Disturbing? Or example of the power of free speech?
Here's the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/arts/28chap.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
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electricbluemonkey wrote:I disagree completely.
Why can't someone make a video game about the Columbine shootings? There are hundreds of video games (and movies for that matter) about even greater tragedies such as World War II and Vietnam. Shouldn't we censor them too?
In the Columbine RPG, you play the role of the two gunmen, killing a dozen innocent humans. In, let's say...Call of Duty (I don't play video games) you play the role of a soldier, killing hundreds of not-so-innocent but still human beings.
The creation of this game wasn't a call for attention. The 25 year old who made the game was frequently bombarded by the media covering the story. He was new to the RPG maker program thing, and just decided to create a game on something affecting his life at the time.
electricbluemonkey wrote:I disagree completely.
Why can't someone make a video game about the Columbine shootings? There are hundreds of video games (and movies for that matter) about even greater tragedies such as World War II and Vietnam. Shouldn't we censor them too?
In the Columbine RPG, you play the role of the two gunmen, killing a dozen innocent humans. In, let's say...Call of Duty (I don't play video games) you play the role of a soldier, killing hundreds of not-so-innocent but still human beings.
The creation of this game wasn't a call for attention. The 25 year old who made the game was frequently bombarded by the media covering the story. He was new to the RPG maker program thing, and just decided to create a game on something affecting his life at the time.
cadmium wrote:Of course Columbine was a crappy situation. War is also a crappy situation, even if some people believe it is for "noble" goals.
War upsets me. I wouldn't play video games that involved killing people even if I played video games. Columbine upsets me, too. Still, this guy has every right to make a game. If the public doesn't like it, he has to deal with that, but he still had a right to make it.
Sometimes people try to make light of a situation by creating play from it. They just have to know where to draw the line between role-playing and reality.
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