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| Ron Paul video game rockets past its funding goal on Kickstarter | Ron Paul video game rockets past its funding goal on Kickstarter |
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| The main character is obsessed with collecting gold as sound money and devotes his time to clashing with federal reserve bosses in a bid to shut them down. Sound familiar? Ron Paul's real-life presidential campaign may have limped into obscurity, but now the veteran libertarian is set to receive a timely boost thanks to a video game documenting his quest to reach the White House. | The main character is obsessed with collecting gold as sound money and devotes his time to clashing with federal reserve bosses in a bid to shut them down. Sound familiar? Ron Paul's real-life presidential campaign may have limped into obscurity, but now the veteran libertarian is set to receive a timely boost thanks to a video game documenting his quest to reach the White House. |
| The Road to Revolution game, described as "reminiscent of console classics like Super Mario Brothers and Sonic the Hedgehog", has almost doubled its funding goal on the Kickstarter website so far. | The Road to Revolution game, described as "reminiscent of console classics like Super Mario Brothers and Sonic the Hedgehog", has almost doubled its funding goal on the Kickstarter website so far. |
| Paul is yet to win a state in the Republican primaries and has failed to have the impact on the race that his early poll numbers and devoted grassroots organisation seemed to promise. On Monday, he said he would stay in the race even if Mitt Romney secures enough delegates to win the Republican nomination. | Paul is yet to win a state in the Republican primaries and has failed to have the impact on the race that his early poll numbers and devoted grassroots organisation seemed to promise. On Monday, he said he would stay in the race even if Mitt Romney secures enough delegates to win the Republican nomination. |
| The game, which will be playable in web browsers with iPhone and Android versions also in the pipeline, is due to be ready by July, according to the project's founder, Daniel Williams. | The game, which will be playable in web browsers with iPhone and Android versions also in the pipeline, is due to be ready by July, according to the project's founder, Daniel Williams. |
| "You play the role of Ron Paul and make your way across all 50 states collecting gold (sound money) and delegates," Williams wrote in his Kickstarter pitch. | "You play the role of Ron Paul and make your way across all 50 states collecting gold (sound money) and delegates," Williams wrote in his Kickstarter pitch. |
| "Collect delegates to ensure your seat as the president, collect gold coins to unlock branches of the federal reserve where you defeat bosses and progress your quest to end the federal reserve." | "Collect delegates to ensure your seat as the president, collect gold coins to unlock branches of the federal reserve where you defeat bosses and progress your quest to end the federal reserve." |
| The game will have more than 50 levels, designed around each one of the states, with 13 "bosses", representing each branch of the federal reserve. A poster designed to accompany the game shows a triumphant-looking Ron Paul, 77, gripping the US constitution in one hand and a woman who appears several years his junior in the other. | The game will have more than 50 levels, designed around each one of the states, with 13 "bosses", representing each branch of the federal reserve. A poster designed to accompany the game shows a triumphant-looking Ron Paul, 77, gripping the US constitution in one hand and a woman who appears several years his junior in the other. |
| The game will be free to play online, with Williams describing it as "my gift to the liberty-loving community, as well as fans of classic gaming". | The game will be free to play online, with Williams describing it as "my gift to the liberty-loving community, as well as fans of classic gaming". |
| By Monday morning, some 200 people had backed the project. Williams will receive the funding on 1 May, with a beta version of the game due in June before the final version is playable in July. | By Monday morning, some 200 people had backed the project. Williams will receive the funding on 1 May, with a beta version of the game due in June before the final version is playable in July. |
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