Saddle your horses and get ready to ride, Activision, Inc.'s GUN(TM) Showdown for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system has shipped to retailers nationwide."GUN Showdown lets players experience the renegade nature and gritty lawlessness of the West all in the palm of their hands," said Will Kassoy, senior vice president of global brand management.
In GUN Showdown gamers dole out vengeance as they face-off against corr
upt lawmen, a murderous preacher, a renegade army psychopath, and merciless outlaws. In a world where greed, lust and murder reign, players wage war on horseback, hold up banks, collect bounties on prisoners dead or alive, and commandeer trains as the lines between good and evil are drawn in blood.
Gee, it sounds like a hoot! Forgive me if I don't run right out to the local mall and pick up a copy. Actually, I don't have the Play Station console either, so it would be quite the shopping trip.
Is this what people want? Raging war and fighting "murderous preachers"? Activision's web site describes the game as having: BLOOD AND GORE, INTENSE VIOLENCE, SEXUAL THEMES AND STRONG LANGUAGE. The game accomplishes one of two things. (a) It gives players an outlet for their violent tendencies and allows them to reak havoc on their TV, or (b) It encourages similar behavior in real life. I'm not a psychologist, so I'll leave the conclusion to the professionals.
Go to their web site (which is called "gunthegame" for some reason) and check out the game. There's more gunplay in the two minute trailer than probably occurred in the old west in a hundred years. You can download ironically named "Buddy Icons" featuring the word GUN and a blood-splattered background. You can even get this attractive blood-splattered wallpaper for your computer screen, to forever remind you that guns are a game.
Gun. Gun. Gun. Guns are a game. The word is used so many times it desensitizes the listener. I suppose, because the "game" takes place in the long-forgotten old west, that the company can justify the outrageous amount of violence that takes place? Suppose the game were set in the present-day, where gamers could simulate killing in a real-life environment?
Here's an idea for a game: Schoolhouse Revenge. Players take out their childhood frustrations on the jocks, geeks, dweezoids, bloods and creeps who abused them as children. Shoot up a virtual school and collect bounties on teachers and students, dead or alive. Bonus points awarded for getting your photo on the front page of the newspaper and having CNN give your rampage a catchy icon and title.
Horrible, right? Sure it is, but it's not always a game. Sometimes it's reality.
The rating on Gun Showdown says "Mature", but I beg to differ.
In GUN Showdown gamers dole out vengeance as they face-off against corr
upt lawmen, a murderous preacher, a renegade army psychopath, and merciless outlaws. In a world where greed, lust and murder reign, players wage war on horseback, hold up banks, collect bounties on prisoners dead or alive, and commandeer trains as the lines between good and evil are drawn in blood.Gee, it sounds like a hoot! Forgive me if I don't run right out to the local mall and pick up a copy. Actually, I don't have the Play Station console either, so it would be quite the shopping trip.
Is this what people want? Raging war and fighting "murderous preachers"? Activision's web site describes the game as having: BLOOD AND GORE, INTENSE VIOLENCE, SEXUAL THEMES AND STRONG LANGUAGE. The game accomplishes one of two things. (a) It gives players an outlet for their violent tendencies and allows them to reak havoc on their TV, or (b) It encourages similar behavior in real life. I'm not a psychologist, so I'll leave the conclusion to the professionals.
Go to their web site (which is called "gunthegame" for some reason) and check out the game. There's more gunplay in the two minute trailer than probably occurred in the old west in a hundred years. You can download ironically named "Buddy Icons" featuring the word GUN and a blood-splattered background. You can even get this attractive blood-splattered wallpaper for your computer screen, to forever remind you that guns are a game.
Gun. Gun. Gun. Guns are a game. The word is used so many times it desensitizes the listener. I suppose, because the "game" takes place in the long-forgotten old west, that the company can justify the outrageous amount of violence that takes place? Suppose the game were set in the present-day, where gamers could simulate killing in a real-life environment?Here's an idea for a game: Schoolhouse Revenge. Players take out their childhood frustrations on the jocks, geeks, dweezoids, bloods and creeps who abused them as children. Shoot up a virtual school and collect bounties on teachers and students, dead or alive. Bonus points awarded for getting your photo on the front page of the newspaper and having CNN give your rampage a catchy icon and title.
Horrible, right? Sure it is, but it's not always a game. Sometimes it's reality.
The rating on Gun Showdown says "Mature", but I beg to differ.
5 comments:
Anthony - the research shows that games like these desensitize people to the horrors of violence. Thus, when they come into contact with real violence, they view it as less terrible than someone who does not play these games.
Games like this are also used to train soldiers to kill.
What kind of sick minds come up with these ideas?
Not mine. Sadly, I'm an Activision shareholder, and I'm struggling with a moral issue.
The company makes money, but to what end?
Of course, games like this are not the only thing they make, but it is a significant part of their revenue.
With 6,000 public companies, perhaps there is a better place to invest?
Utter crap - all of these games that show so much violence are in my opinion. And I agree they desensitize the user. Violence seems to be so commonplace now instead of the horrible outrage it used to generate. Very sad.
I as well hate these games!! It's worst then the movies some of them...Have you seen any played? The graphics are...well....graphic!!
And parents are letting their young children play them!! Rated for a reason! I'm of age and I still have trouble watching them being played!
anthony! if activision comes over here and sees your idea, you know they're going to make it next!!!!
i can't even fathom handing this game to a kid to play. i suppose it's geared towards older teenagers, maybe even adults, but still! it really is a terrible shame - no matter how you paint it.. i know people will buy it too. i'm not certain which freaks me out more.
this is part of the trouble with modern warfare. soldiers can take out entire families from the sky without ever seeing them face to face. it's like a video game almost. :(
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