LOL you know me too well
We talked about making Paris Hilton a "special character" -- she was going to be the training dummy so you could learn the game's controls. But I couldn't convince anyone else she was political enough so unfortunately, she was dropped during the conceptual stage
But I loved that idea lol.
Bat brings up a good point about globally-recognizable characters, but finding comedic value in other characters is harder for me than it seems
Everyone on the list was chosen because of the amount of funny I could take out of them. To go down the list of characters Fallout said he has no interest in and point out why I want them around:
* Dick Cheney (The whole idea spawned from Cheney Hunter, so I just have to have him in the game. Besides, he's the only character armed with a shotgun!)
* Bill Clinton (There's a chance he could be the... first gentleman? Weird! But still, I think he's a good choice, especially with his ill-tempered explosion during an interview that happened recently)
* Hillary Clinton (She could possibly be the next President of the US and she's a heavy-hitter in modern politics)
* Michael Moore (He's the "see? this game isn't liberal!" character, because I'll have him eating... oh... *everything* in the game
)
* Bill O'Reilly (He's extremely outspoken and borderline verbally-violent most of the time, I think he's a must lol)
* Bill Maher (again, I had to try and balance the game out with some liberal combatants, plus he's pretty far to the left and it balances against O'Reilly and Coulter)
* Ann Coulter (She's like Bill O'Reilly, but far more militant and she's extremely rude toward anyone and everyone she comes in contact with... I could picture her beating someone up
)
* Jon Stewart (I can't really justify him, I just thought he was funny
)
Quote: "* Saddam Hussein (Soon to be hanged. Might be a bit weird beating him up)"
I thought about that too. It could be kind of weird, but the amount of jokes I could pull out of a Bush vs. Hussein battle were far too powerful to overcome!
* Fidel Castro (Castro was put on the list because I was having a difficult time finding enemies of the US that people could recognize at the time. But he's been in the news a lot lately so I think his appearance in the game might be somewhat validated)
* Hugo Chavez (He called George Bush "The Devil" at the U.N. recently, he has a ton of comedic value I think. But back in February, he was just another "enemy of the US" that I was trying to find)
I don't think I would remove anyone from the list, but if I could get the caricature artists back (or find a new one) I might add to the list. The question is, who? Tony Blair and Musharraf (sp?) would be good, Ahmadinejad is a must, but I'm having a hard time trying to figure out who appeals to both U.S. political junkies and the general international public as well. A friend of mine recently suggested we add Borat, but that's definitely a lawsuit waiting to happen because he falls into the category of licensed IP.
About the names: It's definitely something to consider. I need to get in contact with a lawyer and see just how sued I could get from this. The First Ammendment is pretty powerful and I could probably get away with joking about U.S. elected officials, but does it extend to international figures and media personalities? I'm hoping I can avoid changing the characters' names... there's a lot of work involved in that at this stage of development (you should have seen the mess we had with fitting "Arnold Schwarzenegger" into most of the engine
lol fun times)
I guess we should just buckle down, finish the game, and see what happens. If the legal issues are too risky we could spend a day or two changing the names, and I was able to find two caricature artists before, so if I can't get them back then I could always find a third I suppose. Thanks for all of the advice guys!
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