Recently GamePolitics reported on Blogs for Brownback, a conservative political site which referred to the Nintendo DS as an "abomination".

The site was ostensibly created to support the now-defunct presidential campaign of Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), himself a frequent critic of the video game industry and sponsor of the Truth in Video Game Rating Act, a piece of legislation currently before the Senate.

At the time of our report, however, certain subtle clues (like the image at left) caused GP to speculate that B4B was a clever hoax.

Speculate no more.

The Raw Story outs the site as the ultimate in low-key satire. In fact, B4B is flying so far below the radar that it is has fooled the likes of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, the liberal Center for American Progress and the conservative strategist Patrick Ruffini. Atlantic Monthly editor Andrew Sullivan, another victim, told Raw Story:

Yes, they suckered me at first. [B4B's parody is] sublime. Colbert-level.

Even Kotaku was apparently taken in as it picked up GP's Nintendo DS story. As for B4B, editor Sam Brown holds fast to the idea that it is genuine:

To our critics I say this: B4B is real. We're here. Deal with it. And please try to keep your head from exploding. B4B is not responsible for any mental anguish you may suffer when exposed to the truth.

And Brown cited typical feedback from a reader:

Congratulations, this is brilliant satire and I love it but if it's not I really hate it and you should just die.