The halted Christie's auction of two looted Chinese bronze figures has spawned a game, Hit the Christies. The game is, well, it's a punching bag emblazoned with "Christies" in Chinese. The player can hit it. According to the Wall Street Journal, the game has been played over 340,000 times.

Despite Game Culture's claim that Hit the Christies offers more evidence that "videogames are becoming the political cartoons of the 21st century," one major difference remains between political cartoons and "games" like this one: to wit, political cartoons offer commentary (often wry or scathing) about an issue, rather than simply pointing at it, mouth agape.

(Via Game Culture, thanks to Sean)