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A new video game allows players to simulate the
assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
The release of "JFK Reloaded" is timed to coincide with the 41st
anniversary of Kennedy's murder in Dallas and was designed to demonstrate
a lone gunman was able to kill the president.
"It is despicable," said
David Smith, a spokesman for Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the late
president's brother. He was informed of the game on Friday but declined
further comment.
Kirk Ewing, managing
director of the Scottish firm Traffic Games, which
developed the game, said he understood some people would be horrified at
the concept, but he insisted he and his team had nothing but respect for
Kennedy and for history.
"We believe that the only thing we're exploiting is new technology,"
said Ewing, a former documentary filmmaker and senior executive with
Scottish developer VIS, responsible for games like "State of Emergency."
He said he sent Edward Kennedy a letter before the game's release.
Ewing said the game was designed to undermine the theory there was some
shadowy plot behind the assassination. "We believe passionately there was
no conspiracy," he said.
Traffic Games said the objective was for a player to fire three shots
at Kennedy's motorcade from assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's digitally
recreated sixth-floor perch in
the Texas School Book Depository.
Points are awarded or subtracted based on how accurately the shots
match the official version of events as documented in by the Warren
Commission, which investigated Kennedy's
assassination.
(Agencies) |
一款新型電子游戲讓玩家們可以模擬美國總統約翰·肯尼迪遇刺時的場景。
這款名叫《肯尼迪復活》的游戲特意定在美國前總統肯尼迪在達拉斯遇害41周年之際對外發行，設計這款游戲是為了證明一個槍手單槍匹馬就能夠殺死總統。
已故總統肯尼迪的哥哥、馬薩諸塞州議員愛德華·肯尼迪的發言人大衛·史密斯說：“這種行為是卑鄙的。”他在上周五（11月19日）得知了這款游戲的情況，但拒絕發表更多評論。
這款游戲的開發商、蘇格蘭“交通游戲”公司的總裁科克·伊文說，他能理解一些人對這種創意的震驚和反感，但是他堅持認為，他和他的團隊對肯尼迪和這段歷史除了尊敬沒有別的意思。
伊文說：“我們認為我們只是在研發一種新技術而已。”伊文曾經做過記錄片導演，在蘇格蘭VIS游戲開發公司擔任過高級主管并負責開發了《緊急狀態》等電子游戲。他說，這款游戲發行之前他曾給愛德華·肯尼迪寫過一封信。
伊文說，設計這款游戲是為了推翻這樣一種推測：暗殺事件的背后有陰謀。他說：“我們堅信（那次暗殺背后）沒有什么陰謀。”
“交通游戲”公司表示，這款游戲的目標是讓玩家從利用數碼技術模擬的刺客李·哈維·奧斯瓦爾德的藏身之地（得克薩斯教學圖書館六樓倉庫）向肯尼迪的車隊開三槍。
該游戲會根據射擊的準確度為玩家加分或扣分，評判標準是負責調查肯尼迪遇刺事件的華倫委員會存檔的官方版本。
（中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2004-11-24 10:29