Cell Phone-Controlled Game Invades Times Square

johnnylooper writes "The bright lights of Times Square tend to draw the eyes of drivers and passers-by, but a new billboard is a whole new kind of distraction. According to NY1 News, high above Times Square, there is now a gigantic video screen featuring a car racing game that anyone with a cellphone can play by dialing an 800 number. Of course, you need to be nearby to see the screen, at 43rd and Broadway. Now if I could just afford an apartment in Times Sqaure..."

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Too many connections in mysql_connect() on line...

[smack_attack]

1-800-660-4402

So, if we literally crash the game, does Slashdot get a pizza party?

woohoo that was fun

[nocomment]

too bad I'm in seattle and couldn't see it. I hope I won :-)

Re:woohoo that was fun

[Micro$will]

Nope, you lost. In fact, I think I just saw your car stripped to the frame and sitting on crates in Brooklyn. I hoped you pressed "5" for theft insurance or Yahoo will be sending you a bill.

Are there any flight sim games too?

[Anonymous Coward]

Or would that just be bad taste?!

Bad trade

[jspoon]

In the old days, Times Square used to have hookers. Now you're supposed to want to go there to play a game on your cell phone? I don't know about you, but this sounds like a downgrade to me.

Re:Is this wrong?

[Frizzle Fry]

If you think it's possible to drive fast enough anywhere in that area to be danger because you're on your phone, you're obviously not from new york.

Re:Mortal Kombat

[The Clockwork Troll]

They played a couple of rounds of Mortal Kombat (3?), they were 1:1, and then they got arrested.

This is really old news. Cops have been trying to cut down the fatality rate in Times Square for years.