NYT Now Boring You Interactively
You kids like video games, right? Then you oughttalovethese radical new online games from the New YorkTimes! In this one, "Food Import Folly," you get to play as the FDA! "Your charge: try to protect the country from contaminants in foreign food imports using extremely limited resources"! Tubular! Just like Burgertime!
FutureTimesvideo games are sure to provide plenty of thrills:
*HUD HijinksCanyouadminister housing grants to indigenous Hawaiians? What about while you're fighting pirates?
*Wacky War CzarReconcile infighting bureaucracies and win the war in Iraq! Bonus level: Re-win the war in Afghanistan!
*Resignation RumpusOh no! Boards of Directors, Congressional Committees, and Kos diarists want your head! How long can you retain the full confidence and support of the president?
*Sim CheneyThis is basically just a cross between "Age of Empires" and "Duck Hunt."