Coolsex, the group behind Mario Kart: The Movie, give us this send-up of TV fad Jersey Shore, and introduce to our lexicon the phrase “star-stealing koopa f***er.”
