Getting Into the Swing of Things (August 13, 2023)

[Bandit LOAF]

A mobile game called Ultimate Golf is having an event called ‘Swing Commander’. And so I played 18 holes of internet golf to see if there was anything more to it than the name. And there was not. And I’m terrible at internet golf.





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Original update published on August 13, 2023

 

[Bob McDob]

I was tempted to try and make a snarky comment but before I could come up with one I saw the logo in the screenshot. That's a surprising amount of dedication for a throwaway pun.

It also reminded me of a game preview I saw in a roundup of E3 1996 about Moon Golfing which as far as I know never released and then nobody made anything like it for the next 25 years.

 

[Bandit LOAF]

As far as I can tell they do extensive movie and game parodies for their temporary events... others seem to get some animated social media graphics but I haven't found one for "Swing Commander".

Another good slight connection is to "Golf Commander", Origin's aborted attempt to use the Strike Commander engine for a golf game.