Bingo! My first initial reaction....
Bingo. The mall would have been teh gay.
I wanted to mod my town in a Battlefield game. It would be kind of cool. As a kid, I used to make my own maps for units in the various SDI games I played.
This kid meant no harm I am sure and there people need to get a life. I would LOVE to read the actual letter sent to the parents condemning an obviously clever kid to the hell of the loser, I mean alternative, school with all the preggos and druggies.
Sheesh. My daughter wants to get into gaming as a career. If she models our house should I expect the Umbrella Corporation to come through my window?
“Counter-Strike puts a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in rounds of competition won by completing an objective or eliminating the opposing force.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike
Seems to shoot holes through the prosecution’s rationale.
And, why not design a “playground” based on a building you know? I really can’t see anything suprising about students building a scenario based on their school given current events. A “what would you do” exercise in critical thinking if there ever was one — completely contrary to the rule of public education/indoctrination.