richardhutnik said: Offending people is not art. Trying to do something for the sake of offending for its own sake, is not being an artist. Odds are also, as a game, it will suck. It will have a brain-dead AI for the fighters and likely poor graphics. So, now we have a new category to add to areas that general suck for games. The first two are: Porn games, and religious games. Now add, political games. I would count this is a religious game, but the creators are far more interested in making a point about intolerance then creating a fun game. Oh wow, we can show people are intolerant by creating a game that offends them! That scores very few points in my book. |
I don't think their actions are as cheap or as shallow as you seem to make out. Recently there have been a few murders and many more threats of murder across the EU by extremist muslims who want to force the world into respecting their beliefs(as distinct from respecting their right to hold such beliefs). In this context, an offensive game or cartoon is merely demonstrating the statement "you may threaten us, and actually murder some of us, but we won't be afraid and are willing to prove it".
A game I'm developing with some friends:
www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm
It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.