Kill Jim Liebowitz mocks all sides of gaming politics

by Alexander Sliwinski { Oct 11th 2007 at 4:59PM }

Both sides of the video game violence divide are mocked in the satirical Kill Jim Liebowitz. The video tells the tale of Jim Liebowitz, an anti-games Republican senator from Connecticut who is obviously a composite of Jack Thompson and Joe Lieberman, and how the video game Kill Jim Liebowitz messes with his life.

Violent video game creators are also mocked as the developer of Kill Jim Liebowitz explains that any similarity to Liebowitz is coincidental and you don't have to kill Liebowitz in the game if you don't want to. Soon after there's a scene where a man in the background is using a Wiimote -- in a way we wish would actually be that satisfying -- to eviscerate the Liebowitz character to very dramatic sounds. The developer even makes a great causality argument equating video games to corn bread. Following an attack on Liebowitz blamed on the game the developer says, "These kids love cornbread. Should we ban cornbread? I love cornbread."

So, what happens at the end? Watch the video and find out a potential fate for violent video games.

[Via GamePolitics]

Tags: connecticut, jackthompson, joelieberman, killjimliebowitz

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Dopple Boppler @ Oct 11th 2007 5:22PM

Olde English is freaking amazing.

Scott Jon Siegel @ Oct 11th 2007 5:41PM

Yes. Yes they are.

Steve @ Oct 11th 2007 5:36PM

This is not at all a ripoff of Kill Doug Szathkey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gurNtaRu0kc) from the Ben Stiller show 15 years ago. In fact, it's very original.

pwnetheus @ Oct 11th 2007 7:11PM

I'm glad someone else caught that as well.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 12th 2007 4:57AM

That video was awesome. I hadn't seen it before. Much better delivery than this one too. Yummy Gummy Auto Parts!

rodan32 @ Oct 11th 2007 5:44PM

As a paranoid, gun-toting, jack-booted neocon, I'd just like to say, for the record, that Joe Lieberman was once a democrat. And Hillary is a suckfacewhore when it comes to games. Just sticking up for my party a little bit there.

Silver R. Wolfe @ Oct 11th 2007 6:02PM

Who the fuck cares? Government shouldn't have any say in the matter to begin with.

And before you say he was "once a democrat", he might've also been "once a republican" before that. Or maybe during those rebellious years he was "once an independent". Doesn't matter what party he's in or was in, he's still a giant flaming douche.

feelingsinister @ Oct 11th 2007 6:18PM

the chief designer looks like this dude:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u296/kydv/chad.jpg

zwarrior @ Oct 11th 2007 6:33PM

Word, for the first sec I tohught "Hey the guy from Best Week Ever"

zwarrior @ Oct 11th 2007 6:33PM

LOOOLL Great vid!

Matt @ Oct 11th 2007 6:40PM

Really, this is funny?

A little heavy handed if you ask me. Oh yeah, the timing is bad, too.

WhatIsThatThing @ Oct 11th 2007 9:18PM

For future reference, this is the second time Olde English was featured on Joystiq. The first was WAYYY back in August 2006 with their improv sketch comedy video for "Pokemon Day". Thanks for introducing me way back when! I've been a fan ever since.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/10/improv-sketch-comedy-at-pokemon-day/

Adam @ Oct 13th 2007 4:24AM

Hey guys -- Adam from Olde English here. (I played the "game designer" character.) First of all, thanks for the writeup! Secondly, I'd like to thank the commenter that linked to the "Kill Doug Szathkey" video, as I had never seen it before. This was a case of parallel thinking -- faced with similar issues, 15 years apart, both we and The Ben Stiller Show's writers came up with the same play on the idea. (This is something that happens to comedians quite often, though rarely this specifically.) It's an amazing coincidence -- thanks for bringing it to our attention!