LOS ANGELES - A new video game to be released Monday allows players to simulate the assassination of President 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.
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.
Three shots? Come on, that's nothing! That must be the lamest game ever. There at least better be some cheat codes so you can take out the motorcade with a rocket launcher or something.
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.
Oh man I would get so many 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.
Err, okay, we're treading into dangerous territory here. At the risk of sounding like an uptight conservative again, his daughter is still alive for Christ's sake!
Top Four "JFK Reloaded" Bonus Levels:
4. Play as JFK Jr's wife Caroline Basette and scream curses in sequence with the actual cockpit recorder.
3. As an overworked college student with a low-traffic blog, drive your newest (unoriginal) gimmick into the ground with three consecutive posts in two days. (Inside the mind of the average Shrimp Products reader: "It's funny because it's true." Inside the mind of the truly perceptive Shrimp Products reader: "And again!")
2. Play as a young Ted Kennedy and swim out of your car as young woman slowly drowns in the passenger seat.
1. Three words: Magic Bullet Pinball.
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