{"id":9231,"date":"2023-03-08T16:37:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/08\/keir-starmer-just-ordered-an-alpaca-airstrike-the-game-that-holds-up-a-dystopian-mirror-to-the-uk\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T16:37:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:37:25","slug":"keir-starmer-just-ordered-an-alpaca-airstrike-the-game-that-holds-up-a-dystopian-mirror-to-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/08\/keir-starmer-just-ordered-an-alpaca-airstrike-the-game-that-holds-up-a-dystopian-mirror-to-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Keir Starmer just ordered an alpaca airstrike!\u2019 The game that holds up a dystopian mirror to the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan Douglas started Duke Smoochem as a Twitter joke. Now the project has spiralled into an epic portrait of a declining nation \u2013 with everyone from Matt Hancock to GB News in its satirical crosshairs<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail would be horrified if it knew what it had spawned. Back in 2021, when news broke of Matt Hancock\u2019s lockdown-breaking affair, the tabloid printed a floorplan of the health secretary\u2019s office<\/a>, complete with details such as \u201cqueen painting\u201d and \u201ckiss door\u201d. For most people, it was unnecessary detail added to one of the most nauseating moments in modern politics. But for Dan Douglas, a 39-year-old from London, it served as artistic inspiration.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt reminded me of a map from a video game,\u201d he says. As a 90s teenager, Douglas had adored the first-person shooter Duke Nukem 3D<\/a>. \u201cI was the perfect age for its relentless pixelated gore and crude humour. Playing it felt almost illicit,\u201d he says. So wouldn\u2019t it be fun, he thought, to re-create the Hancock scandal using that game\u2019s built-in level editor? That should get a few laughs on Twitter<\/a>, he reasoned. And then things spiralled out of control.<\/p>\n

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\nDan Douglas started Duke Smoochem as a Twitter joke. Now the project has spiralled into an epic portrait of a declining nation \u2013 with everyone from Matt Hancock to GB News in its satirical crosshairs
\nThe Daily Mail would be horrified if it knew what it had spawned. Back in 2021, when news broke of Matt Hancock\u2019s lockdown-breaking affair, the tabloid printed a floorplan of the health secretary\u2019s office, complete with details such as \u201cqueen painting\u201d and \u201ckiss door\u201d. For most people, it was unnecessary detail added to one of the most nauseating moments in modern politics. But for Dan Douglas, a 39-year-old from London, it served as artistic inspiration.
\n\u201cIt reminded me of a map from a video game,\u201d he says. As a 90s teenager, Douglas had adored the first-person shooter Duke Nukem 3D. \u201cI was the perfect age for its relentless pixelated gore and crude humour. Playing it felt almost illicit,\u201d he says. So wouldn\u2019t it be fun, he thought, to re-create the Hancock scandal using that game\u2019s built-in level editor? That should get a few laughs on Twitter, he reasoned. And then things spiralled out of control. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dan Douglas started Duke Smoochem as a Twitter joke. Now the project has spiralled into an epic portrait of a declining nation \u2013 with everyone from Matt Hancock to GB News in its satirical crosshairs The Daily Mail would be horrified if it knew what it had spawned. Back in 2021, when news broke of …<\/p>\n

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