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Sock and Awe

Sock and Awe is a minimal 2008 Flash game created by British entrepreneur Alex Tew, recreating the Bush shoeing incident and putting the player in the shoes of journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi who flinged a shoe…

18 December 2008

Sock and Awe is a simulator developed by Alex Tew, released 18 December 2008 on Web browser.

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What Sock and Awe is

Sock and Awe is a simulator game developed by Alex Tew and released in 2008. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on Adobe Flash Player.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sock and Awe is a minimal 2008 Flash game created by British entrepreneur Alex Tew, recreating the Bush shoeing incident and putting the player in the shoes of journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi who flinged a shoe at George W. Bush during a news conference.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Sock and Awe launched on 18 December 2008, within three weeks of Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future and Spelunky Classic.

Released around the same time: Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Spelunky Classic.

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When did Sock and Awe come out?
Sock and Awe was released on 18 December 2008 for Web browser.

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