Cutthroat Capitalism: The game

[News Crew]

Want to get in on all the fun the Somali pirates have been having collecting all those millions in ransom money? Think you can do better?? Over at WIRED they have a neat little flash game that lets you play as a Somali pirate! Pit your wits and pirateyness against merchant seaman and greedy multinational corporations! Stalk your pray off the horn of Africa and see just how much loot you can acquire! Choose your negotiation tactics carefully though, shipping company's hate paying ransom, and some merchant sailors are determined to escape or scuttle the ship before they let you earn your blood money! Think you have what it takes?

 

Ever wish there was a game that let you live the life of a pirate? No, I?m not talking about Monkey Island, even though that went live on WiiWare today. I mean modern-day piracy. Accompanying the Web debut today of Wired magazine?s feature story on the pirates of the Somali coast and how their activity is explained in economic terms, we are pleased to bring to you Cutthroat Capitalism: The Game, in which the pirates? business models come to life in interactive form. Capture a ship! Negotiate for ransom! Just don?t become a real-life Somali pirate and say that videogames taught you to do it, ok? We?ve got enough problems as it is.​

 

Head on over to WIRED and see just what kind of modern day pirate you would make!

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[Keith]

lol, good find

 

[Thagarr]

Thanks Keith, it is a neat little flash game. Wired has had a few good articles on modern day pirates the past couple of days. I have been spending most of my free time plundering the Caribbean in CoAS lately, but I am still trying to keep a look out for good stuff.