The guys at Joinkers have put out a game that just might get them sued into oblivion—Rihanna’s Revenge.

In case you couldn’t care less about celebrity gossip, formerly squeaky-clean singer Chris Brown was recently arrested for beating up his girlfriend, fellow singer Rihanna.  There’s a whole lot of drama circling that particular drain including things like “she threw his car keys down the road provoking him” and “she gave him the herpes that she got from Jay-Z”, (not that any of that is some kind of excuse, though some will make a self-defense case out of the whole herpes thing) but what it all boils down to is he’s facing felony charges and she’s planning to take him back.

And if that incenses you, take a run at Rihanna’s Revenge, a quick little Flash game where you can throw left jabs, right jabs, combos and uppercuts at Chris Brown’s poor little easily damageable head.  The animations are clearly the best part of the game, and there’s something to be said for the rapid gameplay that requires you to beat the clock even as you beat the Chris.

There are those that complain about the game’s lack of replay value, that it’s too simplistic and too thoroughly pointless to provide a good time.  And yes, it’s true—this is really only good for a couple plays.  This wasn’t meant to be a replacement for a monster RPG.  This was meant to be a quick little punch brawler to take advantage of a major chunk of celebrity gossip.  This may well be a textbook example of a flash-in-the-pan title; it’s not meant to be anything useful or entertaining after the gossip event that fuelled it boils off into the blogosphere.

Perhaps the best part, after you finish a game, there’s this tiny little disclaimer at the bottom of the window that reads “We realize domestic violence is a serious matter: Learn more” and the “learn more” is a link to some domestic violence campaign or another.  Wow, how’s THAT for cheesy?  They figured they’d go make a social parody Flash game, but felt such a need to cover their collective asses that they had to put up some link on domestic violence so they could feel “socially responsible”.  I’m actually offended—not by the game
itself, but by the ridiculous political-correctness impetus that required a stupid little Flash game to have to EDUCATE people about domestic violence in order to somehow justify its existence!

Sure, none of us REALLY thinks that domestic violence is a laughing matter—even an episode of South Park that featured it got some pretty nasty responses (anyone remember Elementary School Musical?)—but does that require a clear piece of satire to tack on disclaimers to keep themselves from getting blasted by self-appointed arbiters of political correctness?

Ah well…it doesn’t really matter.  The game is interesting enough in that it exists, and it’s actually pretty difficult to pound Chris into insensate oblivion.  So give it a try, assuming you’re not easily offended..