Results tagged “pac-man” from Birmingham Mail - Technobabble

West Midlands police have developed a "ground breaking" internet-based game to teach students in the region how to stay safe.

The idea behind the game, available at the West Midlands Police website and which can be imported into networking sites such as Facebook, is to encourage groups of students to look after their friends during nights out.

Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Hyde said: "By using Facebook we hope to get a serious message across to this hard-to-reach group in a very fun way.

"We are constantly looking at different ways to communicate with our various communities and if social networking sites prove useful for this we would look to use them in the future too."

All very laudable - but to be fair I'm not sure how 'ground breaking' the game is in terms of rivaling new titles such as, say Crysis.

In the game you 'play' Rhiannon, a student who must find her friends on a night out.

If I was being unkind, I would say it ENCOURAGES binge drinking - with FOUR (count 'em) pints to collect for bonuses in the Pac-Man type game.

A number of ne'er do wells wearing balaclavas replace the 'ghosts', trying to catch you before you collect your chums.

At the risk of coming over a bit Al Murray Rhiannon is a GIRL. And she is drinking PINTS. It just shows what a state this country's come to!!!!

Below - a girl with a ladies' beer glass - as it should be (in the name of ALL THAT'S DECENT):

To view the game visit www.bestmates.org.uk.