Satirical Look at Contemporary Video Game Culture
Wiki Cheats describes the new video game, “Close Range” published by The Onion News Network in their review of the title:
Close Range is the highly anticipated game that consists solely of constantly shooting people point-blank in the face. This immersive first person shooter presents you with an infinite amount of faces to plow through, in the intense challengeless single-player mode. The game’s content can last weeks, and with replayability, it’s one of the best games ever made. The game brings a deeply complex and detailed world that sends an infinite stream of faces to shoot. It gives you freedom to where you can shoot people in the face (such as the ear or the eyes), too, for different possibilities of killing. Your face shooting is also graded and added to an addicting and amazingly compelling score system. You play as AJ, a shady character with a mysterious past who needs to explode hundreds and thousands of faces on a quest to rescue his kidnapped brother. It has a variety of weapons at your disposal such as a Combat Shotgun, Revolver, Uzi, and more!
Critics Say:
“The best game I’ve seen all year…maybe ever.” – Former Electronic Gaming Monthly staff
“Breath-taking” – Game Insider
“Incredible” – OGN.com
Watch the Onion News Network story here.
I find the satirical prowess of ‘The Onion’ is very hard hitting and sharp ,they seem to touch on a massive variety of popular cultural activity and happenings. I find the act of satire is similar to a “remix” of the original idea or intention. The reinterpreted depiction of first-person-shooter culture causes a critical reading to the “ridiculousness” of the extremes that game culture and game technology is possibly evolving towards.
Here’s another comment on contemporary video game culture from ‘The Onion’
