School Shooter: North American Tour 2012
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| Developer(s) | Checkerboarded Studios |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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School Shooter: North American Tour 2012 was a first-person shooter modification for the video game Half-Life 2, in development by Checkerboarded Studios.[1] It was removed from its mod hosting site in 2011.[1]
Overview[edit]
In 2010, Checkerboarded Studios, a small group of amateur game developers, began work on a modification for the video game Half-Life 2.[2] Intentionally "awful" and "tasteless", the goal of the game mod was to murder students, teachers, and staff at a school.[2] In the end, the player is forced to commit suicide before being captured by law enforcement officers.[2] The weapons for the game were modeled after the ones used by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold and Seung-Hui Cho.[2][3]
The game drew criticism from parents, educators, and law enforcement for its premise and its glorification of the school shootings in Columbine High School and Virginia Tech.[3][4][5] Jack Thompson called for the game to be shut down.[6] It had been described as "morally reprehensible" and "dangerous for the game industry as a whole."[4] Interviewed by The Escapist, the project's lead developer, known as "Pawnstick", advocated legal restrictions against selling violent videogames to minors, saying that "video games have the potential to impact certain susceptible minds."[4] They stated that "the myth that all games revolve around violence has been thoroughly debunked" but also "the media is right to dismiss games as 'bang-bang shoot 'em ups' and 'murder simulators,' because at their core, that is exactly what most games boil down to."[4] In response to the outrage, on March 19, 2011, the game mod was pulled from Mod DB, the website which had hosted it.[7][1] The game was never completed and its official website went offline in late 2011.
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 McWhertor, Michael. "Hyper Violent School Shooter Mod Yanked From Mod Hosting Site". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "School Shooter". checkerboarded.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Parents, school officials terrified by school shooter video game". KREM. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Tito, Greg (1 March 2011). "Inside the Sick Mind of a School Shooter Mod". The Escapist Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Perera, John (1 March 2011). "School-Shooting Spree Game Making Waves". My Fox Houston. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Chalk, Andy (16 March 2011). "Jack Thompson Threatens Gabe Newell Over School Shooter Mod". The Escapist Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Why we removed the school shooter mod news". Mod DB. 19 March 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Unknown parameter
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External links[edit]
- Checkerboarded Studios page at moddb.com
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