Sock and Awe | |
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Developer(s) | Alex Tew |
Release | December 18, 2008 |
Genre(s) | Newsgame |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Sock and Awe is a minimalist 2008 Flash game created by British entrepreneur Alex Tew, recreating the Bush shoeing incident and putting the player in control of journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi who flung a shoe at George W. Bush during a news conference. Although the game was hastily put together, it went viral and received widespread news coverage right around its release, only a day after the actual incident.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is a well-known example of a newsgame.[7] The name of the game is a pun on the US shock and awe military tactic.[8][9]
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