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straight from the land of "whoa"...
http://gerbick.com/images/jfklogoleft2.gif
http://gerbick.com/images/startmontage.jpgQuote:
You are about to take part in the world’s first interactive reconstruction of John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
website is here...
Far out. I wanted to shoot him though.
*Tempted to shell out 10 bucks*
Only in America could we have something like this.
What's next. Princess Diana Racer?
:eek:
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.
well actually I read earlier today that it was made in Scotland, or the company is based in Scotland, something like that.Quote:
Originally posted by Eyenovation
Only in America could we have something like this.
What's next. Princess Diana Racer?
:eek:
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.
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.
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.
ah cool, i gotta have a go on that.
back, and to the left....back and to the left...
Oh my ...
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Fredi
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.
They already did a mod: http://indi.ca/2003/09/9-11-videogame-videogame-art/Quote:
Originally posted by aversion
When will it be ok to start producing video games that recreate 9/11?
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
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.Quote:
Originally posted by TallGuyLittleCar
arn't there sniper roles in america's army? Are there sniper roles in the vietnam game?
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....:eek:
I would think that there would be less outrage if it were about Lincoln instead. Perhaps an idea for a sequel
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.
:rolleyes:
wasn't that soccer riot video game also developed by a scotland developer?
I Imagine it would fly off the shelves in certain areas of the southQuote:
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
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.
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?
There are countless flash games where you can shoot Bush. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by silverx2
whats the differnece in this game and making a game where i shoot george w bush?
Fredi
but i mean like a real game developed and released for a fee, then say he gets killed that way.
there is a book about assinated the president, movies about it to.
Scottish developer, gerbs.Quote:
Originally posted by gerbick
wasn't that soccer riot video game also developed by a scotland developer?
:)
They do have a wild imagination north of the border, eh?
I like this, from the company spokesperson, on the BBC site:
What are these guys smoking - and get me some!Quote:
A spokesman for Traffic Games said it was encouraging youngsters to take an interest in history.
What we are hoping to do is re-ignite people's passion for history. This is a unique insight into the assassination. We think there's a whole generation of people who have no experience of the Kennedy assassination.
If you have 'no experience of the Kennedy assassination' by this point in time, best you crawl back under that rock from whence you came - the world might be just a little too dangerous.
Aye laddie, I think the obvious should be stated. While no one man's life is more important than the next, I think it's safe to say that the impact that JFK and Lincoln had at promoting peace and prosperity in America sort of elevate their stature in the eyes of the public.
A video game where you gun them down, at least in my opinion, almost advocates these heinous actions. Now don't get me wrong. I'm all for historic video games. Why not a game where you try and prevent it? Perhaps you catch Oswald, or John Wilkes Booth before shooting them?
Could you imagine if someone made a game in which it was your role to assassinate Martin Luther King? There'd be civil unrest and uproar, and for good reason.
This was on the nightly news, and they had a spokesman saying one of the games goals is to put to rest all the conspiracy theories.:rolleyes:
If they really wanted a re-enactment and to teach history, I don't see how its educational to make the player the gunman. I guess that's what really bothers me, its that the company is giving such a BS reason for making the thing. They wanted the sensationalism, controversy, and publicity, and this is one way of getting it.
The sad part isn't so much they made it, as that people are buying it.
:(
There should essentially be no market for this, but sadly there is.
aye, you caught my wee lil' sentence structure flub/edit.Quote:
Originally posted by hurricaneone
Scottish developer, gerbs.
:kilt:
erm, most of the aviation games i played, not to say ALL, are about flying as US bombers/planes against japanese, muslims, vietnamese or whoever else. however, nobody ever says anything. So, the same way i've played those games, i can't see why i wouldn't play the others you mention.Quote:
Originally posted by Eyenovation
they'll be making games where you fly as Japanese Bombers or Muslim Fundamentalists any time soon though.
there are tons of games about the gulf's war and about many other wars where you play the role of the US forces. in fact not too long ago there was a game released about killing saddam. i'm not saying saddam was like jfk, but deffinately, the fact of him being a dictator doesn't make it better to kill in a game than jfk.
there's already a jihad fps shooter, IIRC.
I can't remember the name of it... highly controversial. google for it.
Perhaps this is nothing more than propaganda at work, but the games which are made to recreate history -- they recreate moments in history where "good" triumphed (or was supposed to) over "evil."
It seems this game advocates the brutal slaying of the president and lets users partake in the (excitement?). While there are parody games where you can shoot Bush, I don't think any normal American would actually have the stones to do so if given the chance for real. Sure, they might disagree with his entire campaign and think he's an absolute greedy, right wing idiot -- but to kill him for real is taking it to an entirely different level.