JFK: ReloadedJFK Reloaded is a video game recreating the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Released on the 41st anniversary of the event (November 22, 2004) by Scotland-based Traffic Games, JFK: Reloaded puts the player in the role of Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. The player is then scored on how closely his version of the assassination matches the report of the Warren Commission. According to the company, the primary purpose of the game is to help prove that the Warren Commission's theory is correct, and to debunk all of the alternate theories. The game featured a detailed ballistics and ragdoll physics engine. After each scenario, the player could analyze each of their shots, noting the trajectories, which real-life people they hit with bullets and in what location of the body (including injuries occurring due to the ricochet of the bullet). After any shots were fired, the motorcade and crowd would dynamically react. A cash prize was to be awarded to any player who could get a perfect score with the game's engine. Naturally, an exact replication of Oswald's shots was the only way to achieve a perfect score. However, JFK: Reloaded closed down in August 2005 for unknown reasons. One could speculate that it was due to the immense scale of public pressure against the game. According to the site JFKaos, the site shut down after threat of a lawsuit by the Kennedy family. The game cost $10 when released and could only be bought and downloaded via the official website. A demo was released in which you could look and aim but not actually fire any bullets. A majority of gaming websites and publications have decided not to review JFK: Reloaded; however, a few have, and JFK: Reloaded has received both negative and positive reviews. Many people argue that JFK: Reloaded should not be considered a game in terms like that of mainstream games, because the point of JFK: Reloaded is to question historical controversies, not to offer the kind of gameplay brought about from most current games. The game can be thought as a complex simulation, as opposed to a game; but this is subjective to whether there is a "winnable" goal in the game. The game has caused a large uproar in the United States. A spokesperson for Senator Edward Kennedy, the late President Kennedy's brother, called the game "despicable". The game is now considered abandonware and can be downloaded at Home of the Underdogs or via many download networks and websites. The game continues to have a small following on the Internet. Common arguments include that the purpose of the game is not to glorify the event, nor to detract from the tragedy - indeed the game features the use of police radio broadcasts to heighten the drama. Many also argue that the game is not nearly as violent as other computer or video games, especially many first person shooters and does not deal with a massive scale tragedy as other games may do, especially games based upon World War II or any such war or conflict. While the game achievied massive notoriety and publicity in the USA due to the controversy and negative media reaction, it remains virtually unknown in the rest of the world and is often considered an example of how developers who do not properly anticipate public reaction, or who are not prepared to fully back up their products can cause the demise of an otherwise well-made game and, in this case, the collapse of their company. This page about JFK Reloaded includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about JFK Reloaded News stories about JFK Reloaded External links for JFK Reloaded Videos for JFK Reloaded Wikis about JFK Reloaded Discussion Groups about JFK Reloaded Blogs about JFK Reloaded Images of JFK Reloaded |
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