Newgrounds.com is a popular user-submitted flash game site not really known for being the morally sensitive corner of the web. With that in mind, Newgrounds.com presents a game called 'Tax Time!', which is a recreation of the all-too-recent Austin airplane crash incident.
Too soon? For sure. Somebody was all over this idea seconds after the news story hit. However this Austin airplane crash flash game demonstrates what happens when you mix video game art with someone who has no moral qualms about... anything.
Untimely Flash Games
'Tax Time!' Recreates The Austin Airplane Crash (Too Soon?)
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