sleuth
Livin' Like Thanksgivin'
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I have to agree with the Kennedy's on this one.
New Video Game allows re-creation of JFK Assassination - called despicable.
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I have to agree with the Kennedy's on this one.
Penn
Dancing Up A Storm
Yep, I just saw a video of Teddy Kennedy on MSNBC, decrying the new game.sleuth said:linkage: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1101122694784_27/?hub=TopStories
I have to agree with the Kennedy's on this one.
It does seem a little sick.
Now THERE is the understatement of the century.Penn said:
What gets into people? This should be against some law and the developers shot from a grassy knoll.
tirdun
staring into the abyss
The disgusting nature of the game aside, I don't see how this forms the basis for a video game, nor do I see any decent sales with the exception of conspiracy theorists and depraved wierdos.
From a playability standpoint, I have no interest in a game that seeks to reproduce what... one minute of history? DD invasion games and other War based games reproduce months or even years of combat scenarios, with varied locations and challenges. I don't play them, but I can see where the challenge exists.
From a sales standpoint, the big distributors (BestBuy / Target / WalMart) will certainly bow out. They can affort to ignore the tiny sales in lieu of public outcry. Midsize retailers like Gamestop might see some sales cash with no competition from the big boys, but I'm thinking even they aren't willing to face public backlash. This leaves specialty stores and direct/online sales. I don't see waves of gamers waving bills for them, though.
So this is news only because some game company decided that novelty and the sick nature of the game would automatically produce advertising in the form of outraged news media. And it worked.
From a playability standpoint, I have no interest in a game that seeks to reproduce what... one minute of history? DD invasion games and other War based games reproduce months or even years of combat scenarios, with varied locations and challenges. I don't play them, but I can see where the challenge exists.
From a sales standpoint, the big distributors (BestBuy / Target / WalMart) will certainly bow out. They can affort to ignore the tiny sales in lieu of public outcry. Midsize retailers like Gamestop might see some sales cash with no competition from the big boys, but I'm thinking even they aren't willing to face public backlash. This leaves specialty stores and direct/online sales. I don't see waves of gamers waving bills for them, though.
So this is news only because some game company decided that novelty and the sick nature of the game would automatically produce advertising in the form of outraged news media. And it worked.
Penn
Dancing Up A Storm
I'm pretty sure I saw the developer of the video game the other night on MSNBC, in an interview with Deborah Norville.
What amazed me was his unflappable answers to her questions about the outrage the "game" has drawn the Kennedy family, and others.
Not that I have any great feelings for Ted Kennedy, but just the same, it's way over the top to promote this thing as an historical insight as to what happened that day, allowing gamers to "bone up", like they were history buffs, in order to learn more about the event.
Yes, he sat there across from Ms. Norville and said it straight-faced!
It looked like she wasn't sure to take him at face value or not.
What amazed me was his unflappable answers to her questions about the outrage the "game" has drawn the Kennedy family, and others.
Not that I have any great feelings for Ted Kennedy, but just the same, it's way over the top to promote this thing as an historical insight as to what happened that day, allowing gamers to "bone up", like they were history buffs, in order to learn more about the event.
Yes, he sat there across from Ms. Norville and said it straight-faced!
It looked like she wasn't sure to take him at face value or not.