To put the API to the test, HeyZap built a game called Balloon Boy Game (in honor of last week’s horror story-turned-scandal) To the extent that the Balloon Bo

To put the API to the test, HeyZap built a game called Balloon Boy Game (in honor of last week’s horror story-turned-scandal) To the extent that the Balloon Boy story was entertainment spun as news -- a meme parasitizing the sense of virtue some people get from watching 'news' on TV -- building a Balloon Boy game is actually a form of meta-parasitism. This also occurs in biological systems, e.g.: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2006/05/4035.ars http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2006/05/4035.ars