Thursday, May 15, 2008

Museum of Virtual History: Starry Night After 4 Hours of GTA Pigeon-Hunting

This is a new series detailing recent gaming news through classic art. I'll try to keep the words to a minimum.

Item #1: Starry Night After 4 Hours of GTA Pigeon-Hunting

Police Brutality: the "Don't Taze Me, Bro" Game

Jason Rohrer recently wrote about his game project influenced by the famous "Don't Taze Me, Bro" YouTube video, and uh, event, at the Escapist. There you can download his simple game, which forces the player to take a stand against the police brutality rather than meekly sit around and watch it happen. Through shouting and blocking the police, the player can prevent the neutralized subjects from being carried out and win the game. This is a good example of a newsgame for you, though perhaps a bit late. Anyway, Jason tried to explore realms of possibility for standing up to such police brutality and actually making something happen.