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New Video Game Recreates Kennedy Assassination

theodp writes "Lee Harvey Oswald-wannabes will be able to simulate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy when Traffic Games releases the $9.99 JFK Reloaded on Monday to coincide with the 41st anniversary of Kennedy's murder in Dallas. 'It is despicable,' said a spokesman for Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the late president's brother."

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  1. "We believe passionately there was no conspiracy," by sailforsingapore · · Score: 0, Troll

    HA!

  2. pow pow by kaptink · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wont be buying it untill the Bush version comes out.

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    1. Re:pow pow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Expect the secret service to come visit you shortly.

  3. Let's see...It's not: by ZxCv · · Score: 1, Troll

    1) disrespectful to the family of the victim.
    Are reenactments of historical events disrespectful to those involved? How is this form of reenactment any more disrespectful than a TV show that does all the work of the recreation for you?

    2) morbid
    So? Plenty of historically important events can easily be called morbid. As such, recreations of said events are bound to be morbid.

    3) a cheap ploy to get attention for a mediocre effort.
    I don't know that I'd call it "a cheap ploy", or even "mediocre". Personally, I wish there were more "games" that let people recreate historical events for themselves, and scored them on how accurately they recreated the event. Imagine that...learning history while playing a game. Personally I like the idea of using games for something more than just passing the time.

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    1. Re:Let's see...It's not: by relaxed · · Score: -1, Troll

      ZxCv, you're a fucking retard.

  4. Re:Whats wrong? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Let's see... It's:

    1) disrespectful to the family of the victim.
    2) morbid
    3) a cheap ploy to get attention for a mediocre effort.


    You sir scare me. This is an effort to show even the layman idiot like yourself that it was difficult if not impossible for 1 man to fire the shots that killed Kennedy. If you consider "the truth" disrepectful, morbid, and a cheap ploy to get attention, then I'm pretty sure you voted for Bush.

  5. Re:Nope, not missing the point at all. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    There is a difference between killing nameless nazis, and simulating the real life murder of an actual person. If you can't make that distinction, then you probably shouldn't be playing violent video games.

    AC

  6. Re:weeeee by killjoe · · Score: 0, Troll

    I just wish our current president would be satisfied by getting his dick sucked in the white house. It would not have cost us 200 billion that's for sure.

    Maybe that's the thing. Maybe people who are happy getting their dicks sucked are not going around starting wars.

    Where is Monica when we need her. Monica your nation needs you, please give bush blowjobs so he wont' start another war.

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  7. Re:Sequel ideas? by soft_guy · · Score: -1, Troll

    Good one!

    What about a game where you can be Hinckley and the goal is to do the job right?

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  8. Re:But that's all irrelivant/invalid by jinxidoru · · Score: 0, Troll

    "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Col. Jeff Cooper

    Whereas an armed man can replicate the evil.