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Offensive Video Game: Kaboom
Posted by Steven Wu on Friday, December 06 @ 13:48:17 EST Oddities
With the video game industry bigger than ever before, it's unlikely that attacks on video games (however bizarre) will end any time soon. Now, more fuel for the fire: the New York times reports on Kaboom: The Suicide Bomber Game, a web-based game where players control a suicide bomber who runs through crowded streets. Also mentioned in the article: "Extreme WTC Jumper, which makes light of the World Trade Center disaster; Sniper's Revenge, a first-person shooter based on the recent sniper attacks in the Washington area; and Pico's School (created by Mr. Fulp), an adventure game mocking the Columbine killings." Fortunately, while there have been strong reactions to Kaboom, even its opponents seem to concede that laws strongly regulating or restricting violence in games and other media are unlikely.

Honduras, of course, is way ahead of the game.

(Some readers of this site may remember that Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds remarked on the political consequences of video games in his keynote speech for the Revenge of the Blog conference. His remarks provide a much more subtle reflection on the impact of video games than the "violent games lead to violent kids" argument.)

Thanks to Evil Avatar for several of these links.

 
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