Sadly, the game was pulled before we were able to play it, so we can't offer any hands-on impressions in our usual style. Because you know we totally would have.
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Hudson River plane crash recreated in pulled Discovery Channel game
by David Hinkle 
on Mar 10th 2009 7:20PM
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Sadly, the game was pulled before we were able to play it, so we can't offer any hands-on impressions in our usual style. Because you know we totally would have.
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Reader Comments (32)
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 7:25PM SpeeGold said
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 7:30PM (Unverified) said
Well is not burn the rope but I like when a game calls me a hero for doing nothing.Reminds me of Top Gun for some reason.
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Posted: Mar 10th 2009 7:38PM dr steve brule said
thanks for the link, the first time i played it i landed it well and got lots of cheers!
so the 2nd time i purposely crashed it expecting tons of "awwwwwws" and "boooooos" but i didnt get it :/
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so the 2nd time i purposely crashed it expecting tons of "awwwwwws" and "boooooos" but i didnt get it :/
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 11:34PM arkweld said
That's not it.
The Discovery version was a cartoonish Flash game which had a story. You had to take off first, in flight you hit some birds, then you had to select a line of dialog to make an announcement to the passengers before gliding it in.
I played it for about 20 seconds and never looked again. Besides being pretty tacky subject matter it was a terrible game.
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The Discovery version was a cartoonish Flash game which had a story. You had to take off first, in flight you hit some birds, then you had to select a line of dialog to make an announcement to the passengers before gliding it in.
I played it for about 20 seconds and never looked again. Besides being pretty tacky subject matter it was a terrible game.
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 7:25PM Deck said
What the hell? Whatever they were thinking... I do not really think this was really in good taste. Even though no one died.
What was Disney thinking?
What was Disney thinking?
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 7:26PM Obienator said
[Having pulled over a speeding driver.]
Mac: All right, how about Cat Game?
Foster: Cat Game? What's the record?
Mac: Thorny did six, but I think you can do ten.
Foster: Ten? Starting right meow?
[They go up to the car.]
Driver: Sorry about the...
Foster: All right meow. Hand over your license and registration.
[The man gives him his license.]
Foster: Your registration? Hurry up meow.
Driver: [laughing] Sorry.
Foster: Is there something funny here boy?
Driver: Oh, no.
Foster: Then why you laughing, Mister... Larry Johnson?
[Foster stares at him.]
Foster: All right meow, where were we?
Driver: Excuse me, are you saying meow?
Foster: Am I saying meow?
Driver: I thought...
Foster: Don't think boy. Meow, do you know how fast you were going?
[The man laughs.]
Foster: Meow. What is so damn funny?
Driver: I could have sworn you said meow.
Foster: Do I look like a cat to you, boy? Am I jumpin' around all nimbly-bimbly from tree to tree? Am I drinking milk from a saucer? DO YOU SEE ME EATING MICE?
[The man is uncontrollably laughing.]
Foster: You stop laughing right meow!
Driver: [Stops and swallows hard.] Yes sir.
Foster: Meow, I'm gonna have to give you a ticket on this one. No buts meow. It's the law.
[Rips off the ticket and hands it to the man.]
Foster: Not so funny meow, is it?
[Foster gets up to leave, but Mac shakes his hands at him, indicating only nine meows.]
Foster: Meow!
Mac: All right, how about Cat Game?
Foster: Cat Game? What's the record?
Mac: Thorny did six, but I think you can do ten.
Foster: Ten? Starting right meow?
[They go up to the car.]
Driver: Sorry about the...
Foster: All right meow. Hand over your license and registration.
[The man gives him his license.]
Foster: Your registration? Hurry up meow.
Driver: [laughing] Sorry.
Foster: Is there something funny here boy?
Driver: Oh, no.
Foster: Then why you laughing, Mister... Larry Johnson?
[Foster stares at him.]
Foster: All right meow, where were we?
Driver: Excuse me, are you saying meow?
Foster: Am I saying meow?
Driver: I thought...
Foster: Don't think boy. Meow, do you know how fast you were going?
[The man laughs.]
Foster: Meow. What is so damn funny?
Driver: I could have sworn you said meow.
Foster: Do I look like a cat to you, boy? Am I jumpin' around all nimbly-bimbly from tree to tree? Am I drinking milk from a saucer? DO YOU SEE ME EATING MICE?
[The man is uncontrollably laughing.]
Foster: You stop laughing right meow!
Driver: [Stops and swallows hard.] Yes sir.
Foster: Meow, I'm gonna have to give you a ticket on this one. No buts meow. It's the law.
[Rips off the ticket and hands it to the man.]
Foster: Not so funny meow, is it?
[Foster gets up to leave, but Mac shakes his hands at him, indicating only nine meows.]
Foster: Meow!
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 7:26PM (Unverified) said
NEVAR FORGET!!!...?
Srsly why? I would understand if the game contained graphic content like the geese realistically being destroyed by the engine.
Srsly why? I would understand if the game contained graphic content like the geese realistically being destroyed by the engine.
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 7:35PM Roto13 said
Uh... what could possibly be offensive about recreating this particular crash? There was no disaster. Nobody died. It was a freaking miracle. What's to be sensitive about?
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 7:46PM MFirman said
It is disgusting to think that anyone thought this would have been a good idea for the website.
Games should stick to less offensive subject matter, like World War 2, where the casualties were far less horrific than the events those Hudson River airplane passengers were forced to survive.
Games should stick to less offensive subject matter, like World War 2, where the casualties were far less horrific than the events those Hudson River airplane passengers were forced to survive.
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 7:48PM Vcize said
It's freaking hilarious that people have no problem with games that recreate wars in which millions of innocent people were killed but find a game about a heroic event in which every single person lived to be in poor taste just because it was more recent.
Posted: Mar 11th 2009 3:22AM (Unverified) said
Well you have to give them to heal the scars of,well the mental scars of um landing on a river?
Seriously I don't want to be a dick but comapred ot other stories about emergency landings this is pretty lame,I wonder how this stood in the news for so long.That plane that catched fire and exploded! (No one died ) was mentioned for 2 days max.
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Seriously I don't want to be a dick but comapred ot other stories about emergency landings this is pretty lame,I wonder how this stood in the news for so long.That plane that catched fire and exploded! (No one died ) was mentioned for 2 days max.
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 8:04PM (Unverified) said
TOO SOON!!!
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 8:28PM 343 Guilty Fart said
I thought I heard about this weeks ago on MSNBC.
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 10:28PM (Unverified) said
Don't worry, I'm sure someone will make this into an add-on adventure for the Microsoft Flight Simulator games. Their adventures are awesome.
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 9:04PM JoshMilewski said
I'm not sure if it was in bad taste. If an incident being a tragedy means games based on it are in bad taste, then you can't say that about this game.
I think the game is more of a celebration of the amazing feats that were achieved that day than anything else.
I think the game is more of a celebration of the amazing feats that were achieved that day than anything else.
Posted: Mar 10th 2009 11:25PM Drakkenfyre said
How did this end up on the Discovery site to begin with?
Posted: Mar 11th 2009 4:15AM c0bra95 said
"Like others have said, how is this offensive? Seriously, no one died, the pilots did a bang up job, and everyone walked away. Tasteless I'll give you, but offensive? Someone needs to take a look at their dictionary."
I don't even think it's tasteless. Otherwise, great comment.
I don't understand panties in bunches about this, not at all. It's an amazing piloting feat helped along by a solid aircraft and favorable circumstances. Why should a good story with a real-life sugarcoated ending be a taboo subject for games?
I don't even think it's tasteless. Otherwise, great comment.
I don't understand panties in bunches about this, not at all. It's an amazing piloting feat helped along by a solid aircraft and favorable circumstances. Why should a good story with a real-life sugarcoated ending be a taboo subject for games?
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 4:37PM (Unverified) said
Heros maneuvers are in human being minds, wich are showed in every object of creativity. The clue is to make imagination real. How many heros are in the world!
