{{short description|2002 video game}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2025}} {{Use American English|date=December 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox video game | title = Emogame | image = | developer = | publisher = | platforms = Flash | released = {{Start date|2002}} | genre = Action | modes = Single-player }}

'''''Emogame''''' is a series of early 2000s browser games about emo subculture.

==Gameplay== In the original ''Emogame'', the player, as a series of figureheads from emo and indie rock bands, fights through levels of enemies with "bad taste in music", i.e., out-groups of the emo subculture. For example, as Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba and Bright Eyes's Conor Oberst, the player throws vinyl record projectiles at fans of Dave Matthews Band and the members of Creed on the way to rescue The Get Up Kids from Aerosmith's Steven Tyler.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Elfman |first1=Doug |title=Online game ferrets out those with bad taste in music |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |page=32j |date=2002-11-15 |language=English |issn=1097-1645 |id={{ProQuest|260184432}} |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==Design== Jason Oda created ''Emogame'' as an art student at the Rhode Island School of Design learning Macromedia Flash. The game shows both affinity and ridicule for the emo subculture. Oda would later describe the international attention he received circa 2001 as his 15 minutes of fame. ''Emogame'' developed a cult following and led to three sequels. Interest in ''Emogame 2.5: The Anti-Bush Game'', led to game development job opportunities and a career in making browser games as viral advertising.<ref name=Crecente>{{Cite web |last1=Crecente |first1=Brian |author-link=Brian Crecente |title=Emo, Skrillex and Perfect Strangers: The odd inspirations of Jason Oda |work=Polygon |date=2012-12-03 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2012/12/3/3711872/emo-skrillex-and-perfect-strangers-the-odd-inspirations-of-jason-oda |language=en-US |access-date=2022-05-30 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530175105/https://www.polygon.com/2012/12/3/3711872/emo-skrillex-and-perfect-strangers-the-odd-inspirations-of-jason-oda |url-status=live }}</ref><!--

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== References ==

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{{Refbegin}} * {{Cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Darren |title=Emogame and the rise of digital subculture |work=Kill Screen |date=2016-07-19 |url=https://killscreen.com/versions/emogame-internet-subculture/ |language=en-US |access-date=2022-05-30 |df=mdy-all }} * {{Cite news |last1=Erard |first1=Michael |title=In These Games, the Points Are All Political |work=The New York Times |date=2004-07-01 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/01/technology/in-these-games-the-points-are-all-political.html |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |access-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530181533/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/01/technology/in-these-games-the-points-are-all-political.html |url-status=live }} * {{Cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Ross |title=Emo Game v 2.0 released |work=Engadget |date=2005-08-11 |url=https://www.engadget.com/2005-08-11-emo-game-v-2-0-released.html |language=en-US |access-date=2022-05-30 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530175105/https://www.engadget.com/2005-08-11-emo-game-v-2-0-released.html |url-status=live }} {{Refend}}

== External links ==

* {{official website|http://emogame.com/urspecial.html}}

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