Saturday, July 5, 2003

Urban Yeti

I am not what you would call a "gamer." In fact, I haven't touched a video game since my younger days in the arcades (Zaxxon was my favorite as a lad). But since researching the Yeti has become a fixation of mine I thought I would try one of the latest pop culture interpretations of the creature, that is a video game titled "Urban Yeti" for something called a Game Boy Advance. I decided to go ahead and purchase the device and the gaming cartridge and I must say, this game is not accurate at all!

You play AS the Yeti (Why would you want to do that, I want to be the one to catch him!) and your job is to find love, get a job, and survive in a city where the police are trying to kill you.

The only accurate part is the fact that the police department would definitely be trying to bring down the beast because we know our government will move heaven and earth to conceal the truth about our friend. There's no way a modern American business would employ a Yeti, though.

Spend your money elsewhere, ladies and gentleman.