Tax professionals looking for a few moments' distraction during their hectic working lives should look no further than Taxman Gordon.
Modelled on the classic arcade game Pacman, it combines nostalgia for a lower-tech past with broad satirical comment on the UK's tax regime.
This online gewgaw was launched by the Conservative party. It allows the user to take the part of a Pacman-like character that traverses a maze gobbling up coins while avoiding the deadly attentions of four mini-Gordon Browns (ghosts in the original game).
Scattered around the screen are 'power pills' in the shape of Tory tree logos that allow the player, for a few seconds, to turn on his or her enemies, swallowing the PM whole and scoring extra points.
Taxman Gordon is available at http://taxmangordon.com/, and claims that its aim is to avoid the ex-Chancellor “and his 111 stealth taxes”.
