http://www.alternet.org/story/145750/video_game_commemorates_austin_suicide_pilot__The smoke over Austin is hardly two days settled and already, many have risen to defend the actions of Joe Stack.
And now, there's this: an 8-bit style video game called "Tax Time," published on Newgrounds.com, commemorating his deadly attack on a Texas IRS office.
In the game users must obtain a can of gasoline, burn a house, then pilot a single-engine airplane into an IRS building. Upon successful completion, the game declares: "Justice is Served!" Along the way, if players manage to hit a malfunctioning Toyota Prius, they are rewarded with the "Auto Recall" medal.
The game was created by Newgrounds member Falcon, whose profile says he is located in Austin and makes games in 24 hours or less.
His other submission to the site: Balloon Boy Adventure.
Though clearly a mock of the entire event, the game is just the tip of the iceberg in what's increasingly becoming an idolization of Stack's ideology across the Internet.
Even Business Insider noticed it on Thursday, when their readers started responding negatively to the publication calling Stack "insane."
"Anger at the IRS and the bailouts holds tremendous resonance, clearly, if even a suicide plane bomber isn't seen as 'insane' by plenty of folks," they wrote. "Such is the climate of American politics right now
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