A French Web site released a game on the Internet called New York Defender several years ago, a so-called satirical game in which you get a chance to "fight back" by shooting at a multitude of planes before they hit the Twin Towers. While shocking online games are nothing new and this one in particular is quite old, it has recently hit mainstream news sources, ensuring that a flood of reactions and screaming from people who should probably just ignore it is now underway.
The designer of the flash game claims that the message is that like America's war on terror, the game cannot be won. Wow man, that's about as deep as the faux social commentary spewed by the Super Columbine guy.
While I like some hard nosed satire and bad taste humor, this game is neither clever, funny, nor even a very fun thing to play. As for the people who are going to cry and be offended about it though, just ignore it. It's a bloody flash game, and if you're going to subject yourself to it and "open old wounds," as the CBS report claims, it's your own bloody fault. The game is stupid and so are the people who are going to willingly subject themselves to it just so they can be upset.
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12:45 AM on 01.06.2008
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That says it all.
http://www.newsgaming.com/games/index12.htm
Warning: Uses ActiveX control but I haven't had any problems since using it. It takes all of 4 seconds to figure out the "message", but *shrug* it didn't really rile me up or anything.
TAKE IT DOWN NOW.
but that doesn't make it not stupid.
@Trevor
DAMN STRAIGHT
+1 French Deprecation! Kekekekeke.
Jack "Wiisucks" Klassen is on a one way trip to being hired at D-toid, like I always say.
Jack "Wiisucks" Klassen is on a one way trip to being hired at D-toid, like I always say.
I love the French. The country and it's people pander to no-one. If someone wants to get bent out of shape over this game then that's their issue, not the French's.
The game does look shit though so, y'know, fair review.
new york defender 2 seemed like a standard flash game to me. No good, but an engaging 5 minutes.
Also, could jim maybe post fewer 'news' stories to the frount page. Quality over quantity for once?
Would it be funnier if it were about rape?
Same goes for Manhunt.
Also, could you be less of an asshole? I'm just curious. Is it possible for you not to be be a complete cunt?
Except islamic extremists. And Nazis.
To echo Dastardly's statement, making media for shock value is for Rockstar and Uwe Boll. I mostly don't care about this, but seriously. Manhunt 2 was a pile of crap that was made to stir up the public, as is this piece of tripe. If you're applauding the French asshole who wanted his ten minutes in the spotlight, or cursing him because he's distateful, you're a fucking moron. You're pandering to an insecure attention-freak either way. I'm actually a little upset with myself that I couldn't keep out of this one, but crap like this isn't helping the image of gaming in general. Avoiding reporting it would be a diservice, as it is the responsibility of the press to inform and educate, but people need to see this for what it is: Some dick-squeezing french pussy trying to get Americans all fired up so he can tell us how we're all reactionaries.
Your objective is to bomb the terrorists, however with every shot you killed the innocent. Once you killed anyone, those civilians surrounding the dead begin mourning and turn into terrorists themselves.
Your bomb cools down just too slow to kill all the terrorists before more are created and thus, there are always terrorists.
The idea is that killing only leads to more hatred and you'll never win the war on terror using violence.
I've just spent ten minutes looking for a link but can't find one anywhere, grrr, it was done a lot better than this two towers game and wasn't as "controversial" as such. It was blunt, non-violent and the meaning was immediately evident from just a minutes play.
And there is no way you can make it home. Now wouldn't that be fun!?
/endsarcasm
I would clap whoever would make such a game.