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There's a Dairy Queen game.

If you were to drive on a certain highway in Texas, you'd notice that every town you pass through has a Dairy Queen in it. Is that a good thing? I don't know. The occasional Chicken Fingers Basket is nice now and then, but the rest is not so hot. Their soft serve is like sugar milk. One time, in honor of the famed Porkchop Sandwiches viral video (after the jump), I tried Dairy Queen's limited time version. Breaded cardboard, I tell ya. Somehow, the Peppermint Chip Blizzard is great, though.

Oh yeah, the game. It's called DQ Tycoon. It's like Cake Mania or Diner Dash, but in a DQ joint. Are you wondering who will play this? A piece on the game from The New York Times lays it out:

“My understanding is, it’s a lot of these stay-at-home moms who, when they put their kids down for a nap, like to go play,” said Jill Anderson, senior marketing manager for Dairy Queen. “We were kind of hypothesizing that if at one point they had worked, they were looking for that stimulus.”

Wow. Way to talk it up!

Michael Keller, the chief brand officer of Dairy Queen International, said “Oh, come on, who hasn’t wanted to run and own a DQ?” 

I'm playing the demo now, Mike. It's about as fun as a melted Blizzard with a hair in it.

[Thanks, AB]

 








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myheadsonfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 17:35
myheadsonfire
PORKCHOP SANDWICHES! And wow, that game sounds pretty unappealing.
grassr00ts's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 17:44
grassr00ts
DQ was my first and best job i've ever had, mmmm cheesecake blizzards with Oreo in it.
CypherVR's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 17:57
CypherVR
someone shoop ron workman with a DQ hat and getup
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 18:00
Holyetheline
I hate working for/in the foods industry. So glad I am out of that line of work...
CypherVR's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 18:18
CypherVR
www.ronworkman.com/

AClockWorkMelon's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 18:23
AClockWorkMelon
All the workers and all the customers were white. :)
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 18:46
atastysammich
All the Blizzards at the DQs around here are melty. I don't understand it. But I wash my hands of this matter.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 19:02
MrSadistic
I like dipping the Texas Toast into the Blizzard. So delicious!
seltzermx's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 19:04
seltzermx
Just had a hot fudge Sunday over the weekend. Damn that thing was delicious.
Joanna Mueller's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 20:22
Joanna Mueller
yeah I became a stay at home mom so I could play games about working shitty jobs. Pretty bad when your marketing manager can't even sound excited about your company.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 20:54
s0lesurviv0r
Whataburger is better.
Druid 01's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 23:32
Druid 01
their should be a DQ every 4 feet so i can have myself a snickers blizzard every day. i didn't know people actually ordered FOOD their though, thought that was like a practical joke or something
Sayonara's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 01:28
Sayonara
I hate DQ my girlfriend works slave labor there!
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 06:53
Knivy
lol!! I saw this online the other day and made fun of it with Rockvillian
Gilgi's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 08:41
Gilgi
Japanese folks love DQ, until they realize it's Dairy Queen, yo.
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