If you called it an "interactive educational software program" instead of a "game" it might not bother people as much. He's old and arguing semantics. I will definitely be getting this game and writing something for Rubang's Reviews on it.



"What's next, a rape simulator to educate people why rape is wrong? Get real."


That's completely irrelevant. This is not a Holocaust simulator. This is more like Life Is Beautiful: The Game. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it unless you're so crazy you deny the Holocaust happened or something.

If it's really as educational as it has been said before, I have no problem with it. To me it's the same as learning it out of a textbook, or watching an educational video. Thanks mostly to the DS, people have been learning different languages, and having their brains trained.........why not on the Holocaust?

Face it. People have forgotten about the horrors of the Holocaust. He obviously doesn't want Hitlers atrocities to be remembered. That's stupid if you ask me.

It seems to me like he would rather everyone act like it never existed rather than educating people.

Schindler's List is acceptable but a game that deals with the Holocaust in a very serious manner is not.

Bah, some people need to be kicked in the head. Games are maturing, as is their subject matter.

A game where you put Jews in the furnace? Absolutely unacceptable!

The game in question? A great idea!

The problem here is probably that the old guy knows nothing about games, and thinks they're only for fun. He's also clearly too old to change his mind on anything, so we'll just have to ignore him until he dies.

I don't find anything wrong with this.

I think some people don't like this because they think that games are still childrens toys and are not allowed to take on serious subjects or have a message.

Mr. Kagan even says, "People can read and watch things about the Holocaust, they do not need these kinds of games.”

This shows that he doesn't have a problem with the CONTENT, but rather the MEDIUM on which it is being conveyed.

Video games are a medium, a way to communicate and convey ideas, and they have just as much right as any other medium to take on the Holocaust.

He's old, the word 'game' has a lot of negative connotations that are totally absent for all of us gamers.

The Holocaust is part of the history of the world; it's not like we can turn a selectively blind eye to it and only allow it to surface in ''serious, educational movies and books''.

i dont know....i dont think it was a subject they should have touched on...why not just set it in space and take out he human element

Are you joking? Movies deal with serious situations all the time. There is nothing wrong with a game showing the horrors of the Holocaust in a serious and educational manner.

People need to get their head out of their ass and realize that games can extend beyond the world of Mario and become a legitimate art form in their own right. This kind of thinking pisses me off.