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Monday 23 February, 2009
I am glad that I can now put this game behind me. After playing it a little bit more, I still stand beside my original conclusion: this “game” is distasteful and repulsive. No matter what message the creator is trying to deliver, there is no dodging the fact that this game is extremely disrespectful to the victims of the Columbine tragedy. I was embarrassed to actually have to download this game and install it on my computer. I have already completely deleted the game from my system. The creator obviously wanted attention, and people surely gave it to him. There is just no way that a game should be made about students and staff members being murdered in cold blood.
If the point of the game was, as the author intended, was to create discussion, he should have written a paper. Instead, this game comes across as extremely offensive to any of the friends or family members of those people who were murdered. This game glorifies what the two disturbed teenagers did to all of those people. They wanted fame, they wanted to be remembered, and this is another chapter in their long, dark tale.
The thing that upsets me the most is the titles of the “opponents” such as preppy girl and jock. While this may or may not be an accurate representation of high school, it seems to make the crime less personal. The victims had names and families—they were not identified by what social clique they were involved with. This is just one example of how the game disrespects the victims. Also, the fact that everyone is virtually unable to defend themselves is disturbing. There was a little bit of variation here. Girls tended to be very easy to kill-usually just one attack from either character, while jocks and teachers usually took one or two strikes with a dodge or two. This is a sick interpretation of how these killings happened.
There are just no redeeming qualities for this “game.” Next time, the creator should draw a cartoon instead.
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