Someone has created a video game based on the events of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting.
Columbine video game upsets relatives
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 16:10 EDT
DENVER — An online game based on the Columbine High School massacre is drawing criticism from relatives of those who died in the 1999 attack, including a father who says it trivializes the actions of the two teen killers.
The game, Super Columbine Massacre RPG, was posted on a Web site last year, but is becoming more popular now. It draws on investigative material, including images of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, who killed 12 classmates and a teacher before committing suicide.
The game also includes crime scene photos of the killers and images of students running and crying, though it does not have photos of any victims.
“We live in a culture of death, so it doesn’t surprise me that this stuff has become so commonplace,” said Brian Rohrbough, whose son, Daniel, was among those slain that day. “It disgusts me. You trivialize the actions of two murderers and the lives of the innocent.”
The site’s creator told the Rocky Mountain News he wanted to make something that would “promote a real dialogue on the subject of school shootings.”
Read the entire article here.
What do you think? I think it’s of very poor taste to do this, and I really don’t see how it could possibly “promote a real dialogue on the subject of school shootings.” Kids who would play this game would probably not see it as anything more than another violent video game.
Tags: Columbine, Video Games
“The game also includes crime scene photos of the killers and images of students running and crying, though it does not have photos of any victims.”
So apparently, you’re not a victim unless you were killed. There were 13 murder victims that day, but there were many more victims than that. Sounds to me like this person is a sympathizer.
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