Looking to Unwind After Iowa Vote? 'Kung-fu Election' Game an Option

By: E&P Staff Reporters, pundits and canvassers heading home for a couple of days of rest after the marathon Iowa caucus campaign ? that is, if they are not speeding off to New Hampshire ? can relax with a new online game where candidates REALLY go on the attack, and it?s not just calling each other ?dishonest? or ?soft on terrorism.?

It?s the brand new ?Kung-Fu Election? game featuring all of the top candidates (plus Bill Richardson) doing battle, often with sharp objects, and you can play online right now.

E&P took it is for a test drive today and in the first match Hillary Clinton, armed mainly with tricky moves (was this a political statement?), could not hold off bolo-wielding Mike Huckabee, who took a decidedly unChristian attitude of NOT turning the other check. At the end, when Hillary was crumpled and done, a hushed voice uttered: Huck?a?.bee.

The battles -- kind of a Candidate Death Match, without the goofy ring announcers or pop culture references -- take place in a Japanese temple, with photos of Reagan, Bush and Bill Clinton on the walls. The candidates each have different weapons, with Obama nicely fitted with a long samurai sword. Rudy has fork-like appendages, looking very X-men (or perhaps after tonight, Ex-man).

It?s produced by Webby Award-winning AtomFilms, a division of MTVN Entertainment Group. ?The game lets pundits and voters alike soothe their election-induced anxieties and put some punch behind their political convictions,? they promise. ?The would-be presidents duke it out with an array of special weapons and Kung-Fu moves that will leave only one man ? er, person ? standing. (If you thought that McCain was too old for the rigors of a grueling election, wait until you see what he can do with a bo staff in his hands!)?

Preceding the game is the ?Kung-Fu Election? music video, an animated rap about the 2008 election, with the candidates proclaiming, ?All we really wanna? do is Kung-Fu, baby.? It can be played at AtomFilms? http://www.kungfuelection.com.
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