BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle Obama-Jackson Differences
BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle Obama-Jackson Differences
July 11, 2008
With tongue planted firmly in cheek, African American-themed website BlackVoices suggests that video game martial arts action might be just the tonic for the ugly situation between the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
The uproar started with Jackson's inadvertent comments that Obama has been "talking down to black people" and that Jackson wanted to "cuts his nuts off." (video here)
From the BlackVoices commentary:
Maybe this is how Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson can duke out their problems, man-to-man. None of this whispering under the breath. I think this video game is more dignified.
The game play footage is from DC Smackdown, which GamePolitics covered in December, 2007. If you find DC Smackdown objectionable, you're not alone.
We note also that the game's website, dcsmackdown.com, appears to no longer function.
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Posted 10/07/08 at 01:32pm
DarkSaber: lol, guess it was a matter of time! They even madea Doom one! But you can't beat a game of FRAG!
DarkSaber: lol, guess it was a matter of time! They even madea Doom one! But you can't beat a game of FRAG!
Posted 10/07/08 at 01:30pm
gamepolitics: Halo board game showed up here today? Didn't even know there was one.
gamepolitics: Halo board game showed up here today? Didn't even know there was one.
Posted 10/07/08 at 01:30pm
gamepolitics: u mean the ones in the countdown thread? they are verbatim...
gamepolitics: u mean the ones in the countdown thread? they are verbatim...
Posted 10/07/08 at 12:12pm
sortableturnip: GP, can you post JT's emails into the JT thread over at the eca forums...I love a good laugh :D
sortableturnip: GP, can you post JT's emails into the JT thread over at the eca forums...I love a good laugh :D
Posted 10/07/08 at 11:31am
E. Zachary Knight: No, the link is the same
E. Zachary Knight: No, the link is the same
Posted 10/07/08 at 11:18am
gamepolitics: should the link be changed in the article, EZK?
gamepolitics: should the link be changed in the article, EZK?
Posted 10/07/08 at 07:56am
E. Zachary Knight: http://www.ezknight.net/jtdisbar_ext.php
E. Zachary Knight: http://www.ezknight.net/jtdisbar_ext.php
Posted 10/07/08 at 07:56am
E. Zachary Knight: The JT Disbar add-on has been updated to version 0.7.5
E. Zachary Knight: The JT Disbar add-on has been updated to version 0.7.5
Posted 10/07/08 at 07:33am
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign: the proper reply would be So you want a quick dry rub with cloths on? ba dum dum bish!
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign: the proper reply would be So you want a quick dry rub with cloths on? ba dum dum bish!
Posted 10/07/08 at 04:58am
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Posted 10/06/08 at 07:06pm
Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of: @Dark Sovereign: Read "Countdown to JT's Disbarment"
Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of: @Dark Sovereign: Read "Countdown to JT's Disbarment"
Posted 10/06/08 at 07:00pm
Dark Sovereign: @Shadow: Say what now?
Dark Sovereign: @Shadow: Say what now?
Posted 10/06/08 at 06:37pm
Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of: Hey, EZK! I saw what you did there! Great job!
Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of: Hey, EZK! I saw what you did there! Great job!
Posted 10/06/08 at 06:28pm
Dark Sovereign: Just noticed: Nikko asks Michelle to go for "hot coffee". Michelle says people get hurt and end up in court.
Dark Sovereign: Just noticed: Nikko asks Michelle to go for "hot coffee". Michelle says people get hurt and end up in court.
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Posted 10/06/08 at 04:04pm
Austin_Lewis: well, what with the article about the protests recently, I think its interesting they're opening a large 'center' in a mall.
Austin_Lewis: well, what with the article about the protests recently, I think its interesting they're opening a large 'center' in a mall.
Posted 10/06/08 at 12:52pm
BlackIce: @Austin Lewis: Any specific parts?
BlackIce: @Austin Lewis: Any specific parts?
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Austin_Lewis: OI, GAMEPOLITICS! Just got this emailed to me, thought you'd like to hop in on it: http://www.thearmyexperience.com
Austin_Lewis: OI, GAMEPOLITICS! Just got this emailed to me, thought you'd like to hop in on it: http://www.thearmyexperience.com
Posted 10/06/08 at 12:21pm
NovaBlack: oops i meant 'unbanned' in uk
NovaBlack: oops i meant 'unbanned' in uk
Posted 10/06/08 at 12:21pm
NovaBlack: BBFC lose the appeal to.. revoke ..original ..appeal. manhunt 2 bannd in uk. what a buunch of timewasters.
NovaBlack: BBFC lose the appeal to.. revoke ..original ..appeal. manhunt 2 bannd in uk. what a buunch of timewasters.
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I have to agree with you, GP, on something you mentioned in the past.
Fighting games are just way too commonly used as a form of expression in the political arena.
Fighting games popped up all over the place during the primaries and such.
I know -I- have been accused of not being very original in the past, but you'd think SOMEONE could come up with an original idea for using video games as a form of "expression".
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Video game connection great . . .
Did he? But you . . .and there's a mic . . . and you're on FOX NEWS
/facepalm, a million times /facepalm
When has Barack talked down to anyone? He actually speaks as if he assumes the audience isn't full of mentally retarded Christian zealots willing to be stomped on by jackboots so long as those boots have a cross on them.
"Jackson's inadvertent comments"
Ladies and gentlemen, the single greatest BS phrase that politics ever came up with. The only time anyone makes an inadvertent comment is when someone switches phrases around, or mis-pronounces a word. Saying that one wishes to cut nuts off is not inadvertent.
Also, I believe all political debates should be solved via some sort of video game. For agricultural debates, you could see who could "complete" Harvest Moon first.
For worldwide environmental issues: Revive SimEarth.
For issues on genetic engineering, cloning, etc: Unnatural Selection
Theres also SimFarm for agricultural issues.
For pest control issues, there's SimAnt. Get to know your enemy. :)
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How original, amirite?
I think Jackson is extremly bitter that it's not going to be HIM who gets to be America's first black president. He sees Obama's likely victory and you can just sense the hostility and jealousy in his voice. I've heard Obama speak in public and he is one of the only politicians to talk to people like they are adults. The very nature of a speech has the speaker talking down to the audience though as it's that person's job to educate the crowd on information they don't know about. Jackson's comments are the ones that come off childish. "I wan't to castrate him?" That is just wrong Mr. Jackson, very wrong.
Obama is black?!