JFK Reloaded

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See now when I read the title, I figured it meant that they used a video game to test theories about it...

...I didn't realize it was meant to be an ACTUAL game to play. :(
 

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Wow.....um....




Disgusting is the only word I can think of to describe it right now. Especially the "blood effects" or whatever when you watch the replay.


:mad:
 

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"JFK Reloaded" President Kennedy Assassination Game

caught this on another forum! pretty weird and I know I will not be playing this so-called game! I bet teh developers are out for a quick bucks that the publicity will generate for their product.

link to msnbc article on jfk reloaded
 

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Did anyone else hear about the disaster game? It is a survival game where you survive some of the worst disasters in world history...one of them was planned to be 9/11. Haven't heard about it in a while though, so I don't know what happened with it.

EDIT: Just saw this on slashdot...I can't believe it...Jim beat Slashdot...congratulations Jim.
 
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Slashdot people are too busying playing with their kernels.
 

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Slashdot people are too busying playing with their kernels.
Lol...the one bad thing about Slashdot is the minute they put a news item up...the website they link to goes down.
 

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The developers can't be serious about the purpose being to strike down conspiracy theories. The clear motive is to make money, not end debate.

While I do believe the game is inappropriate. Then again, North Korea was offended by the upcoming Ghost Recon 2 theme. I also recall how the Black Hawk Down veteran community had a fit over Ghost Recon modders attempting to replicate that incident. (I wonder how they felt about Nova Logic's Black Hawk Down FPS game.)

Having said that, I feel this game goes too far on such a sensitive incident. Granted the incident occured over forty years. It remains a very emotional period in American history.

I know I won't be buying it.
 

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Well, I saw it much earlier in the day, but fought with the decision to post it until I did.

On one hand, it is JUST a video game, and I look at it from the same view as I see violence in video games: absolutely nothing to get my panties ruffled over.

On the other hand, WTF!! You have to see how well you can assassinate JFK! I sure wasn't even alive when it happened, but I have learned enough to know this is a very very serious topic in the U.S. I don't know what the developers were smokin' to think this would be a good idea for a game.
 
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Well, as a lonely standing game I guess I will not buy it... who knows what will be in the next part, maybe killing existing political leaders, including planning and execution (well, that might be fun I have to admit)
 

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I'd say were past the point of hoping for taste from the gaming industry. (I'm hardly a prude-I play Mortal Kombat with my 10 year old son) In comparison to stuff like Grand theft auto and the getaway,is this really that bad? I might see a problem if you got to accept the contract from Castro or the CIA and controlled a squad of mafia hitmen. (Unless you get bonus points for double tapping Oliver Stone :laugh: )
 

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SGT Long said:
I'd say were past the point of hoping for taste from the gaming industry. (I'm hardly a prude-I play Mortal Kombat with my 10 year old son) In comparison to stuff like Grand theft auto and the getaway,is this really that bad? I might see a problem if you got to accept the contract from Castro or the CIA and controlled a squad of mafia hitmen. (Unless you get bonus points for double tapping Oliver Stone :laugh: )
good point! but with games like JFK I think we are starting to hit grey areas about what is acceptable in gaming.

What happens if we see a game titled "Concentration Camp Tycoon." Kill the most Jews/Cambodians/Etc. while maximizing profits and game points!
 
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A despicable endeavor, to say the least. Certainly a company I will never purchase from.

If they really intended to prove the "lone gunman" theory, there are plenty of other ways to do that.
 

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Patrocles said:
good point! but with games like JFK I think we are starting to hit grey areas about what is acceptable in gaming.

What happens if we see a game titled "Concentration Camp Tycoon." Kill the most Jews/Cambodians/Etc. while maximizing profits and game points!
Damn, I missed that tycoon game. Probably couldn't have beaten Mengles high score anyway :( I can barely play mob games.

Hopefully it will be such a poor financial performer that economic Darwinism kills it off. Not likely, but at least it's not likely to get into the mainstream.
 
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