Legal Niches

?Hackman? Game Used to Skewer Political Opponent

By pete_gallagher

Missouri Congressman Russ Carnahan (D) has turned to a Pac-Man themed videogame in order to attack his Republican opponent in the race, Ed Martin.

'Hackman' replaces the yellow videogame star with Martin's head, and is part of an attempt by Carnahan to allude to a time three years ago when Martin was Chief of Staff to then Missouri Governor Matt Blunt and the pair underwent a 'Memogate' scandal. Martin later resigned.

The game is introduced with the statement, Ed Martin is Hackman,' while a sub header states, 'He Plays Political Games. Missouri Families Lose.' In the game, Martin (Pac-Man) is chased by gavels, while power ups are represented by various icons relating to deleted emails, 'costly lawsuits,' and 'shady finances.' Scoring is tabulated as 'Tax Dollars Wasted.'
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 21, 2010 (boomark / email).