Review: Mindjolt's U.S. Presidential Games Part 2

In the first part of Bright Hub's review of Minjolt's politically themed games we only touched the surface. As we get into part two, we will explore three more games offered up to Mindjolt's politically enthused Facebook fans. Each game features candidates Barrack Obama and John McCain and has its own theme. You can play the cartoon candidates through Olympic events, or a cash grabbing race across the country, or a mad dash for vote coins in front of the White House. Are they worth your time, or just a poor attempt at cashing in on one of the most anticipated elections in recent history? We'll take a closer look at that here.

In Presidential Olympic Trials you can play as either Democratic candidate, Barrack Obama, or Hilary Clinton. You then select a

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Both the sound and graphics in Presidential Olympic Trials are as unimpressive as the gameplay. The graphics are rather boring, and unpolished. Also throughout the whole game you are forced to either mute the music, or listen to The President's March over and over again. As Dave Chapelle would say, “I wish I had more hands, so I could give this game four thumbs down!” I know this sounds harsh. I understand the effort that is taken when building a browser game and because of this, I wish I could say something positive about Presidential Olympic Trials, unfortunately I just can't.