Would you like a bailout? Are you a banker frustrated at politicians or a politician frustrated at bankers? Do you want to track the national debt? There's an iPhone app for that.
Several game applications based around bankers and regulation have been popping up and have been growing in popularity.
Here's a list of some of them:
- American Banker recommends "Bailout Wars," a 99 cent app by French publisher Gameloft that
is themed around the Troubled Asset Relief Program. "The game features
cash-hungry bankers attempting to raid the White House for bailout cash
and it's up to the player to stop them."
- The goal of the free app "Bailout Bonanza" is to collect as many money bags as you can before they hit the ground.
- With the free app "Bailout
Ben," you can help Helicopter Ben
Bernanke to lower cash to failing companies.
- In the 99 cent app "Bailout America," you can help Uncle Sam get more cash into the hands of bankers.
- "Super Banker" is 99 cent app where you get promotions for serving customers.
- "BankerBash" is a 99 cent app that takes your money from the retail counter to Wall Street where it allows you to bash bankers.
- "Auto Bailout" is a free app that lets you settle the demise of the auto industry in the U.S.
- "Bailout Watch" is a $1.99 app that tracks every dollar of bailout cash and breaks down who got what.
- With the free app "Bag the Bankers," you drag bankers into a money bag to reclaim cash.
- "National Debt & Bailout" is a 99 cent app that tracks the national debt and all the bailouts.
- "Bailout!" is a $1.99 app that puts you in control of $1 million to turn into gazillions.
- "Bailout Word" is a 99 cent app that puts the fate of the world in your hands.
- Catch executives escaping in golden parachutes in "Bailout Bandits," a 99 cent app.
All of these games are available at the iTunes store.
- Maria Woehr
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