More Online Games Based on the Iraqi Shoe Toss

December 18, 2008

In recent days GamePolitics has reported on the Net's reaction to the recent incident in which an Iraqi journalist flung his shoes at President Bush.

GP reported on Bush's Boot Camp from T-Enterprise as well as some pretty clever game-themed animated GIF parodies.

Over at Water Cooler Games, Ian Bogost has collected a few more Flash games based on the now-famous shoe toss:

- SockAndAwe (screen shot at left)

- Flying Babush

- Can You Throw a Shoe at Bush?

To be sure, none are great art. But the sudden influx of games and graphics demonstrates the intense global reaction sparked by Muntazer al-Zaidi and his flying footwear.

Comments

Re: More Online Games Based on the Iraqi Shoe Toss

Submitted by MaskedPixelante on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 12:26.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/297426.html?playlist=featured this one rules.

---You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

---You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

Re: More Online Games Based on the Iraqi Shoe Toss

Submitted by Krono on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 11:04.

Nice games. Much better than that first one posted the other day.

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Re: More Online Games Based on the Iraqi Shoe Toss

Submitted by turdevo on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 08:46.

the funniest on my opinion is http://blog.zanorg.com/index.php?perm=370

Re: More Online Games Based on the Iraqi Shoe Toss

Submitted by locopuyo on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 07:49.

Bush owned that QTE

http://www.eliteownage.com/nice

Pwnage of Empires Xbox 360 Indie RTS

Re: More Online Games Based on the Iraqi Shoe Toss

Submitted by george1 on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 07:31.

I hope we will find good games. I like the theme of this game.

http://community.guitarhero.com/accounts/792664/blogs/109743
http://www.spike.com/blog/guitar-hero/71728
http://www.spike.com/blog/wii-fit-personal/71786
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8975151&publicUserId=6012590

Re: More Online Games Based on the Iraqi Shoe Toss

Submitted by Krono on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 11:01.

Can we get this bit of spam deleted?

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