Edward Snowden Gets Video Game Created In His Honor

Those who are a fan of endless runner mobile games like Temple Run and those interested in the continuing saga of Edward Snowden, the man responsible for the NSA leak of the PRISM surveillance program are in luck.

Snowden Run 3D, the newly released 3D video game, gives players the chance to run away from government agents throughout three different levels endlessly until they are caught, mimicking Snowden's real-life saga of looking for refugee from the US Government after leaking their secrets.

The game is available for free on the Google Play Store for mobile devices, as well as for the PC or Mac through the creator of the game's official website. The game's official press release is interesting, to say the least, as it seems as though it is both trying to sell the game to users as well as explaining why it is such low quality.

"Snowden Run 3D is a free satirical Temple Run/Subway Surfers clone for Android, iPhone and HTML5 based on the current events surrounding Mr. Edward Snowden. The game was authored by Belgian actor/director and computer scientist Mike "The Spike" Smith (Michele Rocco Smeets) originally intended as a Ludum Dare contest entry, with less than 30 hours of development time dedicated to it," the release states.

The game features three complete, infinite episodes; NSA Head Quarters, Hong Kong and Moscow Airport, as players collects USB sticks and laptops containing sensitive information while being chased by Agent Jake, whose mission is to arrest Snowden.

"If the player is caught, he ends up in Guantanamo Bay and the game ends. There is one powerup, a USSR hydrogen bomb which is dropped onto the map when "Uncle Putin" is called on a cellphone, effectively ridding it from obstacles. Due to the very limited development time dedicated to this game there are a lot of possible improvements, especially gameplay-wise that will be made in the future through the use of updates," the release states.

Furthermore creator Michele Rocco Smeets explained to Kotaku that the game is not meant to mock Snowden or the U.S. government, and he has no political agenda with the game's release:

"The game does not point a finger to either the US agencies and companies involved in the data-collection scandal nor Mr. Snowden...It attempts to remain neutral as far as a parody can be unbiased. There is absolutely no political motivation behind this game nor am I affiliated with any government agencies or Mr. Snowden," Smeets said.

While some may want to check out the game due to its humorous premise and because it is free, the creator admits it is low quality, so gamers may not want to waste space on their PC or phone on Snowden Run 3D.