Monday 17 August, 2009

For my last game log I would like to talk about columbine massacre from the creator's point of view. I don't think that the game creators were not acting morally ethical when creating the game. I'm pretty sure that this is an obvious point, still this point can be undermined when analyzing game creation. The first thing a person should think about when they first hear that a game like columbine massacre exists should be along the lines of displeasure or upright outrage. Once again, this is obvious. A game created to mimick a school shooting that targeted defenseless and innocent students has some moral issues carried with it. On the other hand, many feel this way but seek reasons to approve of the game. The main point one can make is that game creation is a free artform and that any sort of inspiration should be allowed, no matter what the source is.

My opinion is that art is a free activity, but the artist should take into account moral issues when creating his/her art, more specifically moral issues that derive from unfortunate and misfortunate events that occured without choice by the victims that were effected by such events.

I agree that artists should take very careful consideration of their subject matter or inspiration. We can easily imagine someone making a game about Columbine that is entirely inappropriate. The question is however whether SCMRPG! is that sort of game and, ultimately, whether we should be able to create a game about anything?