Sounds like the same game alright!
I guess today that wouldn't be to politically correct. ;)
Can you imagine today, a kid in school writing an essay on his neighborhood game, "Murder Ball" or "Kill The Man"? He'd be hauled off to the principal's office, and suspended for fear that the kid was unstable and a threat to the other kids!!!
God, I really feel sorry for the kids today, and on another level, I really am fearful of where this country has gone and is GOING - down the tubes!