Obama and Palin Playable as CMD’s (Characters of Mass Destruction) in Mercs 2 Update

You may never get to be President of the United States, but if Senator Obama wins this year’s election, you can play one in a video game. That’s right people, the rumor regarding Barack Obama and everyone’s favorite punching bag, Sarah Palin, coming to Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is most certainly true.

Hit the jump for an in-game video, Pandemic’s comments, and my closing thoughts.

Tom Stratton, PR Contact for Pandemic Studios, shared the following with X-Play:

“Mercenaries 2 is a game seemingly ripped straight out of today’s headlines and fueled with the same type of over-the-top action found in the best summer blockbuster films. It only makes sense we inject the game with a spin on current affairs. The timing was too good to let pass.”

I have been headbutting my holy shit button for the past twenty minutes now. Don’t get me wrong, I find this hilarious, but how the heck did this get approved? Can you imagine the reveal to Obama?

Pandemic: Ok Senator, as you can see I’m approaching the tank with your playable in-game character.
Obama: Alright.
Pandemic: …and now I am in the process of struggling with the driver. The objective here is to toss the grenade into the tank while he is still in there and close the lid.
Obama: I see.
Pandemic: There you go. Tank’s all yours now Senator.
Obama: Perfect. I’ve seen enough and I approve this image. Where do I sign?

In all honesty, this move doesn’t surprise me for Sarah Palin, but Barack? Let’s just say he must feel pretty confident in his chances.

Afterthought: What do you think? Are you all for candidates promoting themselves regardless of the medium, or are they out of their minds for throwing themselves into an M rated game?

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  • Desperado

    That is so god damn awesome.
    I would love to play as Obama, this is the greatest thing ever, he’s so bad ass!

  • http://www.ripten.com Chad Lakkis

    Oh, it is most definitely cool Desperado. I just find it funny that Batman and Superman can’t be put into Mortal Kombat without the game being rated Teen but our potential next Presidential is mixing it up in what most people would consider an M-rated title.

    Chad-

  • http://www.barackobama.com/ DavidGX

    So… they spend time on this instead of a fix.

    I’m owed one achievement and my friend who I played co-op with is owed two. What kind of crap is that? No fix for the glitches but we get this?

  • Sam Naylor

    This could be a step in the right direction towards games being accepted by politicians, along with Obama’s in-game ads.

  • Tomonoatmeal Cookigaki

    Cookigaki believes this is just the first step. Cookigaki is in talks to remake Gears of War with all four main characters played by Obama. The guns shoot ninja stars instead of bullets and the chainsaw is replaced with a bunch of karate-chopping hands. Palin plays the huge-boobied love interest/catwoman and John McCain is a Berserker. Unless this game gets greenlighted, Cookigaki does not approve!