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New Videogame App Pits ‘Occupiers’ Against Bankers — for $0.99

Apr. 16, 2012 12:35pm Becket Adams

As the Occupy movement plans to kick into action soon, some entrepreneurial spirits are looking to cash in on both anti-Wall Street and anti-protester sentiments.

Neuchatel Ltd., makers of iPhone and iPad video games, has released a new app called “Bankers vs. Humans.”

“Are you angry at bankers?” the game’s website reads, “This is the place to take them down! Or are you a banker and angry at the media n’ protesters! Battle it out over the skies of Switzerland, Brazil, New York City.”

Careful not to choose sides, the game allows you to play as either a “Fat Trader,” “Slick Banker,” “Hippie,” or “Intellectual.”

“If you’re part of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, an ex. Lehman champ or are working for any other investment bank, defend yourself against them protesters here!” the site reads.

“But if you are an intellectual (perhaps you lost your job owing to the financial crisis and are now working in a book store) or are part of one of the Occupy Wallstreet movements worldwide…take them Bankers on!!”

See the game’s trailer (via BankersVsHumans YouTube page):

Of course, some will probably accuse Neuchatel Ltd. of exploiting a serious discussion on “greed,” profits, etc.

But is it really exploitation?

“Our inspiration came from the public’s interest in, and its heightened sensitivity to, the Wall Street scandals; whistleblowers; and the worldwide Occupy Wall Street movement,” Karan Khemani, CEO of Neuchatel, told Pocket Gamer.

If nothing else, Neuchatel Ltd. has made a impressively shrewd move in marketing to both sides of the Occupy debate.

“This game is not to be taken seriously at all. The plot line is a total joke,” the site reads.

(H/T: BI)

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Comments (20)

Stever52
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 6:25pm
Ya know, it’s still okay to use the cent symbol. It’s easy. While holding down the ‘Alt’ key, type the numbers 1-5-5. Magically, this >>>> ¢ <<< appears. ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢

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Wanderer66
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:27pm
The Occupiers accidentally dropped the decimal point on their first batch of protest signs and the media that never investigates or questions anything went with it.

The number should have been 9.9%. Oh, well.

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JohanTetzel
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:11pm
This game is awesome! just downloaded it! what a crazy premise!

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ShaunPollock
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 4:33pm
Ok just downloaded this – this is a LOL fest! Very tounge-in-cheek. Very smartly exposes weaknesses in both sides of the movement but the game itself is very addictive! – SP

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11:11
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 2:31pm
remember the good old days when bad people were those that stole, killed and swindled, now they get brand new prisons with tv’s in their cells and posh gyms and swimming pools?

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johngs54
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 2:06pm
Yea, Neuchatel Ltd. is the joke. Like vendors in Sanford, Fl. I am for capitalizing but there are limits. Moral limits no Gov. mandated ones.

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aChameleon
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:57pm
I wonder why nobody has challenged the 99% number. They are basically saying even people who can’t stand them are part of their group. I’m not a 1%er and I’m definitely not a 99%er by their definition. I think they are, at the most, 50%. That’s being very generous.

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- johngs54
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 2:08pm
  I would say about maybe 10% no more. The Media put the Magnifier on loud mouths like that. I know no one that is on their side.
  
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- bassist237
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 2:27pm
  I’ve done the numbers. Really, the 99% are just the bottom 1% of the 100%. So, with that, I would consider myself to be a 98% because I am no way near the top 1% but I don’t believe in being a whiny quibbling baby who has time to sit on my ass in a park, rather than work hence they are the bottom 1%. 1% – 98% – 1%. The real 99% is exactly the opposite of what the 99% claims to be, you see…
  
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lukerw
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:24pm
If you are angry at Bankers… you must be Left Indoctrinated… rejecting that the Government and Community organizers pressured Banks to make Bad Loans, in the name of Housing for the Poor, which created the Housing Bubble and led to the Economic Crisis!

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Detroit paperboy
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:22pm
Shouldn’t it be free ?

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barber2
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:07pm
Oh, isn’t this cute ? Just promoting the scripted message . 99. Keep repeating those buzz words. Sell the idea . Water board them through repetition. Say it enough times until people believe the idea and the math are true ! Wonder when they will come out with the Marxism versus capitalism version ? Or the Black Panthers versus the KKK ? Or the hoodie intruder dude versus the gun toting Neighborhood Watch dude ? What ever happened to common sense and decency ? ( I think I know the answer )

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Stoic one
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:02pm
The only reason the ‘occupiers’ have ANY legitimacy is, the media gave it to them. The Tea Party movement was and is being maligned by the very same media and is growing.

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- barber2
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:26pm
  Agree. We now have government by the media. Trial by media . Old Soros knew where to put his big bucks : He bought media groups. Think we are now seeing the return he got for his money ! Marxism by the media.
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:46pm
Sounds like an interesting app, as long as the bankers could be armed with a McMillan M134 minigun.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:42pm
This is another case of the admin and their allies using matters and media to support the Occupy; getting people to view the bankers and wall street as “the enemy” while Obama uses them for his own ends, none of them which are good.

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- barber2
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:09pm
  Good observation. I totally agree. Our Marxist mullahs attempting to undermine capitalism . Pretty transparent.
  
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- HKS
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:19pm
  True, plus it makes mo money.
  
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Mandors
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:41pm
Instead, how about a Halo or Modern Warfare type game where you get to take out an army of occupiers using a vast array of high tech weaponry?

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- ShaunPollock
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 4:35pm
  Hahaha that would be awesome! Get these guys to create a sequel. SP
  
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