'Whack-A-Banker' Game A Hit In Britain

A British arcade game that allows gamers to take out their anger on bankers has proved a hit, its creator says.

The BBC reports that inventor Tim Hunkin introduced his "Whack-A-Banker" game to his seaside pier arcade in Southwold, in eastern England. It's now proved so popular he has had to replace the worn out mallets.

Based upon the popular "Whac-A-Mole" game, players hit bankers on the head when they emerge from holes. The game allows angry Brits a chance to vent some fury about the role bankers played in the current financial crisis. However, as Hunkin told AFP:

"And, of course, the bankers never really lose. If you win the game a banker's voice says: 'You win. We retire. Thank you very much to the taxpayer for paying our pensions'."

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[MSaxe]

12:03 AM on 12/15/2009

See it here:
http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=AblNIFj1C­90

[nancyt9]

11:08 PM on 12/14/2009

I think they need to get one in the United States as soon as possible! I would also love to have it at my house! This would be the best present ever. Im sure there are endless amounts of people who would love to play. This is just brilliant! Who wouldn't want to take out their anger on a banker?

[Zimpod]

08:07 PM on 12/14/2009

BRILLIANT!­!!

[JBS]

06:51 PM on 12/14/2009

Can I have one for Christmas? Pleeeeeeea­se!

[RitaS]

07:16 PM on 12/14/2009

Oh Yes!!!!!! I want one too!!!!! I want to whack a filthy banker too, even if just in ciber space.

Hey at least the Brits are headed in the right direction.­...... Maybe if we pray real hard the US will wake up....soon­.....

[lemondade]

06:48 PM on 12/14/2009

"KIND OF LIKE AMERICA'S PLASTIC LIFE-SIZE CLOWN THAT YOU COULD PUNCH. 1950 ERA TOY."

[Exfl]

06:41 PM on 12/14/2009

Whacking sounds like a good idea to me. Badda bing, badda boom.
Sincerely,
Anthony Soprano

[Sabum]

05:34 PM on 12/14/2009

we need a GTA style video game where we can release some of the unchecked anger we are all feeling towards the financial field.

just a thought.

[Variegated]

05:21 PM on 12/14/2009

Start with the one's in the current administra­tion and work backward to Reagan's era.

[aflyinyoursoup]

04:35 PM on 12/14/2009

So far every post I've attempted to make suggesting B@nkRuns has been scrubbed.
Is HP pare of the Matrix?

[aflyinyoursoup]

04:37 PM on 12/14/2009

I'm surprised this one made it.

[aflyinyoursoup]

04:38 PM on 12/14/2009

I meant to say:
Is HP PART of the Matrix?

[JBS]

06:56 PM on 12/14/2009

Popular articles generate a lot of comments. I think when the volume of comments goes up, the servers tend to go down.

They're probably running all this on a shoe-strin­g, using old, worn out servers.

[aflyinyoursoup]

04:33 PM on 12/14/2009

Seriously, we actually CAN inflict very serious pain on these maggots.
All it would take is a 'Focused B@nk Run'....
Pick a (too big to fail) bank and start an organized run on it.
Simply withdraw funds until they cry uncle.
The money can be deposited in a trustworth­y local Credit Union....
The other Banking Behemoths WILL take notice!

[lazercat2008]

04:19 PM on 12/14/2009

I think tax a banker is a better solution.

[tonedef]

04:51 PM on 12/14/2009

now, taxing and THEN whacking a banker over the head would be the greatest! We could use "Adopt a Banker" as the euphemism for this great new venture.

[MSaxe]

02:23 PM on 12/15/2009

Whack first... then tax....the­n whack again...

[cliffhammond]

07:46 PM on 12/14/2009

A 1% Tobin tax on the banks would raise $1-trillio­n in the first year alone.

[aflyinyoursoup]

04:07 PM on 12/14/2009

Seriously, we actually CAN inflict very serious pain on these maggots.
All it would take is a 'Focused Bank Run'....
Pick a (too big to fail) bank and start an organized run on it.
Simply withdraw funds until they cry uncle.
The money can be deposited in a trustworth­y local Credit Union....
The other Banking Behemoths WILL take notice!

[Kache]

09:22 PM on 12/14/2009

What? You're still banking at a tbtf bank?? That's disgusting­!

[aflyinyoursoup]

03:59 PM on 12/14/2009

We should start playing that game here in the States.
With one minor change....­....Real Mafia Style 'Whacks'!

[DosGatos2]

03:19 PM on 12/14/2009

Or they could have called it "Back a W(h)anker"­. Means the same thing.

[mograph]

04:03 PM on 12/14/2009

Good one!

[beeswalking]

03:02 PM on 12/14/2009

HAHAHAHAHA­HA!