Oliver Noble is an Asylum contributor who is often outraged.

Searching the in-flight entertainment system on the unofficial hipster airline, Virgin, I was outraged to find a video game called "Mad Bomber."

My upset, however, was not with any insensitivity toward the events of Sept. 11, the shoe bomber or any other attempt to hijack and/or explode a plane, train or automobile.

Rather, I was disturbed by the fact that simply turning to the flight passenger next to me and asking, "Hey, do you want to play 'Mad Bomber'" could easily result in some American Hero inflicting a savage and, at least somewhat, justifiable beating upon me.

Keep reading to find out what happened when I played the game.


What's worse is that when I actually played the game it was completely dull. It involves catching bombs (dropped by a non-ethnic bomber) in a bucket of water and thereby extinguishing them.

I find trying to figure out who on the plane you're most likely to catch swine flu from, who you would most want to join the Mile High Club with and who is most likely to be an actual mad bomber a much more fun game to pass the time on a flight.

And so, Virgin CEO Richard Branson, I am appealing to you: We know you're busy with intergalactic exploration, but please spend a little time managing your ventures that affect us mere earthlings.

Remove the "Mad Bomber" video game from your planes because having someone a few shades tanner than me accidentally beaten to death with one of your trendy remote controls is a situation that even "mood-lit cabins" can't make look good.