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The company that has produced hilarious CD-ROM parodies of the popular TV
program The X-Files (The X-Fools) and the successful computer game Myst (Pyst) have
turned their high-tech humor on software giant Microsoft Corp. Microshaft Winblows
98 is a spoof of the company, its software, and its hypercompetitive founder William
H. Gates III. Stamped on the box: ''Not Justice Dept. Approved Because We Never Asked.''
Load the game, and the main Windows screen appears with icons for the out-of-control
panel and the reject bin, where you can look at a collection of products that didn't
make it out of Microshaft's labs. There are plenty of games, including a computer
trivia game show called Win Bill's Money, and The Roll Ahead, an interactive board
game in which players can see whether they have what it takes to be as successful as
Chairman Gates. There's even a virtual toy: the Billagotchi. Here's your chance to
own your very own virtual chief executive. But make sure you feed him lots of money
and tend to his needs. Otherwise he throws a tantrum. Oh, yes - Janet Reno and Ralph
Nader, according to the games developers, give the product two thumbs up. |
