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Wednesday 22 February, 2012
I start the game, and spend 10 minutes trying to figure out whatever I'm supposed to be doing in this cafeteria! Eventually it hits me: I don't have the bombs. Feeling pretty dumb I go to grab the bombs, but go to the door of the car rather than the trunk. I get a message from Vodka saying something like "Don't pussy out!". I find this interesting because it shows that possibly Vodka likes to assert peer pressure over Reb (I think that's how this garbled text spells the character's name). So I plant the bombs (which I am forced to, no option out), and grab the weapons. I head to the cliff and read dialogue about how the characters hate everything and everyone, as per usual, then I arm myself. My god. I really don't know too much of the Columbine shootings except for the fact that there was a bad shooting. Did they really have all of this? It's stunning that these high school kids could acquire such weaponry. So the bombs don't go off, and I head into the building, encountering one kid who I let go because I apparently like him now. This is an interesting moment of mercy that I wouldn't expect given all the horrible things these kids say about people in general. I walk into the school, and decide that I will not attack anyone. Simple right? Unfortunately, I bump into a girl, and battle ensues. I spend 5 turns simply defending, hoping for some option to pop up, but it doesn't. Then I accidentally hit automatic play, and watch my character blast down "Goody Goody Girl". I was surprised at how this actually made me feel. I felt instant guilt for the death of this computer character. I level up, and make a right turn down a hallway. I am brought to a cutscene of Bill Clinton giving a speech regarding the shooting. This is where my 30 minutes end, so I head to the parking lot at save.
After my encounter with "Goody Goody Girl", I know that this game shouldn't be played. While it may mean to inform someone about the events, or just mean to serve as entertainment based on the events, some girl DID die in real life, and is being referred to as "Goody Goody Girl", and anyone can reenact her death for their pleasure. Kinda messed up. I know, the developer doesn't have a specific girl in mind for this "Goody Goody Girl" (at least to my knowledge), but the killing of her, or anyone else in that school, should not be used as entertainment by any means.
I'm guessing I'll be doing more in-game killing tomorrow for my last play through.
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