Comments on: Finally: Bailout, the flash game

By: Unequal Time » The Bailout Game: A Fun Way to Waste Time While the Economic Crisis Rages On

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:04:07 +0000

[...] rack my brain on the question of where the designers find the time. Thanks go to our friends at HotAir.com for letting readers know about the newest time vacuum, The Bailout Game, a fun way to divert [...]

By: Unequal Time » The Bailout Game: A Fun Way to Waste Time While the Economic Crisis Rages On

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:51:09 +0000

[...] my brain on the question of where the designers find the time. Thanks go to our friends at HotAir.com for letting readers know about the newest time vacuum, The Bailout Game, a fun way to divert [...]

By: HotAirJosef

HotAirJosef — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:11:53 +0000

I am near the top of the leaderboard. Why? Because I am.

I am a centrist. I know when to bailout and when to pass. Bailout, baby is as safe as uprotected sex with total, unscreened strangers off of the street.

By: Ryan Gandy

Ryan Gandy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:30:20 +0000

Me too.

It was funny to see the atom bomb video and the square that said “government passes stimulus, stocks go up 350.”

Wouldn’t be surprised if someone in Clinton’s former cabinet came up with the idea for that game.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:50:37 +0000

So I didn’t bail out anyone and just let them all fail. There is now a global depression and zombies rule the earth. The only commodity worth anything now is brains.

Kelligan on January 13, 2009 at 12:36 PM

Me too.

By: Master Shake

Master Shake — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:28:22 +0000

#1 now – I bet even Obamuhhh can’t beat that. Now you can feel safe in sending me all of your money for proper (re)distribution.

By: theboss

theboss — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:58:06 +0000

The game is like the movie War Games. There is no solution and everyone loses; unless you get points for allowing people to fail, but you don’t.

By: Dave Shay

Dave Shay — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:36:06 +0000

Kobayashi Maru.

I don’t like to lose.

juanito on January 13, 2009 at 2:00 PM

I was hoping someone would make this reference. :)

By: jcila

jcila — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:09:21 +0000

I loved it and now i know WHY God didnt make me president yet..

I would have let them ALL FAIL and then taken ALL of the congressmen outside and personally had then all SHOT..

then i would have arrested ALL of the CEO’S of those banks
and Had them all taken outside and SHOT..

then i would have arrested ALL of the members of the congressional black caucus who also FORCED the banks into this mess and i would have dropped them off into the Big Pond in front of the memorial and wired it with 5000 volts AC… so they could fry as we all sat there and roasted 100 dollar bills over their smoking carcass..

So yep i made it three moves before the mushroom cloud launched..

I loved it..

By: Virtual Reality « Justbkuz

Virtual Reality « Justbkuz — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:40:02 +0000

[...] Here’s your chance to prove it. Via Hot Air, play Bailout, The Game. [...]

By: jgapinoy

jgapinoy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:18:26 +0000

Whom you save and whom you don’t is almost entirely a matter of whim. Which makes it eerily realistic.

I dunno. I think the ones being bailed out are chosen by political allegiances–i.e., unions–not whims.

By: batter

batter — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:02:35 +0000

Wait a minute! This game rewards those that bail out everyone?

Bogus.

toliver on January 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM

I played it a few times, I did fairly good. Then I tried no bailouts (the game ends) and giving everyone a bailout – I scored very high with that. Lame.

By: Master Shake

Master Shake — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:02:22 +0000

Currently number two on the leaderboard! Please send me all of your money, so I can distribute it to the deserving.

By: As Hong Kong is Declared The Freest Economy, Bernanke Wants Even More Govt Involvement in the US Economy…

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:52:41 +0000

[...] In other words, when the government gets financially involved, it takes tax payer money and invests it on the condition that it takes an ownership stake and has a say so in how the corporation is run. This is nothing but nationalization in its purest form. Countries with large degrees of nationalization in their economy, be they communist, socialist or even capitalist have shown over and over again that that sort of economic model is a failure. Meanwhile, everyone is jumping on the bailout bandwagon, even game makers. [...]

By: Luckedout

Luckedout — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:06:02 +0000

I beat it. I only bailed out banks that were doing well and didn’t bailout Fannie or Freddie or any other bank that was going under or just looking to buy another bank. Funny how I made it to the end and did just fine….. hmmmm..

By: steveegg

steveegg — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:04:21 +0000

At least I got to spend absolutely, positively nothing on my way to Zombie Depression. Then again, my advice is, buy ammo!

By: juanito

juanito — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:00:11 +0000

Kobayashi Maru. I don't like to lose.

By: madmonkphotog

madmonkphotog — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:52:50 +0000

I just played. I love the music.

But regarding the angry mob behind me… who the hell carries a flail these days?

By: The Bailout Game « The Oink Report

The Bailout Game « The Oink Report — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:49:36 +0000

[...] props are in order for HotAir’s Allahpundit. I don’t know how he sniffed the Bailout Game out, but he did and we’re tickled pink about it. I played for five minutes, triggered a recession [...]

By: toliver

toliver — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:44:26 +0000

Wait a minute! This game rewards those that bail out everyone?

Bogus.

By: Badger40

Badger40 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:43:29 +0000

I flipped a coin on each bailout.

aquaviva on January 13, 2009 at 12:40 PM

Isn’t it how that really works in Washington?

By: Oleta

Oleta — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:42:05 +0000

First go I bailed out Lehman Bros only and finished with a Zombie depression. Second time I bailed out the first half spending about $500,000,000,000, then denied most of the second half. I saved the economy, got on the leader board with 12,119. Still believe we should bail out no one.

By: Play ‘The Bailout Game’! – The Mud Pit

Play ‘The Bailout Game’! – The Mud Pit — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:39:02 +0000

[...] Its like Monopoly almost, but with a twist: you’re given a certain amount of money which can be used towards bailing out companies, all the while dealing with day-to-day challenges as a recession looms large behind you. Play it…can you avoid wrecking the economy and/or avoiding our new robot overlords (whom I for one welcome)? Chances are you can’t, which makes this “game” all too realistic. Have fun! (h/t Hot Air) [...]

By: Tuning Spork

Tuning Spork — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:29:55 +0000

I bailed everyone out and made the leader board.

cadams on January 13, 2009 at 1:17 PM

Same here. #69, dude!

By: rbj

rbj — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:26:53 +0000

Leadership board, #403, Dow of 10978. I didn’t give money to sound banks that wanted some bail out money, “just because”. And I let other fail.