Well, the world of little online games has just been rife with satire and social commentary the past few weeks – latest entrance into the game is Harpooned: Japanese Cetacean Research Simulator. It’s been making the rounds the past couple of days to somewhat mixed press. But the creators aren’t letting the nay-sayers get them down:

The game’s creator Conor O’Kane told ninemsn he wanted to make people more aware of the current whaling situation.

“If people [are] offended by the game they should be even more offended by real whaling,” he said.

“I hope people make the next logical step and realise that reality is much worse than a video game.

The game is available as a download over at the Harpooned website.

Fans hunt down whaling game [ninemsn via Water Cooler Games]