Blogging the experience of gameplayhttps://www.gamelog.cl/gamers/GamerPage.php?idgamer=1483https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4813Day 3: On my final day of playing Super Columbine Massacre, I wondered why this game wasn’t made a big deal for being very unethical. Maybe I didn’t noticed, considering I only know this game exists because of this class, but I don’t think the media made a big deal about the creation of this game. Possibly it’s because the media did not want to introduce the game to other students around the nation, thus would give them wrong ideas. To make a comparison, I know there are people that actually find this game entertaining, which is sickening. I wonder if anyone would find it entertaining to play a highjacker crashing a plane into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon? Most likely not. In fact, there are more acts of violence occurring in school settings than ever before. The game itself portrays the different “high school stereotypes” as if every school in America is like that. To me, the creator turned the whole Columbine Massacre into a joke and twisted the story for the amusement of the player. For players who do not know the story behind the massacre, they look at the game as a fun RPG, but in reality are stooping down to the level of the creator. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this game. It was hard for me to play this game considering how disrespectful it is to the families of the victims and the Columbine community. The Internet obviously has no limits and that could be scary. I’m not sure if I want to see how far that envelope can be pushed.Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:28:43 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4813&iddiary=8912https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4813Day 2: Entering my second day of playing Super Columbine Massacre, I started to proceed with the main point of the game, killing whomever you see. I gathered all the ammo I could get and began. As the game progresses, there are conversations between Eric and Dylan on what to do. The dialogue to me is very interesting on how they talk to each other. To me, it’s interesting to see how the creator decided to put student victims in the game. The creator does this by putting stereotypes on every person you kill. After having a good amount of time playing this game, I don’t find any fun in it; in fact I find it disturbing. It seems to me that the creator put these stereotypes on students so you can choose whom you want to kill, depending how you feel. Kind of like taking your own frustration out without actually doing what Eric and Dylan did. Unfortunately, I have still yet to play this game an additional time and at this moment I don’t enjoy it at all. Being a student, it’s hard for me to play a game like this because this could happen at any moment, at any school.Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:45:24 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4813&iddiary=8901https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4813DAY 1: When first realizing that I would be playing a videogame called Super Columbine Massacre RPG, I thought to myself, how could anyone want to make a game like this? Having done previous research and reports on the Columbine tragedy, I already had a good amount of knowledge on what exactly happened. The game itself didn’t impress me at all. The graphics are terrible, the game itself is hard to understand, and it just isn’t any fun to me. The game is unethical on many levels. In the game, you play the characters of Eric and Dylan, who were the actual shooters in the Columbine Massacre, and you act out each kill from the beginning of their “mission”. It’s disgusting to me that someone would take the time to create a game of such a horrific event, just for others’ entertainment. Not to mention how disrespectful it is to the victims’ families to let anyone on the Internet download this game and play it. This game just shows there are no limits are morals on the Internet. Playing this game isn’t as fun to me as others may think it is, so I’ll see how much I can handle playing it my next time.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:36:26 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4813&iddiary=8886https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4775Day 3: On my final day of playing Grand Theft Auto, I realized there really isn’t any point to the game. Sure, there is a story line to follow about CJ’s journey to gain power and persevere through struggle, but most people that I know that play the game rarely try to beat the missions. Instead they find it more fun, including me, to go around town doing whatever the hell you want. It’s interesting to me because you can kill hundreds of people and steal cars, without any consequences. If anything, you die and are re-spawned, or the police arrest you and you start from scratch exiting the police station. After playing the game for an extended period of time, I fail to find it amusing anymore. You can only rob so many hookers and kill so many cops. Maybe the reason why I find it less amusing is because there is so little moral value imbedded in GTA. Sure, there is some value with CJ’s family and fighting to survive, but for the most part there isn’t any positive message. Overall, I would not recommend this game. It’s starts out as a fun time but after awhile you realize how horrible it is to play and how much of a bad influence it possesses. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:29:09 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4775&iddiary=8821https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4775Day 2: For my second day of playing Grand Theft Auto, I took a little different approach. Instead of exploring the game freely, I specifically made it my goal to receive six stars for causing a ruckus. I first started off by stealing a car that was stopped at a red light, pulling the driver out of his own car. Then I proceeded to ram my car into a cop car to gain a star, then killing the officer so I was able to gain his weapon. Then I stole the cop car and proceeded to be chased by more cops along with killing innocent pedestrians. Eventually I was able to gain the six stars, and that’s when military enforcement comes to take you down. For me, I once again found it entertaining to be powerful and on the run from enforcement. Of course I would never take it to the extreme and commit specific acts of violence in the game in real life, but it is a different feeling to have so much power through one character. This game is unethical on so many levels. Between the acts of violence and portraying stereotypes, this game has no level of ethical importance. In class, we’ve discussed whether or not these kinds of game have an effect on younger children and I believe they do. Children who are exposed to these types of games may find it okay to act out in violence because in the game they do. But most importantly, there is a maturity factor that goes along with playing this game. The more mature you are, the least influence it will have on you. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:22:48 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4775&iddiary=8808https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4775Day 1: For my first day of playing Grand Theft Auto, I wanted to experience "freely" playing the game, rather than following the story line. It was very entertaining to me being able to do whatever I want, as long as I got away with it. To me, I thought the main character, CJ, was portrayed as the usual black gang member. The creators seem to make him a hard-ass so he fits into the role as a gang member. Also, there weren't a numerous amount of white people in the less fortunate areas, mostly they were located in the city areas. As I continued to play the game, I found it sadly kind of fun to go on a criminal spree that is filled with stealing cars, beating hookers, and killing police officers. It is when I finally put down the game that I realized how horrible the message and objective of this game is. Every common stereotype was portrayed and there wasn't any positive motive. I can understand that the creators of the game were maybe trying to depict a basic understanding of gang struggles, but I felt it is overextended by the amount of power you are able to gain playing the game. Overall, my first experience of the game was one like any other game I've played before. For a game that's main focus is exerting violence, I now understand why people are easily hooked playing this game. Hopefully we can draw the line somewhere between what is the game and what is reality.Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:32:15 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4775&iddiary=8791