Friday, September 9, 2011

Brooklyn Agency's 'Tea Party Zombies Must Die' Online Game Draws Conservative Ire

After Brooklyn creative agency Starvingeyes released the "Tea Party Zombies Must Die" online game -- starring zombies like Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Bill O’Reilly and some pissed-off old white guys --. conservatives called for a boycott of the shop's clients, according to Adweek.

Clients include Pepsi, TLC, Nascar, UPS, Hotels.com, and Meow Mix, says Adweek. The game is obviously not serious -- and anyway it's not possible to kill the undead -- but the Republican-like violence level has some dyed-in-the-wool liberals uncomfortable.

Web Pro News comments, "I'm conflicted."

While the "Don't Retreat, Reload" right-wingers are crying foul, games like this are not totally unheard of at Starvingeyes, which created "Kung Foo Election" in 2008 starring all the presidential candidates, 

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