Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

[Cj_leonine]

I really hate it when people make games about issues like this.To me, no matter what the purpose it's really disrespecful to the victims' families and friends.

http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2006/05/17/393780.html&cvqh=itn_columbine

Columbine Video Game Draws Relatives' Ire
By Associated Press

Wed May 17, 8:22 AM

DENVER - An online game based on the Columbine High School massacre is drawing criticism from relatives of those who died in the 1999 attack, including a father who says it trivializes the actions of the two teen killers.

The game, Super Columbine Massacre RPG, was posted on a Web site last year, but is becoming more popular now. It draws on investigative material, including images of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, who killed 12 classmates and a teacher before committing suicide.

Players are told it is "ultimately up to you" how many people Harris and Klebold kill that day. Each time Harris and Klebold kill someone in the game, a dialogue box pops up that says: "Another victory for the Trench Coat Mafia."

The game also includes crime scene photos of the killers and images of students running and crying, though it does not have photos of any victims.

"We live in a culture of death, so it doesn't surprise me that this stuff has become so commonplace," said Brian Rohrbough, whose son, Daniel, was among those slain that day. "It disgusts me. You trivialize the actions of two murderers and the lives of the innocent."

The site's creator, who identified himself in an e-mail interview only by the name "Columbin," told the Rocky Mountain News he wanted to make something that would "promote a real dialogue on the subject of school shootings." He said he was inspired to make the game because he was in Colorado at the time of the attack.

"I was a bullied kid. I didn't fit in, and I was surrounded by a culture of elitism as espoused by our school's athletes." He added that he considered the killers, at times, "very thoughtful, sensitive and intelligent young men."

Richard Castaldo, who was paralyzed from the chest down in the attack, played the game after reading about it on a gaming Web site. He said it reminded him of the 2003 film "Elephant," which follows students and others on the day of a school massacre without assigning reasons or blame for the bloodshed.

"It didn't make me mad, just kind of confused me," he said. "Parts of it were difficult to play through, but overall, I get the feeling it might even be helpful in some ways. I don't think it's bad to discuss."

[Moogy]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

yeah too bad that game was made in rpg maker

thus rendering it completely retarded

[Cj_leonine]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

*sigh*

Only you would say that. =p

[User6773]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

Video games get a bad rep because a large number of the people who play them are clueless ninnies who, if not as morally reprehensible as someone who would make or play a game like this, at least share the same level of ignorance and delusions of wisdom. The common gamer foolishly regards his own broken logic as gospel, uses anonymity as an outlet for hostility, fails to recognize the trivial nature of his hobby, revels in apathy about anything that matters, and resists anyone who dares to tell him that he doesn't know everything.

[Tasselfoot]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

you don't know everything. and, the majority of people who do anything are clueless ninnies... and we're probably included in that majority for many things.

but it DOES feel nice to attack those nameless masses with insults, doesn't it Evan?

[User6773]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

you don't know everything.

Did I say that I did?

[Grandiagod]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

Chardish has been really angry lately. He needs to stop playing games and get laid.

[Tasselfoot]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

I was subtlely grouping you within your post, Chardish, by using words directly out of your post. Apparently it was too subtle for you.

[lord_carbo]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

Games get a bad reputation because they're easy to target.

"Why, with games like GTA:SA and what-not, what else could possibly explain the violence and chaos among some people?" is the common mindset. Many people believe video games encourage violence among people or some propagandal BS like that.

[Grandiagod]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

I was subtlely grouping you within your post, Chardish, by using words directly out of your post. Apparently it was too subtle for you.

Mod fight. Bets start now.

Odds 3-1 Tass

[Kenzya]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

*sigh*

Only you would say that. =p

That is the exact reason why I haven't played it.

[evilbutterfly]

Re: Why Videogames Get a Bad Rep.

Super Columbine Massacre RPG

Nice name. Could use a 64 at the end, though.