Comments on: Mercenaries 2 Gets Political

By: bop da nam

bop da nam — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:06:59 +0000

Upcoming DLC for Pandemic’s August release, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, will feature the two as playable characters. Presidential candidate Obama’s running mate Joe Biden and Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s head-honcho John McCain will not be featured, possibly because their athleticism is not sufficient for hijacking tanks (or the buzz surrounding them isn’t as sky-high).

By: x25killa

x25killa — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:10:57 +0000

Bonkers. Also, release the patch for Mercs 2 already.

By: jph wacheski

jph wacheski — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:01:59 +0000

fair use for sure,. they put they mugs up on the block! national office = national parody, end of line. what could be more fitting,. mercinaries is what they be,. political or with the nasty actual killing seen,. . truth be told Bush Jr. killied millions,. and theavied billions if not trillions more with his bankster buddies in the Skull and Bones club, both dems and repugs. gota lov the Deatheaters tenacity to greedy self interest., sad and destructive as it is,. still a thing to behold,. for the humanity of it,. true dat.

By: tWB

tWB — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:22:49 +0000

@Gap Gen: “Politics ain’t beanbag: ’tis a man’s game, and women, children ‘n’ pro-hy- bitionists had best stay out of it.” — Finley Peter Dunne’s “Mr. Dooley”

I think it’s used exclusively in the context of politics; Tip O’Neill made the phrase common currency in Washington, but it never made it beyond the Beltway (all for the best, I believe).

By: Bamft

Bamft — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:45:06 +0000

Damn it it’s been done :( I guess it is pretty obvious, but still /sigh

By: Bamft

Bamft — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:43:45 +0000

I would like to shoot Dick Chaney in the face.

By: BeamSplashX

BeamSplashX — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:30:40 +0000

They should have everyone in Duran Duran playable.

Kills! On! Film! Turn ‘em to vapor! Kills! On! Film!

By: jackflash

jackflash — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:59:35 +0000

@tWB : yeah, agreed.

By: Gap Gen

Gap Gen — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:03:13 +0000

I’ve never seen beanbag used as an adjective.

By: tWB

tWB — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:33:08 +0000

Yep, technically we’re looking at a potential violation of the right of publicity. In the extremely unlikely event of litigation, the key issue would probably be the extent of the transformative nature of the work (see, inter alia, Comedy III Productions v. Saderup (25 Cal. 4th 387 2001) and ETW v. Jireh (99 F. Supp. 2d 829 (N.D. Ohio 2000)).

In this case, the work depends almost entirely upon the use of the individuals’ likenesses, without any particular political, social or artistic message being intended or conveyed. However, it’s almost impossible to imagine either politician filing a lawsuit over this: although technically actionable, it’s an occupational hazard that comes with entering the political scrum — and, compared to the Obama monkey dolls we saw a few months ago, this is beanbag. Only a very few politicians — like Schwarzenegger suing an Ohio company over a bobblehead doll — would try to litigate this.

By: Skunkabilly

Skunkabilly — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:18:16 +0000

@Fumarole, he’s also a sexual tyrannosaurus!

@SarahPalin: GET TO THE CHOPPA!

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:49:32 +0000

Screw Arnold, just use Jesse Ventura instead. He’s the real deal.