JFK Assassination Game
Gaylord Gayheart
New Video Game Recreates Kennedy Assassination
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new video game to be released on Monday allows
players to simulate the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
The release of "JFK Reloaded" is timed to coincide with the 41st anniversary
of Kennedy's murder in Dallas and was designed to demonstrate a lone gunman
was able to kill the president.
"It is despicable," said David Smith, a spokesman for Massachusetts Sen.
Edward Kennedy, the late president's brother. He was informed of the game on
Friday but declined further comment.
Kirk Ewing, managing director of the Scottish firm Traffic Games, which
developed the game, said he understood some people would be horrified at the
concept, but he insisted he and his team had nothing but respect for Kennedy
and for history.
"We believe that the only thing we're exploiting is new technology," said
Ewing, a former documentary filmmaker and senior executive with Scottish
developer VIS, responsible for games like "State of Emergency." He said he
sent Edward Kennedy a letter before the game's release.
Ewing said the game was designed to undermine the theory there was some
shadowy plot behind the assassination. "We believe passionately there was no
conspiracy," he said.
Traffic Games said the objective was for a player to fire three shots at
Kennedy's motorcade from assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's digitally recreated
sixth-floor perch in the Texas School Book Depository.
Points are awarded or subtracted based on how accurately the shots match the
official version of events as documented in by the Warren Commission, which
investigated Kennedy's assassination.
Shooting the image of Kennedy in the right spots in the right sequence adds
to the score, while "errors" like shooting first lady Jacqueline Kennedy
lead to deductions.
Each shot can be replayed in slow motion, and the bullets can be tracked as
they travel and pass through Kennedy's digitally recreated body. Players can
choose to see blood by pressing a "blood effects" option.
Players can view the motorcade from a number of angles, including the
perspective of filmmaker Abraham Zapruder and a view from the "grassy knoll"
where some conspiracy theorists believe a second gunman was stationed.
The game will be available via download for $9.99.
Jeremy Reaban
> Not an X-box game, but an intriguing concept, nonetheless.
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> New Video Game Recreates Kennedy Assassination
>
>
> LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new video game to be released on Monday
> allows players to simulate the assassination of U.S. President John
> F. Kennedy.
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> The release of "JFK Reloaded" is timed to coincide with the 41st
> anniversary of Kennedy's murder in Dallas and was designed to
> demonstrate a lone gunman was able to kill the president.
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> "It is despicable," said David Smith, a spokesman for Massachusetts
> Sen. Edward Kennedy, the late president's brother. He was informed
of
> the game on Friday but declined further comment.
He's just jealous because they didn't make a kill Mary Jo Kapecnick
game based on his exploits.
Bonehead
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Using the Analog Thumbsticks, you must pilot your magic bullet through many
interesting landscapes including a shoulder, a thigh, and finally, a brain.
How exciting!
Uncle Sam
limmo and place his younger brother Ted sitting there. Now that's
exciting!!!!
Willie D
Score enough bullseyes and you can unlock various presidents and
important historical characters for your shooting pleasure like:
Abe Lincolin
MLK
RFK
Reagan revisited
and the Pope
John Bigbooty
Now THAT I'd pay for!
Mark