JFK Reloaded

[IceFire]

It is a game that is coming out that allows you to play as Lee H Oswald and you have to assasinate President Kennedy.

The game recreats the exact time and place where the incident occured. The scene, the book depository, the motorcade, the crown have all been recreated in the game.

The game creators claim the game is being made to allow theorists a way to "test" various conspiracy theories regarding second shooters etc.

The game awards you points if you can duplicate the killing the exact say way it occured in real life, such as bullet trajectory. The game tracks bullet movement through human bodies and calculates exit wounds also.

There is an article on the game currently at msn.com

Personally I don't know what to say. I don't have anything against the game personally due to the creators intentions. But this really opens the door to games of all nature and I am not sure this is a good thing.

Soon enough we will have games that teach people to kill, instructional games with photorealistic graphics.

[Pajama]

Sequal: MLK Reloaded

[EiZei]

And the much expected add-on pack reagan reloaded?

[RalphWiggum]

just a seriously f***ed up brain trying to make some desperate bucks. this is just stupid.

[Korax]

http://www.jfkreloaded.com/
Hmmm... looks like it's already out, and downloadable.

[billybob2002]

I love the contest they have...

[Major Fubar]

...seems in pretty poor taste to me.

Don't get me wrong, I love nasty, violent games (Postal 2, Carmageddon, GTA series); but when it comes to recreating a real life killing - I dunno, just feels wrong to me.

[Friedchiken]

... I not sure if any time distance could make this subject matter OK.

As for terrorist using this game: probably won't make a difference. At worst its a sick fantasy that any anarchist has already considered and mock planned. No net damage done. Most terrors have AKs and Stingers. Same with leaking Army tactics in games; most terrorist already knew that Americans use big guns and tactics, before the games media. All they need is a sniper spot.

But I really wonder why there was motivation to make this game for "historical" reasons.

(Oh, and the only real time anyone sickly used the media for info were the Feyadeen watching Black Hawk Down. The cell phone idea helped them shoot down helicopters, but most of the info actually hurt them: eg rpg ambushes on M1 Abrams were blown up.)

So... is any SANE volunteer willing to try out this software and provide some discussion material? (I'm assuming its free...)

EDIT:: Hey! It's an investigation! Maybe they are trying to investigate the human element...

[Harnu]

So... is any SANE volunteer willing to try out this software and provide some discussion material? (I'm assuming its free...) ***

I'll give it a go tonight or tommorow and provide some info.

Edit:

It's not free, but I'm checking out this demo it has.

[Colonel_Klink]

Pah they got it all wrong. The guy who shot JFK was one Samuel Beckett from Quantum Leap.. Proving once and for all that there was no conspiracy and that SB was a lone gunman firing from the book depository. A double, Lee Harvey Oswald, was placed there after the assassination so that SB could disappear in time and wreak all other sorts of historic and non historic trouble.. Now if you take this seriously you are in dire need of help


BTW last time I saw SB he was captaining a certain starship ***