Container Run: 'Azadi' is a mobile app away

Published August 14, 2014
Screenshots of the game Container Run from Google Play.
Screenshots of the game Container Run from Google Play.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan may have been helpless in the face of containers dotting his 'Azadi' march route, but for one enthusiastic "Mr Khan", jumping over the bulky objects is as easy as pie — thanks to the recently launched android game called Container Run.

“Mr Khan wants to reach Islamabad but the highway has been blocked by containers and his vehicle cannot go any further. Not only he’s furious, he’s determined to go all the way if nothing else on his own feet,” reads the synopsis of the newly launched game.

The app was released by Eccentrica Technologies, which partners with Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (perhaps that explains the conspicuous inclusion of a PTI flag).

The trend of releasing android apps relating to current affairs has become increasingly commonplace, with Angry Imran in 2012 – a rip-off of Angry Birds developed by a bunch of Imran Khan’s fan – and the recent car-smashing Gullu Butt.

While the games are conceptually brilliant, gaining instant popularity owing to their timeliness, they all have had minor - and some major - technical and design flaws, most probably due to being released in a hurry.

Container Run is quite poor graphically, and in terms of playability.

Reviewers on Google Play complained of “horrendous gameplay” and “bad controls”, while some seemed to like it only because it featured Mr Khan.

Opinion

Editorial

Paying the price
Updated 18 Apr, 2025

Paying the price

Pakistan is trapped in a relentless cycle of climate volatility.
Political solution
18 Apr, 2025

Political solution

THOUGH the BNP-M may have ended its 20-day protest sit-in outside Quetta on Wednesday, the core issues affecting...
Grave desecration
18 Apr, 2025

Grave desecration

THE desecration of 85 Muslim graves at a cemetery in Hertfordshire in the UK is a distressing act that deserves the...
Double-edged sword
Updated 17 Apr, 2025

Double-edged sword

While remittances have provided critical support to current account, they have also been a double-edged sword.
Besieged people
17 Apr, 2025

Besieged people

DESPITE all the talk about becoming a ‘hard’ state, Pakistan is still looking incredibly soft when it comes to...
Deadly zealotry
Updated 17 Apr, 2025

Deadly zealotry

Murdering people and attacking firms is indefensible and only besmirches the Palestinian cause.