Blogging the experience of gameplayhttps://www.gamelog.cl/gamers/GamerPage.php?idgamer=1005https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3707One of the most disturbing parts of the game was the conversations that took place. The boys were talking about how everyone deserves today and that they are doing the right thing. Also, the boys talked about how unhappy and upset they were that they are lonely when walking through the halls at school and how no one notices them. This is significantly different than the conversations that took place in the basement when the boys were talking about going away to college at Arizona State and joining the Marines. What frustrates me about the actions of these boys is that there is no possible explanation or justification for killing multiple people because you feel lonely. As I continued to kill teachers and students I thought about kids in high school today. I’m sure that many students face the same problems that Dylan and Kyle faced. The Columbine shooting will hopefully deter these kids from taking such extreme actions to punish those who were mean to them. However, I feel that there are better ways to learn more about Columbine or ways to get a better perspective than this game. This game lets you roam the school and kill people and groups of people. This is frustrating to me because how would you feel if your son or daughter was injured or killed during the real Columbine shootings? This game is insulting to this tragic situation; however I am glad I played this game because it made me see that sometimes video games are not the best way to honor those who did die at the Columbine shooting.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:50:37 CDThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3707&iddiary=6959https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3714One of the most disturbing parts of the game was the conversations that took place. The boys were talking about how everyone deserves today and that they are doing the right thing. Also, the boys talked about how unhappy and upset they were that they are lonely when walking through the halls at school and how no one notices them. This is significantly different than the conversations that took place in the basement when the boys were talking about going away to college at Arizona State and joining the Marines. What frustrates me about the actions of these boys is that there is no possible explanation or justification for killing multiple people because you feel lonely. As I continued to kill teachers and students I thought about kids in high school today. I’m sure that many students face the same problems that Dylan and Kyle faced. The Columbine shooting will hopefully deter these kids from taking such extreme actions to punish those who were mean to them. However, I feel that there are better ways to learn more about Columbine or ways to get a better perspective than this game. This game lets you roam the school and kill people and groups of people. This is frustrating to me because how would you feel if your son or daughter was injured or killed during the real Columbine shootings? This game is insulting to this tragic situation; however I am glad I played this game because it made me see that sometimes video games are not the best way to honor those who did die at the Columbine shooting.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:50:26 CDThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3714&iddiary=6958https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3708One of the most disturbing parts of the game was the conversations that took place. The boys were talking about how everyone deserves today and that they are doing the right thing. Also, the boys talked about how unhappy and upset they were that they are lonely when walking through the halls at school and how no one notices them. This is significantly different than the conversations that took place in the basement when the boys were talking about going away to college at Arizona State and joining the Marines. What frustrates me about the actions of these boys is that there is no possible explanation or justification for killing multiple people because you feel lonely. As I continued to kill teachers and students I thought about kids in high school today. I’m sure that many students face the same problems that Dylan and Kyle faced. The Columbine shooting will hopefully deter these kids from taking such extreme actions to punish those who were mean to them. However, I feel that there are better ways to learn more about Columbine or ways to get a better perspective than this game. This game lets you roam the school and kill people and groups of people. This is frustrating to me because how would you feel if your son or daughter was injured or killed during the real Columbine shootings? This game is insulting to this tragic situation; however I am glad I played this game because it made me see that sometimes video games are not the best way to honor those who did die at the Columbine shooting.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:50:12 CDThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3708&iddiary=6957https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3715One of the most disturbing parts of the game was the conversations that took place. The boys were talking about how everyone deserves today and that they are doing the right thing. Also, the boys talked about how unhappy and upset they were that they are lonely when walking through the halls at school and how no one notices them. This is significantly different than the conversations that took place in the basement when the boys were talking about going away to college at Arizona State and joining the Marines. What frustrates me about the actions of these boys is that there is no possible explanation or justification for killing multiple people because you feel lonely. As I continued to kill teachers and students I thought about kids in high school today. I’m sure that many students face the same problems that Dylan and Kyle faced. The Columbine shooting will hopefully deter these kids from taking such extreme actions to punish those who were mean to them. However, I feel that there are better ways to learn more about Columbine or ways to get a better perspective than this game. This game lets you roam the school and kill people and groups of people. This is frustrating to me because how would you feel if your son or daughter was injured or killed during the real Columbine shootings? This game is insulting to this tragic situation; however I am glad I played this game because it made me see that sometimes video games are not the best way to honor those who did die at the Columbine shooting.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:49:58 CDThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3715&iddiary=6956https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3708For the first 20 minutes or so, I was still struggling with understanding why someone would create a game like this. Obviously living in the United States, we enjoy many different constitutional rights that people in other countries do not such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press. I believe that these rights are the foundation of our country. But how can a game that depicts one of the lowest points in our nation’s history be made? I understand that video games are made that involves war and casualties of war, but this game, Super Columbine Massacre, allows the player to be a terrorist who kills innocent high school kids. I feel that the tragic events that took place at Columbine should not be trivialized in this form. However, as I began to get more involved in the game and learned more about the main characters I began to understand that this game was made to give people a different view of such a tragic situation. Also, the game play took me a while to get used to, and I was confused about what to do in the parking lot. Overall, my outlook on the game changed as I have been progressing through the game.Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:16:29 CDThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3708&iddiary=6943https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3628I just played San Andreas for about an hour. Again, paying attention to all the characters around me I realized just how violent and corrupt San Andreas is. Even when just walking down the street, you see cops chasing people, mostly black people, and other crimes and violent acts taking place. The corruption is shown throughout the game, even in the opening scene, through cops taking bribes and stealing money from the drug dealers and gangsters. This idea of police corruption is found everywhere in entertainment; movies, tv shows, and video games. This is troublesome to me because it is the police who are suppose to uphold the law, not break it in order to gain more money. When I think of a police officer, I think of a man or women who is honest and just. People admire police officers because of this. However, there is nothing admirable about being corrupt and taking bribes. If the police behave in such a way, where does that leave the citizens? If the people who are suppose to uphold the law cannot be trusted, what can be said about that country or city? In class we talked about our former govenor and how his corrupt ways of practicing politics got him impeached and removed from office. When politicans or other public figures get in trouble for corruption, it reflects in a bad way on society. San Andreas does a good job of showing that corruption exists, even if people don't want to believe it.Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:46:42 CDThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3628&iddiary=6779