by RUTH KIM
Now you can become the powerful, the eccentric, the Glorious Leader.
Moneyhorse Games has released a preview for a satirical, retro-style video game that allows you to assume North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un and defeat those capitalist Americans while riding a unicorn with your sidekick, Dennis Rodman. It was only a matter of time.
With grandiose classical music playing in the background, the trailer for Glorious Leader! begins with a slideshow of pictures of Kim Jong Un and subtitles, which read, “Oh glorious leader, oh glorious leader! For years you have watched and trained, and trained some more, and stood on tanks, waiting for the moment to destroy the capitalist swine!”
Although some may say the game trivializes rather serious accusations towards North Korea with a game that encourages users to kill American soldiers, Moneyhorse CEO Jeff Miller says he is trying to “carefully walk the line of satire without being an apologist for the regime.” Some people are bound to disapprove, but it seems pretty clear that the game is a completely parodic take on the regime’s leader, with fiery unicorns, narwhals, and a secret passageway under a basketball court, all complete in pixelated graphics.
YouTube comments for the video are widely positive. One reads, “This is the greatest game ever! And I am not being forced to play this game.” Miller also reported that feedback for the game surprisingly included a considerable number of South Koreans asking whether the game would be available in their country.
There is no official release date for Glorious Leader! but it is predicted that it will be come out towards the end of this year. The game will be available on PC and mobile platforms; availability for iOS systems is still pending.
