Wideload's
Hail to the Chimp party game has been pushed back from a scheduled May 27 release date into "mid-June," a Gamecock representative told us this morning. [
Update: Gamecock has
clarified that the new release date has been set for June 24.] The publisher attributed the short delay to a need for "polish" (working with animals can get dirty, after all), though we wonder if the extra weeks aren't equally necessary to generate some excitement for a campaign, which to date, has received little coverage. Ape or not, a politician's success relies on the strength of a savvy marketing team.
For further analysis of the issues at hand, check out our
Hail to the Chimp impressions from
GDC and
EIEIO.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John Z @ May 5th 2008 12:29PM
If they're coding in C instead of C#, it might be because of a lack of delegates.
Yeah, that's right. A politics joke AND a programming joke in one line. Double Nerd Score, bizzles.
More seriously: I'm really excited for this game, and kinda depressed it got delayed. It was one of the bright spots to May.
HighFiveJesus @ May 5th 2008 12:31PM
Stop it, Mr. President!
Heheh, thats what you get for not hailing to the chimp.
samfish @ May 5th 2008 12:38PM
They probably had to add in an angry gorilla preacher who scares all the little white sheep voters or something.
Lone Starr @ May 5th 2008 1:37PM
So many stereotypes in one short sentence...
TheHuntIsOn @ May 5th 2008 12:41PM
lol, no ta.
Tristan Scatliffe @ May 5th 2008 12:57PM
Nice one highfivejesus thats exactly what I was thinking lol
HighFiveJesus @ May 5th 2008 8:16PM
simpsons quotes are always a safe bet
J.Goodwin @ May 5th 2008 1:04PM
I'm still a little fuzzy on whether this is "Hail to the Chimp" or "Heil to the Chimp." Does this game have any genocide?
John Z @ May 5th 2008 1:29PM
Dodos, aurochs, and passenger pigeons.
Erik Novak @ May 5th 2008 1:39PM
just like the democratic primary!
born2kill @ May 5th 2008 1:46PM
Is this endorsed by the Simpsons creators???
TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ May 5th 2008 3:12PM
What's so great about this game?
(Yes, that short of a comment)
LaughingTarget @ May 5th 2008 3:29PM
Mini-games using animals that parody political figures. It's going to be irrelevant by the time it launches anyway, given the cover art is of a president that is going to be leaving office soon.
TrojanGuy @ May 5th 2008 8:32PM
Yeah this game is coming out a few years too late to be incredibly relevant.
Matt @ May 6th 2008 1:53AM
The monkey isn't a caricature of Bush or any other human politician, living or dead. Nor are any of the other animals in the game. I'm in a position to know.
TrojanGuy @ May 6th 2008 2:12AM
http://www.bushorchimp.com/ disagrees with you, Matt. ;)
Matt @ May 6th 2008 11:20AM
Just because the internet is full of tedious "Bush = chimp" jokes does not mean we put them in the game.
Besides, Crackers is a monkey, not a chimp.