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lizak's Super Columbine Massaacre (Web)
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| [May 28, 2012 04:12:03 PM]
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When playing the game this time, I tried to pay as much attention to the actual game as possible, putting away what my thoughts about the inappropriateness of the game. The game is not really that fun to play and I really questioned why people would want to play it. You are very limited in what you can do in the game. The developer of the game only wanted you to do what they wanted. You are very restricted on what you can do in the game or even where you can go. In other games you can roam around and see what else there is. However, in this game, the screen is extremely small and what you see is pretty much all you have, which made me kind of bored. The creator really wanted to be in charge of what you can do, which really frustrated me. I do not really like being limited in what I can do when it comes to games and it makes me extremely bored. I thought the game would be a little more interesting than what it actually was, considering the topic that it is based on. Like I have said before, I do not really much experience playing other PC games so I cannot really compare, but this is definitely not what I was expecting. The game may be a few years old, but I thought it would be better done. The game does not seem very realistic either in my opinion. I am not sure if this is exactly what happened on that day, however, it does not really seem like it. The boys seemed much too calm and acted as if it was another day which I thought was a little odd. It seemed like the author toned down the behavior of the characters in a way to make them seem more cool and collected.
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| [May 27, 2012 12:38:03 PM]
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While playing Super Columbine Massacre RPG this time I decided to focus on the theme of violence. This game is pretty violent for such an animated game. As we have discussed in class and read, there are many different beliefs about violent video games. Some studies show that they do not make young kids violent, while others show that games such as these trigger young kids to be violent. The game is rated for mature; however, since it is an internet downloadable game, anyone can just go online and download it. No one can actually be stopped from doing so since we know most young kids have access to the internet and are not being monitored on what they do with it. This game, in my opinion, promotes violence to young kids and gives them the wrong idea. In this game while role playing the roles of the gunmen, you get this feeling of power. Like you can do anything and you are unstoppable. Many kids today suffer from being bullied in many ways, the most common today being cyber bullying. This game gives them the wrong idea of how to handle their problem of being bullied. When kids play such games, they really do not know what to think for the most part. My guess is that even though the Columbine shooting was such a major event in history, many young children may not know about it since it was before their time or maybe they were just too little to understand. Those who do not know about this, do not realize what a tragic and life-changing even this was for our country; they just think “oh I get to shoot a lot of people because they were mean to me.” This game promotes the wrong idea of how to solve problems. Now that I think about it, it really does surprise me that after this many years this game is still up and available for download. I would have thought that something like this would have been taken down long ago for it inappropriate content and giving out the wrong idea.
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| [May 26, 2012 06:16:24 PM]
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Playing Super Columbine Massacre RPG was an interesting experience. I had never really played any PC games, except for games like Need for Speed, but that is something completely different than this. The representation of the game seemed very amateur, (unless this is how PC games are and I just don’t know). The whole layout of the game was a little boring and could have looked way better if you ask me. While playing the game, I thought that you were a little limited on your options. Usually in games, you have a little more freedom in the game to do what you choose, however in this game that was not the case. Once the game started, you could not leave the room until you made a phone call, which I thought was a little silly, especially since I had a hard time locating the phone. I thought the game was a little inappropriate, on a few levels. I thought it was ethically questionable to make a game about something as horrible and tragic as the Columbine shooting and it surprised me that someone would do that. I do not know about other people, but other than the fact that I had to, I would not want to relive that day through the eyes of the shooters. In my opinion it is messed up and makes me question the creator. I know that people make games about pretty much anything, but I think that there is a line that should not be crossed and this game kind of crosses it.
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lizak's Super Columbine Massaacre (Web)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Saturday 26 May, 2012
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