Australia Releases Divorce: The Game

Kevlar Eater

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If there are achievements in this game, I'm pretty sure no dude would be capable of getting them.
 

Ekonk

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Divorces suck major donkey balls for the kids, and this game could be a very good thing, or a very bad thing. Or in between.

I don't know.
 

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Kevlar Eater said:
If there are achievements in this game, I'm pretty sure no dude would be capable of getting them.
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Destitute, but Free... Free at Long Last!
 

EHKOS

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Wow...this is exactly what I did anyways, move in with mom and play video games until the gore covered up the sadness.
 

Bad Jim

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"Welcome to Divorce: The Game.

Hello kid. You may be wondering why mommy and daddy don't like each other any more. Well, it may be connected with the fact that your parents would rather put a video game in front of you than explain really important issues affecting your life.

First, lets discuss your self esteem. . ."
 

Danpascooch

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Does it have iconic moments such as "Daddy throwing an empty beer bottle at Mommy" and of course the "Mommy gets on Daddy's car and goes postal on it with an aluminum bat?"
 

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Tom Goldman said:
Kids usually play videogames for fun, but Australia wants them to play to understand why their parents got divorced.
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. - Tolstoy, Anna Karenina.

I doubt a game is going to be able to paint an accurate and nuanced picture when an adult familiar with the situation can fail to do it.

Tom Goldman said:
If I had to choose one concept I never thought there'd be a videogame based on, it'd be Shaquille O'Neal as a kung-fu fighter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaq_Fu].
<IMG SRC="http://s91291220.onlinehome.us/formica/shaqfu-beast.gif" align=left><IMG SRC="http://s91291220.onlinehome.us/formica/shaqfu-mephis.gif" align=right>Careful! That game proved Shaq can beat up a dock worker, a cat girl, an old guy, and a little kid! He's dangerous! (I remember that Game Players had a four-page pimp piece of how Shaq visited the offices to play the game with them. They followed this with a one-page review that can be summarized as "Shaq knows where I work and I'm still telling you not to buy it.") Though I will admit to stealing resources from the game for use in a parody piece. The pre-fight pictures of the green guy and the red guy are great when stuck in picture frames reading "Mom" and "Dad".
 

Skorpyo

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But don't you see? Shaque-Fu is the REASON divorce happens!

It is the cause of all things horrible.
 

teutonicman

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"Daddy, why aren't you and Mommy living together anymore?"
"Well son it's because she's a dirty WHORE!"
 

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Why did Mommy and Daddy get divorced?
While some couples are graced by Cupid's Arrow, others are temporarily stunned by the Like Fairy's Javelin. But sadly, after time, the Like Fairy comes back for his Javelin which causes the couple to stop liking each other and they want to separate.

Totally.

Either that, or it's going to help explain what happens when Mommy catches Daddy in the hot tub with his secretary after he caught Mommy behind the bushes with the gardener...
 

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According to Bill Bryson, Australia has a looooong history of no-holds-barred insanity. Explorers setting off into the desert during the height of Summer with a piano and a ton of chalk springs to mind...

A very funny, yet depressing book. I'm glad to see Australia is maintaining its reputation for making stupid, short-sighted and/or crazy decisions and also a little frightened.
 

VondeVon

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I ordered it! :D It'll be interesting to check out. Took a bit of finding, though. They don't seem to want to actually draw attention to their range of helpful materials...

http://www.csa.gov.au/multimedia/Index.aspx#youth