http://harpooned.org Japanese cetatean research simulator Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:12:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1Up writes: It's not very often that you come across an activist game that skillfully incorporates its message with its gameplay, and rarer that they're so much fun as Harpooned. Take control of a Japanese research vessel and extinctify some whales in the name of science (and selling cat food.) Read the ... http://harpooned.org/?p=62 Harpooned was featured in a segment on ABC2's show 'Good Game'. You can watch the clip below... http://harpooned.org/?p=50 Harpooned is reviewed in the latest issue of Retro Gamer CD magazine. "It's by equal measure sad, fun and an absolutely commendable way to make an important political point. Score - 81%" You can download the magazine here. http://harpooned.org/?p=40 Harpooned has been updated with lots of new features and is now available for the Mac as well as Windows. View the trailer: Harpooned 2009 update from Conor O'Kane on Vimeo. Read more for the complete press release... Harpooned 2009 update press release. Harpooned - the world's premiere Cetacean Research Simulator returns in 2009 with ... http://harpooned.org/?p=29 Game Developer Magazine's August 2008 issue has an article entitled - "Top Ten Indie Freeware Titles 2008: The best so Far" and one of their top 10 is Harpooned. You can buy game developer magazine on their website here. http://harpooned.org/?p=25 Winda Benedeti at MSNBC, in her article on controversial games writes about Harpooned... While it's both gross and sad, O’Kane said he wanted to use satire to illuminate a real-world problem – the mass slaughter of whales by the Japanese under the guise of “research.” Read the article here, and the page ... http://harpooned.org/?p=24 Harpooned was featured in Games for Windows Magazine. Harpooned is also in this month's PC PowerPlay (Australia). "Most of us are a bit miffed about the whole whaling debacle, so Conor O’Kane created a game to express what he and I’m sure many others feel towards it. The result is an addictive ... http://harpooned.org/?p=23 Want to know what sort of research the Japanese scientists are doing with all those dead whales? How about attempting to create cow/whale mutant hybrids! Imagine the size of the steaks you'd get from one of those! Click here to read the abstract of the paper on the "Fertilisability of ovine, ... http://harpooned.org/?p=22 I've written a short article on the making of Harpooned, which you can read at GameSetWatch and Gamasutra Click here to read the article. http://harpooned.org/?p=21 http://harpooned.org/?p=20