Darxabre have released Hooligans: Storm Over Europe, a strategy game in which your goal is to "become the most notorious group of hooligans in Europe!"
Maybe I'm losing my sense of humour about these things, but...
Is the hooligan problem not, like, severe enough? In a world where fans can be fatally stabbed before matches and England's fantastic 5-1 victory over Germany is marred by hooligans travelling abroad with makeshift weapons and 40 arrests, is this a subject to make light of?
OK, so you're supposed to have a sense of humour about these things. There should be no subject that's invulnerable to a laugh. It's not designed to encourage violence, of course. It's just any old strategy game set against the background of hooliganism in Europe. Think of it as another Command and Conquer, if you like. I''m just getting old and out-of-touch.
But what's next? Stalin: The Game? Perhaps we''ll see Gutshot: Medical Emergency on our shelves soon. Or Theme Auschwitz. See how many undesirables you can shepherd into the gas chambers.
What? You've got to have a sense of humour about these things.
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