Sure, the presidential election is over. Soon enough the memories of the hours of news and infotainment compulsively consumption over the last few months will fade away and the countdown to Democratic responsibility for the changes that need to happen in this country and the world will begin. But before those things happen, I have to give a shoutout to all the flash game developers on the Net who jumped on the political bandwagon in '08 and cranked out some quality and/or amusing stuff. Maybe I was not paying attention during previous elections and similarly infectious little bits of code were floating around then as well, but I gotta say, if they were I did not notice.

Check out and play a few of the gems that popped up during this year's presidential campaign.

AirMILF
Thanks for the memories Governor. Whether '08 ends up being the beginning or ending of Sarah Palin's career in national politics, the nation and a good chunk of the world has got a pack full of images stuck in our heads for ever more; only one of which is of Alaska's Caribou Barbie rather unsportingly raining lead down on canis lupus and family for fun and profit.

Campaign: General Election Edition
Who are the real Americans and where do they live? Who knows, who cares. The country is up for grabs and to the winner will go the spoils. A turn-based strategy game where players choose their candidate and support staff members--each with different strengths, weaknesses and special moves--all joking aside, this is actually a pretty fun game in a red/blue/grey state kind of way. Singleplayer and multiplayer option available.

Joe The Plumber: Layin' Pipe
This
year's Republican populist rhetoric has it that there a little bit of
'Joe the Plumber' in all of us. God, I hope not. If so, who is gonna
deal with the next septic situation? The quizzical Mr. Wurzelbacherust
may some day yet attain the license that has alluded him, but in the
meantime use your brainteasing abilities to beat the flush in
this escalating series of puzzles that are reminiscent of the hacking
mini-games of BioShock.

Super Obama World
We all hope that president Obama's platform is as well rounded as it sounded during the campaign. We will have to wait until after inauguration day to get the details on that, but in the meantime players can run and jump through this 2D sidescroller modeled after the various Super Mario franchises. Approach the lipsticked pigs and mavericks gone rogue at your peril.

Below The Beltway   
Whether during the debates or on the stump, the gloves came off in a big way during this year's campaign. Relive every jab, hook, haymaker and body blow both on at the presidential level and on the under ticket in this boxing game that uh, pulls no punches.


--Hobson's Choice

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