assassinate JFK :: the videogame

[gerbick]

straight from the land of "whoa"...

You are about to take part in the world’s first interactive reconstruction of John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

website is here...

[fospher.com]

Far out. I wanted to shoot him though.

*Tempted to shell out 10 bucks*

[Eyenovation]

Only in America could we have something like this.
What's next. Princess Diana Racer?

[Visionray]

i dished out the 10 bucks to play the full version because I'm bored. Just shot him, the first time I missed, everyone in the car freaked out a bit and on the second shot I blew a chunk of his head off. Then, I took out one of his secret service guys. You can replay it which is kinda cool. They should have added in a crowd of people though to make it more realistic. Anyways, sick yes but fun nonetheless.

[Visionray]

Originally posted by Eyenovation
Only in America could we have something like this.
What's next. Princess Diana Racer?

well actually I read earlier today that it was made in Scotland, or the company is based in Scotland, something like that.

[Visionray]

heh, just did the shot analysis and my second shot actually hit the governer off the side of his head, then ricocheted towards Kennedy, where the bullet went through his cheek and through his head, then kept going until it hit an officer in the foot.

No doubt it's sick that someone is profiting off of someones death and I'm sitting here playing it, but it's really no worse than something like GTA. Something similar to this about Diana would not go over well, since first she is a woman, and her death was so recent. The JKF assassination is viewed more as a historical event now than a tragedy.

[Eyenovation]

Ehh, suit yourself. I'm not judging by any means.
I guess I just differentiate the two by believing that GTA is entirely fictitious. The cops I run over in my quest to 5 stars don't have names or a history.

I'm honestly amazed they would make a game like JFK's though. It's a moment in American history as far reaching as Pearl Harbor or 9/11. I don't think they'll be making games where you fly as Japanese Bombers or Muslim Fundamentalists any time soon though.

Perhaps I'm wrong though. Anything to make a buck. Or in this case, a Euro.

[Eyenovation]

I have to ask, is there an option to be a second gunman behind the knoll, or are you relegated just to the 'lone gunman'.

Another cool game would be where you're the CIA, the Warren Commission, or Lyndon B. Johnson so you can partake in the massive cover up which followed in attempt to profit from the war machine.

[SpockBert]

ah cool, i gotta have a go on that.

back, and to the left....back and to the left...

[Subway]

Oh my ...



Fredi

[aversion]

There's a big difference between fictitious violence and this kind of crap. When will it be ok to start producing video games that recreate 9/11? Who is to say whether there's a right time for this kind of thing or not. I guess there's always going to be someone who produces this stuff and there will always be someone who wants to play it.

[Subway]

Originally posted by aversion
When will it be ok to start producing video games that recreate 9/11?

They already did a mod: http://indi.ca/2003/09/9-11-videogame-videogame-art/

And from what I know, there's a real game in production where one level is about ground zero, think it was some firefighter game.

Fredi

[TallGuyLittleCar]

arn't there sniper roles in america's army? Are there sniper roles in the vietnam game?

[aversion]

Originally posted by TallGuyLittleCar
arn't there sniper roles in america's army? Are there sniper roles in the vietnam game?

yes, there have been sniper roles in games as long as there have been games.

[silverx2]

shooting real people dead or alive just isnt my thing personaly, im all about not-real violence against not-real people but once you bring in real life stuff is when i kinda take a step back, i mean war games are fine becuase there are just so many people, but when its something as specific as this no thanks. i just think its disrespectfull that that person and there life, the things that they have done, for me to want to be the man behind the scope so to speak just doesnt seem right.

this is just as bad as making your school as a map in countstrike with tons of hostages and just going around shooting people....

[yasunobu13]

I would think that there would be less outrage if it were about Lincoln instead. Perhaps an idea for a sequel

[darkstar]

incedible bad taste imho.
scottish developers bring gaming to an all time low.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/21/ken...eut/index.html
i suppose these will be next,

Beslan school siege.
Waco.
Enniskillen.
Ken Bigley.

[gerbick]

wasn't that soccer riot video game also developed by a scotland developer?

[TallGuyLittleCar]

Originally posted by yasunobu13
I would think that there would be less outrage if it were about Lincoln instead. Perhaps an idea for a sequel

I Imagine it would fly off the shelves in certain areas of the south

hmmm maybe not, I don't think those folk are very good with computerse, let alone having power.

I really don't see how this is any worse than any other game where you gun down people.

[silverx2]

because this is taking someone from the real world, a Specific person. This isnt running down some imaginary person, this is the act of assassinating a president that really existed, thats like peeing all over everything he did in his life and everything he strived to do.

whats the differnece in this game and making a game where i shoot george w bush? id get arested for treason with my game. and when he dies will it be ok?