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One thing ever fledgling robotic killing machine needs is a good pair of hands, deft enough to type but strong enough to choke the life out of its victims. Virginia Tech's DART is a good start. More »
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What kind of video game would proudly promote the option to wield Columbine shooter Eric Harris' TEC-9 and Virgina Tech killer Seung-Hui Cho's akimbo pistols while embarking on a murderous rampage? The unashamed School Shooter: North American Tour 2012, a new game mod "dedicated to being the best school shooting experience an angsty little shit could ever experience." More »
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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. More »
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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 »
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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 »
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Could Ryan Lambourn, the creator of the Virginia Tech Rampage flash game, be any more of a callous asshole? More »
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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 »
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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 »
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