Mel Gibson Is a Tequila-Swilling Anti-Semite: The Game

What in the name of all that's unholy have they been putting in the water over there at GSN: The Network For Games (which once was known simply as the far less ridiculous Game Show Network? This is a particularly urgent question considering the latest game GSN has put up online for your time-wasting pleasure. It's called "So you think you can drive, Mel?," and I probably don't need to spell out what precisely it entails -- but naturally, I will anyway.

You control Mel's car, since he clearly can't considering his inebriated state. There's a cartoon likeness of Mel, looking sufficiently blotto, his head peering out the passenger window of a nondescript subcompact that's in motion. The goal is to have Mel -- afflicted with an audible case of the hiccups, complete with bubbles -- collect as many tequila bottles as possible while dodging flying Stars of David flung by a gentleman who bears a striking resemblance to an Hasidic rabbi. All the while, the tune "Hava Nagila" plays. I am not (repeat, NOT) making this up.

The more tequila bottles you collect for Mel, the higher your score. But you lose points if you get hit by the flying stars or if you run down five of the state troopers who show up in the middle of the road. Oh, and there's also a meter at upper screen right that measures Mel's blood alcohol level (or "B.A.L." as it reads here).

So hey, just gotta say this feels excessively outrageous and cruel even to me, and shoot, I mean, I practically invented outrageous and cruel. I'm also still trying to figure out what Mel's personalized license plate means. It's "WTFWJD." I'm sure the J is for "Jew" and WTF is "What The F---", but beyond that I'm stumped. I'm also puzzled as to why GSN would see this as a clever mainstream game to create and promote on a Sony-parented site. Is this really the best use of GSN's online resources? Mind you, there is hardly any love lost between Mel and myself. I'm just not sure he deserves a shot that's this cheap, obvious and unfunny.

It also feels about a month or so late.

UPDATE: I've since been informed in no uncertain terms by several readers of this blog that WTFWJD means "What The F--- Would Jesus Do." I'm clearly not current on my profanity-laden spiritual acronyms, and for that I wholeheartedly apologize.