Developers are creating online and cell phone games inspired by real news events . Gamers can land a plane on the Hudson or build a Bernard Madoff -like investment scheme . Many are primitive , One -dimensional Flash games that do n't hold long-term interest . `` It went around the world like wildfire , '' said Williams , whose group runs Addicting Games , a teen gaming site that he said had 11.7 million unique users last month . two controversial game , World Cup , '' was yanked by its publisher .
Developers are creating online and cell phone games inspired by real news events . Gamers can land a plane on the Hudson or build a Bernard Madoff -like investment scheme . Many are primitive , One -dimensional Flash games that do n't hold long-term interest . two controversial game , World Cup , '' was yanked by its publisher .