The News Review:

- nline Bush shoe-throwing game copied by Bosnians
- Palin pelted in PETA online game
- Are pen Source Games Ready for the Big Time?
- Humana’s nline Games Make A Case For Health

nline Bush shoe-throwing game copied by Bosnians
AFP 
“If you cannot do anything to politicians in real life you can in the virtual world” the BH Raja website said of its game targeting Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik. Much like its Bush counterpart the game gives surfers 30 seconds to aim shoes at an image of Dodik ducking behind a rostrum with a Bosnian flag in the background. Dodik enjoys huge support among Serbs but is resented by most Bosnian Croats and Muslims due to his nationalist rhetoric and strong opposition to strengthening the country’s central institutions.
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Palin pelted in PETA online game
MarketWatch (press release) 
Sarah Palin is still taking shots from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA officials said Wednesday. The animal rights group and the Republican vice presidential candidate clashed during the 2008 campaign. Now PETA has posted an online game for the holiday season that lets Internet users pelt the moose-hunting governor — clad in a bikini and fur coat — with snowballs Politico reported. The site urges users to help “make the holidays safe for animals by fighting back against notorious animal abusers. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said she got a call from someone claiming to be from Palin’s office and demanding that the game be removed from the Web site and threatening a lawsuit if it isn’t. Politico published an e-mail exchange between PETA and Palin’s office in which the governor’s spokesman Bill McAllister unsuccessfully tries to find out who may have called the animal group from Palin’s office and eventually saying he’s “sorry” — if someone from Palin’s office did indeed call.

Are pen Source Games Ready for the Big Time?
LinuxInsider.com CA 
Runescape allows players to join in the online havoc for free or they can bump up their game play with additional quests and skills a larger world and other enhanced features for a few dollars more. pen source games may require a smaller outlay of cash than proprietary games and Melissinos sees an advantage for SS games in terms of quality control. “The reality is there are just as many bugs just as many problems just as many incomplete features in so many of these products. The advantages of open source is that [developers] can see the code go in and very quickly manipulate the code to fix problems on their time scale” he explained.

Humana’s nline Games Make A Case For Health
MediaPost Publications New York 
“We wanted to use game technology to make health content a little more fun and to expose people to look at health content in a more fun ways” Paul Puopolo a director at Human’s Innovation Center tells Marketing Daily. “We felt it was important for people to remember–particularly around the holidays–there’s some things to think about in the decisions that we make and how they impact our health. ” ne game the “Freewheelin’ Cycle Challenge” is inspired by the company’s bike-sharing program. In the online game users race against virtual opponents–such as a cheerleader or Marine drill sergeant–in a bicycle race. Energy and speed are gained by capturing nutritious snacks while running over junk food. The game is available at www.