Wednesday, September 7, 2011

New Video Game- just fun or dangerous?

The Headline read "Video Game Targets 'Tea Party Zombies,'Fox News Personalities." Now before you all go ape on me for saying something negative about a video game, let me give you a few facts:

There are numerous examples of kids and even adults who have become so engrossed in the action/plot of certain video games that they have acted on it. When I was working in law enforcement we had a kid who decided it was time to kill the neighbor girl because he saw it in a violent video game and "wanted to see what it felt like." EEEYIKES! (Note- Had a baseball bat in his hand and was advancing on the little girl when he was caught. She was safe, no injuries. Lucky. The nick of time.)

Then there was the dude in another state who had been playing video games so long (18 hours)that he accidentally called a total stranger on the phone and told her was going to come and kill her. He meant to call the other guy playing the game with him, but mis-dialed the phone. Somewhat over the top, right?

So now we have a video game that literally targets real people. The name of the game from a StarvingEyes Advergaming, a New York-based company is titled: "Tea Party Zombies Must Die." I think I know why they are "starving."

All of the real people in the game are conservatives like Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Mike Huckabee. Fancy that. Wonder who came up with this "game"... a left winger perhaps? And they call US dangerous. We've never created a Left-Wing Zombies Must Die game. We don't go around telling everyone that the lefties are so dangerous they should be snuffed. What's the matter with this picture?

This new "game" is not. Is not a game, I mean. It flirts with crazy people's delusions. I personally would recommend everyone named in the game go increase their protection details. And just to be clear, when "fans" get wacky over either policital viewpoint, there is a problem. Common sense appears to be dead in America- a sad day for us all. The new game is not just fun, it is dangerous. And mark my words, unless somehow it gets pulled from the shelves, there will be a horrendous consequence.

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