“Take these sons of bitches out!” [TM] — The Game!

I don’t know whether this is a case of life imitating art, or art imitating life, but their First Amendment rights notwithstanding, the creators of the “Tea Party Zombies Must Die” video game ought to be ashamed of themselves.

The game is called “Tea Party Zombies Must Die” and, apart from abysmal game play, features several different levels where your only objective is to mercilessly slaughter everyone around you whether they are a Fox News stars or simply Americans For Prosperity employees.

Among the notable conservatives who you are tasked with brutally killing are Sarah Palin, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich, Brit Hume, Michele Bachmann, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Glenn Beck, and the Koch Brothers.

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there are plenty of lesser targets to mindlessly butcher like the “factory made blonde Fox News barbie who has never had a problem in her life zombie” or the “Koch industries Koch Whore lobbyist pig zombie”. The names are as creative as they are classy. Kind of like the game itself.

While it is disturbing to see that some people believe it would be fun to mow down your political opponents it’s also quite that odd that an advertising company with a diverse portfolio of high profile corporate clients from Meow Mix to Pepsi would create a game to allow those people to do just that. Does StarvingEyes really want to risk their business with TLC or Hotels.com by going out on their own to make a disgusting and offensive game like this? Or were they paid?

I don’t know, but it seems quite appropriate to boycott the companies who use the ad agency involved, or perhaps contact their executives.

At the very least, I would say that this should put to rest the ridiculous idea that “eliminationist rhetoric” is a right wing phenomena.

One question, though…. Might Hoffa’s remarks have been a marketing ploy?

MORE: A detailed analysis of the game by Darin Miller at Big Hollywood reveals that it has many inaccuracies, and a basic lack of zombie expertise.