Mad Men: The Videogame

Don’t laugh, it might be happening (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mad-Men-Videogame-Coming-from-Lionsgate-108703.shtml).

It got me pondering what if they were to make a Mad Men game with the gaming characters we already have. Here’s what I’ve come up with.

Who do you think would be a good gaming match? Any help with Peggy Olsen would be much appreciated.

Don Draper/Default Commander Shepard

Similarities: Handsome, confident and able to pull the ladies. Both Draper and Shepard are smooth talkers who draw people in with a certain, hard to define magnetism. Even if their actions are sometimes questionable, it’s impossible to deny their charm.

Differences: With Shepard you’ve got to select the right thing to say, Draper always says the right thing. While both are great with the girls, Shepard does have a fondness for Alien sex that Draper has yet to mimic.

Bertram Cooper/Colonel Sanders

Similarities: They look the same. You don’t believe he is a video game character check here. 

Differences: Apart from copyright issues and the FACT that the Colonel was a racist,  they are practically the same.

Roger Sterling/Atlas-Fontaine

Similarities: sounds pleasant, but is sly and uses people to get what he wants.

Differences: Ryan is no silver fox. Sterling, for all his persuasive techniques, has failed to master mind control.

Lane Pryce/Newspaper Zombie

Similarities: Both wear glasses.

Differences: Lane is not a zombie. But every game needs a zombie.

Betty Francis/Princess Peach

Similarities: Both are hot blondes who sometimes need a little rescuing. Both Peach and Betty can be drama queens.

Differences: While Betty has had a few flings, it’s nothing compared to the obviously trampy Peach. I mean how many times can Bowser really lock you away before it stops becoming a coincidence?

Ken Cosgrove/Cole Phelps (L.A Noire)

Similarities: They look exactly the same (duh).

Difference –Phelps, a good cop in a bad town, is probably nothing like the easy-going charmer that is Cosgrove.

Pete Campbell/The Courier

Similarities: Despite both really just being errand boys, Campbell and the Courier are all about levelling up and they’ll do anything they can to get on top.

Differences: While Campbell has resorted to blackmail, to date he has not been known to club an innocent NPC to death with a golf club for a few measly caps.

Joan Harris/Joanna Dark

Similarities: Both are sexy, energetic redheads with strong personalities.

Differences: While game geeks the world round have probably fantasised about Joanna Dark, Joan Harris is by far the bigger sex symbol. Oh yeah, Joan Harris also isn’t a secret agent fighting extraterrestrials.