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grieving in games

Virginia Tech Grad Ponders Game About Shootings' Aftermath

Virginia Tech graduate and Raven Software game developer Manveer Heir wants to make a game about the emotional aftermath of the tragedy that befell his alma mater in the spring of 2007.

He's taking up the call made by 2K Marin designer Steve Gaynor to "express through interaction an experience that the player will find meaningful— something novel, poignant, interesting, personal, or enlightening."

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2:00 PM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By StephenTotilo
3,053 views, 66 comments

dinosaurs

Tom Brokaw Deems Blogs, Video Games "Cancerous"

A recent interview with Tom Brokaw conducted by Hugh Hewitt on Townhall.com reveals that the retired newscaster supported his former network's decision to air Virginia Tech murderer Cho Seung Hui's videotaped hate-filled monologue. He wasn't concerned about a series of imitators who might also want their hundreds of hours of airtime. No, he was concerned about, of course, video games. Brokaw pointed to games and, curiously, blogs as "cancerous." His full comment on two of the 21st century horsemen of the apocalypse is better in context. More »

11:00 PM on Sat Dec 8 2007
By Michael McWhertor
15,911 views, 218 comments

Latest by n/a: Yeah Blogs are poisonous alright. Poisonous to the kool-aid swilling "message" presented by the main stream media. Tom Brokaw can eat my ass out. more »

a look back, facing forward

Designing for Tragedy

Gamastura has a very intriguing article by Ian Bogost, an academic video games researcher, game designer, and educational publisher. Looking back at the events before and after the Virginia Tech shootings, Bogost doesn't so much play devil's advocate to the mainstream's opinions of the happenings as he does trying to see everything from a different point of view. For example, he re-examines the V-Tech Rampage flash game by Ryan Lambourn and wonders if this was Lambourn's own way of creating a cry for help. The article also tackles in what ways video games are allowed to mimic life, even when its subject is a tragedy based in the real world. Definitely worth a read. Kim Phu More »

12:40 PM on Thu Jun 14 2007
By Kim Phu
958 views, 29 comments

Latest by Tzepish: @DannyLedonne: One thing I can say in your defense is that, while you certainly are pushing the "games as art" angle, at least you actually believe in it. Kudos. But that issue is less important than everything more »

money for nothing

V-Tech Flash Creator Ransoms Good Taste

Could Ryan Lambourn, the creator of the Virginia Tech Rampage flash game, be any more of a callous asshole? More »

9:20 AM on Tue May 15 2007
By Mike Fahey
3,758 views, 104 comments

violence

Mind Controlled Video Games, The New Boogey Man

In the latest broad brushed attempt to illustrate the videogame industry as a series of bloodthirsty harvesters of children's souls, the Victoria Times Colonist is warning parents about the dangers of brain wave controlled videogames and how they'll, I don't know, ultimately murder your children for profit. More »

7:40 PM on Mon May 7 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,254 views, 26 comments

game violence

NYC Anti-Anti-Gaming Rally

Video game players and the industry as a whole are getting a pretty bad rap lately, and nothing demonstrated that as readily as the wave of anti-gaming sentiment that followed Monday's VT tragedy, despite there being no evidence of games even being a regular part of the shooter's life at all. It is outrageous. More »

12:20 PM on Thu Apr 19 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,660 views, 41 comments

hardball

Clip: Jack Thompson Gets Hardballed

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feature

Feature: Dissecting Jack's Lies

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virginia tech

Breaking: IDIOT Thompson Blames Va Shooting on Games

Yep, despite the fact that he's a known liar, infamous for threatening fellow attorneys and judges and is on the cusp of (one would hope) losing his license to practice law in Florida, Jack Thompson managed to weasel his way onto Fox News to spew his own particular brand of hate and lies. More »

2:20 PM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By Brian Crecente
20,122 views, 320 comments

Kotaku

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