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Averett · 01-21-2005, 08:38 AM

http://www.fema.gov/kids/games/tsunami/index.htm

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

SaltPork · 01-21-2005, 08:51 AM

WTF is wrong with the government....wait...never mind.

cyrnel · 01-21-2005, 08:52 AM

That's between geekish and Kids in the Hall twisted. Someone needs a primer on "poor taste."

Charlatan · 01-21-2005, 08:59 AM

They forgot the corpses...

Bill O'Rights · 01-21-2005, 09:16 AM

Well...I'm glad to see my tax dollars are being well spent. Couldn't they have put more energy into providing kids with educational materials relating to tsunamis, rather than...that? Anybody else notice that everything that's not a sea creature has to go inside the "FEMA Shed"? Hell, it's not even a good game that's in poor taste.

Charlatan · 01-21-2005, 09:50 AM

Bill... you missed the booze bottle that goes in the trash can...

the_marq · 01-21-2005, 09:51 AM

wtf are you talking about? The link is down.

OK, it seems to work now.

OK, that's a little odd, but I don't think this flash game was made in answer to the Dec26 Disaster. It's still poor judgement, but not horrificly bad.

cyrnel · 01-21-2005, 09:56 AM

I'm sure the critters stuck in the tree will bring back warm memories for many.

Shall we start a dead-pool for how quickly this thing becomes a 404?

Sticky · 01-21-2005, 10:23 AM

Can anybody else not beat this game?

Jonsgirl · 01-21-2005, 12:05 PM

Man...this sucks. I can play Hurricane House and Disaster Maze or a twin towers game, but no tsunami game.
Well, on second thought, maybe it doesn't suck. Those other games are enough to turn my stomach.

Averett · 01-21-2005, 01:39 PM

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...Tsunami%20Game

Quote:

FEMA pulls tsunami game from Web site

By LARA JAKES JORDAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON -- An online game to educate kids about tsunamis was pulled Friday from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Web site amid worries it trivialized last month's devastation in southeast Asia and beyond.

The game, which debuted on FEMA's kids' Web site in 1998, asked players to guide a car, a starfish, a surfboard and other beach objects back to their proper places after they were scattered by a tsunami. Winners were linked to a cartoon dancing frog.

"A tsunami has just hit FEMA Beach and has rearranged a few things," the game directed. "Please put the 9 objects back where they belong to see the cyber-prize!"

FEMA spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride said the game was first scrubbed from the award-winning kids' site immediately after the Dec. 26 tsunami. But the agency later restored it after hearing complaints from teachers and educators who missed it, she said. It was being removed for good Friday because of "the current environment," she said.

"We thought that was the appropriate thing to do," McBride said.

The tsunami cause an estimated 158,000 or more deaths in 11 nations along the coasts of southeast Asia and western Africa, and left as many as one million survivors needing food and shelter.

Educators who still want access to the game and other kid-friendly disaster education materials can contact FEMA, McBride said.

A spokesman for GiveWorld, a California-based online charitable organization, said the game's motive appears innocent but risks trivializing the recent devastation. GiveWorld says it has helped raise $500,000 for the tsunami victims.

The game "makes it look like after, life can be just be pulled back together," said Upendra Bhatt, a member of GiveWorld's board of directors. "And it's not going to be that easy."

I can't figure out how such a game can ever be appropriate...

01-21-2005, 08:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Averett Is In Love Location: I'm workin' on it	Hey Kids, Tsunamis are Fun! http://www.fema.gov/kids/games/tsunami/index.htm I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. __________________ Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

01-21-2005, 08:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
SaltPork Everything's better with bacon Location: In your local grocer's freezer.	WTF is wrong with the government....wait...never mind. __________________ It was like that when I got here....I swear.

01-21-2005, 08:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	They forgot the corpses... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

01-21-2005, 09:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Well...I'm glad to see my tax dollars are being well spent. Couldn't they have put more energy into providing kids with educational materials relating to tsunamis, rather than...that? Anybody else notice that everything that's not a sea creature has to go inside the "FEMA Shed"? Hell, it's not even a good game that's in poor taste. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

01-21-2005, 09:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Bill... you missed the booze bottle that goes in the trash can... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

01-21-2005, 08:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	That's between geekish and Kids in the Hall twisted. Someone needs a primer on "poor taste."

01-21-2005, 09:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
the_marq All hail the Mountain King Location: Black Mesa	wtf are you talking about? The link is down. OK, it seems to work now. OK, that's a little odd, but I don't think this flash game was made in answer to the Dec26 Disaster. It's still poor judgement, but not horrificly bad. __________________ The Truth: Johnny Cash could have kicked Bruce Lee's ass if he wanted to. #3 in a series Last edited by the_marq; 01-21-2005 at 09:54 AM..

01-21-2005, 09:56 AM	#8 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	I'm sure the critters stuck in the tree will bring back warm memories for many. Shall we start a dead-pool for how quickly this thing becomes a 404?

01-21-2005, 10:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
Sticky	Can anybody else not beat this game? __________________ Sticky The Stickman

01-21-2005, 12:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jonsgirl Semi-Atomic Location: Home.	Man...this sucks. I can play Hurricane House and Disaster Maze or a twin towers game, but no tsunami game. Well, on second thought, maybe it doesn't suck. Those other games are enough to turn my stomach. __________________ Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you.