American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Secret Agent Man

Have you ever been playing a video game and thought “Gee, I bet I could be a British Spy?” Well then, most likely you were playing a James Bond game. Apparently, though the surveillance arm of British intelligence thinks there are a bunch of gamers out there who would make good spies.
USA Today reports that [...]

Fighting KFC through Video Games

It doesn’t come as much of a surprise that PETA is not a big fan of KFC. To get this point across they have the website Kentucky Friend Cruelty to explain their problems with the fried chicken manufacturer.
Something you’ll find on the site that is a little different is the PETA video game Super Chick [...]

An Army of One… Only $.25

Have you heard of “America’s Army?”
It’s a video game designed by the Army that serves a couple of functions. It previously was only available for download, so right off the bat, they could identify you as some one with an interest in the army. The it got you used to the armies language, tools, machines, [...]

The Other Football

So, as you may have heard, David Beckham is coming to America. For those of you who haven’t heard, he’s a soccer player or, as the rest of the world calls them, a footballer.
American Madness’s friend and frequent commenter Jason had this to say from his expat home in Spain:
On Sunday David Beckham and [...]

Suppose You French Kiss Mr. Peanut…

About 10 years ago there was this smart-ass know it all trivia game called You Don’t Know Jack. It was kind of awesome. It started as a web game that you could play with your friends, then it was a PC video game, had a whole bunch of editions. Then it disappeared. Rumors ran rampant [...]

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