New Schilling Game: Massive Boondoggle Attack
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Today, 38 Studios unveiled its newest game, Massive Boondoggle Attack. Unlike 38 Studios other totally unproven game, the massively multiplayer online (MMO) Kingdoms of Amalur, Massive Boondoggle Attack is what's known as a massively insider special deal (MISD). The goal of Massive Boondoggle Attack is to sucker a quasi state agency into granting a huge multi-million dollar loan guarantee for a company with little revenue, intangible collateral, and only one speculative product that could easily fail in the highly competitive gaming software market.
In this new game, as CEO of Boondoggle Enterprises, you work your way through several levels of the hoodwink process. First, you promise lots of jobs and hobnob with elected officials' connected staffers. Then you hire lobbyists. Then you convince the Governor and desperate economic development officials that your long-shot game is the savior of the entire state's economy.
For truly advanced level play, you must work to minimize any clause in the deal that would put Boondoggle Enterprises on the hook for failing to deliver on promises made. For example, only having to pay a $7,500 penalty per job that you don't actually create, yet still receiving the bulk of a $75 million loan guarantee.
'This is one of the best games I've ever seen,' said 38 Studios founder and millionaire former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling. 'Building a massively insider special deal is so much fun, especially when you don't have to put any real skin in the game. You can make up ridiculous promises and see how easy it is to hoodwink various Governors and economic development officials. The most fun is when you play two states off against one another!'
'I've played an advance copy of Massive Boondoggle Attack, and I can tell you it is amazing,' said Rhode Island Economic Development Director Keith Stokes. 'It's so incredibly realistic, and takes so few insiders to build a truly spectacular boondoggle agreement. It's very similar to a lot of deals we work on at the EDC, like Deepwater Wind. The key is to put taxpayers on the hook for all the risk -- that's the fun part.'
There's incredible buzz building about the special release of Massive Boondoggle Attack in Rhode Island, which was specifically chosen as a test market by 38 Studios. 'We think Rhode Islanders will intuitively understand how to play this game,' said 38 Studios founder Schilling. 'Our market research shows that Rhode Island officials love massive boondoggles and that the public just puts up with them. We're looking forward to brisk sales.'
Get your copy of Massive Boondoggle Attack at an economic development authority near you.
Note: Do not ask for instructions or legal details, they will not be provided.
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