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Nothing is more maddeningly than seeing Back to School ads in July. Even those who haven’t been in school for decades can’t stand to see these ads. It’s as if their mere existence can somehow prematurely curtail summer. It’s like uttering a curse. Summer just starts to get into full swing and Target is already reminding us of the horrors that will soon befall. Time to take matters into our own hands and target Target and other offending retailers with Save Our Summer (SOS), available for Xbox 360 and PS3. It’s the game that takes aim at nasty, Grinch-like retailers that want to steal your summer fun in the name of profit. If it were up to these retailers they would keep you imprisoned in school forever, forcing your parents to purchase notebooks, backpacks, laptops, crayons, lunch boxes, and guns. To accomplish your goal in SOS, you must disable the major retailers and bring them to their collective knees. If you want to save your summer, you must infiltrate the head offices of each major retail chain and destroy their communications systems. To do this you will first have to hack into their files. It may also be necessary to carry out virtual covert operations at their headquarters. Disabling communications will only buy you a little time. Now it’s time to hit each individual retail store throughout the country. SOS allows you to customize your method of attack for each store. Violence is frowned upon in SOS, but you are allowed to use any item sold in any of these stores as part of your arsenal. Diplomacy reigns king in SOS. But before these stores will even consider negotiating with you, you must be in a position of power; the power to destroy them. Your ultimate objective is to have them agree to advertise Back to School promotions two weeks before school starts. Not a day earlier. Negotiate this deal, and you’re a winner. Summer is saved. SOS is on sale at Target, Walmart, JC Penny, and other participating retailers as part of the Back to School Early promotional campaign. By Cole Smith |