New Video Game Recreates Kennedy Assassination

Reuters ^ | Sun Nov 21, 2004 | Ben Berkowitz

[yonif]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new video game to be released on Monday allows players to simulate the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

The release of "JFK Reloaded" is timed to coincide with the 41st anniversary of Kennedy's murder in Dallas and was designed to demonstrate a lone gunman was able to kill the president.

"It is despicable," said David Smith, a spokesman for Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the late president's brother. He was informed of the game on Friday but declined further comment.

Kirk Ewing, managing director of the Scottish firm Traffic Games, which developed the game, said he understood some people would be horrified at the concept, but he insisted he and his team had nothing but respect for Kennedy and for history.

"We believe that the only thing we're exploiting is new technology," said Ewing, a former documentary filmmaker and senior executive with Scottish developer VIS, responsible for games like "State of Emergency." He said he sent Edward Kennedy a letter before the game's release.

Ewing said the game was designed to undermine the theory there was some shadowy plot behind the assassination. "We believe passionately there was no conspiracy," he said.

Traffic Games said the objective was for a player to fire three shots at Kennedy's motorcade from assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's digitally recreated sixth-floor perch in the Texas School Book Depository.

Points are awarded or subtracted based on how accurately the shots match the official version of events as documented in by the Warren Commission, which investigated Kennedy's assassination.

Shooting the image of Kennedy in the right spots in the right sequence adds to the score, while "errors" like shooting first lady Jacqueline Kennedy lead to deductions.

Each shot can be replayed in slow motion, and the bullets can be tracked as they travel and pass through Kennedy's digitally recreated body. Players can choose to see blood by pressing a "blood effects" option.

Players can view the motorcade from a number of angles, including the perspective of filmmaker Abraham Zapruder and a view from the "grassy knoll" where some conspiracy theorists believe a second gunman was stationed.

The game will be available via download for $9.99.

[Squantos]

I had a friend that had bought a surplus mauser and a couple boxes of ammo the same day JFK was killed in Dallas. My friend had the rifle in the back of his car parked at his place of employment about a half a mile from the Texas Book depository . He didn't even go near his car till they grabbed oswald and the carcano he was so scared. He was so shook he had to ride home with a co-worker that evening.

I refer to him to this day as the man on the grassy knoll....

[MeekOneGOP]

ha! There is so much speculation surrounding this.

[Squantos]

He left too many shooters on the beach in the Bay of Pigs IMHO.......one of em didn't get mad they got even .

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Yes, someone is trying to capitalize on the assassination of our president. At the the same time, it proves that there was no conspiracy. I'm waiting for the AREA 51/ALIEN AUTOPSY game or the FAKING THE MOON LANDING GAME. It will take a few years before the DUBYA DIDN'T STEAL THE ELECTIONS game TO COME OUT. I can wait.

Until then back and to the left,

BG

[I got the rope]

This is bullsh^t! I hope the secret service pays these guys a visit. Do we still have rooms available in Cuba?

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Damnit, you are on to us. You must be taken care of . . .

[Porterville]

Oh my God!! Could you imagine a video game recreating WWII or Vietnam? Or how about with Grant (President Grant!!!) in war getting killed? My Lord? Or how about a recreation of Pearl Harbor... or even (gasp) tactical nuclear war games!!

[GunRunner]

The fact is that the shots could have and were made by one person. There is no magic bullet; 3D models of Dealey Plaza show that the Zapruder film is perfectly in sync with both of Oswald's connecting shots. There were no shots from the front.

Watch The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy; it debunks all of the multiple shooter myths and uses the Zapruder film to prove it.

[GunRunner]

See posts 51 and 54 as well.

[steve-b]

This nation is losing its dignity.

Puh-leeze. Politics in the early days of the Republic makes modern sleaze look like High Tea at Buckingham Palice.

[steve-b]

3 shots in 7.2 seconds

Actually, since the start of the 7.2 second interval is defined by the time of the first shot (rather than some independent signal), he only had to fire 2 shots in 7.2 seconds after the first one.

[MeekOneGOP]

In case someone might be interested, here is something from The Dallas Morning News today:

JFK Special Report

Some of the links below won't work properly. Too many to try to fix them all, but you can go to above link to get to this page and link from there. Sorry 'bout that.

You may have to register for the DMN, but it is free.

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy remains a defining moment in the history of the United States. This special report is designed to put the story in its proper historical context and track current coverage of the 40th anniversary of the assassination. This online area will be updated through Nov. 22, 2004.

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DALLAS MORNING NEWS STORIES • Thousands mark JFK assassination • 'He would have done such great things' • For many in motorcade, tragedy will never come to a full stop • Networks return to find new take on JFK observance • Carolyn Barta: Assassination compelled city to change for the better • Editorial: JFK assassination carries weight of 9-11 • Pain lingers for Tippit's widow • As 40th anniversary of JFK assassination nears, nation focuses on Dallas • Steve Blow: In a flash, joy turned into grief • Will Dallas ever shake the Kennedy stigma? • JFK assassination memories still draw three together • Cowboys went through the motions weekend JFK was assassinated • Friday night lights lost their glimmer • New life for assassination history • 40 years later, we still ask 'Why here?' • Experts explore why we can't stop obsessing over JFK • For youth, just another icon? • New DVD looks back on Kennedy news coverage • Reliving her life's darkest ride: Nellie Connally shares memories of Nov. 22, 1963 • Oswald's murder snapped a hair too soon • Hidden History of Dallas: Jack Ruby's Carousel club • DMN 'Viewpoint': The good doctor still lives with Nov. 22, 1963 FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • Assassination still stirs memories, debate 40 years later • Witnesses recount aftermath of Kennedy assassination • Timeline of events • Then-first lady of Texas writes JFK book • ABC News reconstructs Kennedy assassination TELEVISION • A clear-eyed look at the Kennedy years • TV marks the 40th year of Kennedy's death

WFAA-TV VIDEO • Handcuffed to history: Det. Jim Leavelle remembers • Many area sites have lasting tie to JFK tragedy • Nellie Connally's 1963 account of the condition of her husband and her last words to President Kennedy • Dealey Plaza still top draw • Nellie Connally recalls tragedy • Doodles express inner JFK • Nov. 11, 2003: Nellie Connally discusses the assassination • JFK Tourism PHOTOS • A Day in the Life at Dealey Plaza • Historical photos • Dallas: Then and now • More photos from TDMN Photostore MULTIMEDIA • Minute:30 - A tragic thing • With heavy hearts, Cowboys, NFL played on after tragedy • Special report from The Associated Press GRAPHICS • Dallas: Then and now (.pdf) • Fading with age? (.pdf) SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS • How has the tragedy affected you? HISTORIC COVERAGE FROM TDMN FRONT PAGE STORE • Before his visit • Nov. 23, 1963 • Nov. 24, 1963 • Nov. 25, 1963, Dallas Morning News • Nov. 25, 1963, Dallas Times Herald • The following days • DMN Photostore LINKS • John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum • The White House: JFK Biography • Warren Commission Report • Sixth Floor Museum

[Tares]

Kennedy assassination links for all to consider (in no particular order):

The Single Bullet Theory
Base of CE399
Kennedy Assassination Home Page
Lee Harvey Oswald's Paper Bag
Guinn’s neutron-activation Analysis
Warren Report: Table of Contents
One Hundred Errors of Fact and Judgment in Oliver Stone's JFK
The Academic JFK Assassination Web Site
HSCA (House Select Committee on Assassinations) Final Assassinations Report
A Critique of The Warren Report
Attempted assassination of General Walker
Oswald interviews, Acoustic studies and other information relating to the assassination of JFK
Queen of Diamonds
Zapruder 313
Head Wound
Photos and Illustrations of the JFK Assassination
Zapruder Head Shot
A Conspiracy Too Big? Intellectual Dishonesty in the JFK Assassination
The Single Bullet Strikes John Connally
Changed Motorcade Route in Dallas?
Zapruder frames 312-314 animated
Frame by Frame breakdown of the Zapruder Film
The Zapruder Film is Authentic
New Orleans, and the Garrison Investigation
Close up of crack in limo windshield
The Bullet Fragments In Governor Connally: Were There Too Many To Have Come From CE 399?
Body Snatchers at Love Field?
The Case for a Bunched Jacket
The Case of the Bunched Jacket (Not the same as the link above)
X-ray Wound Comparison
Zapruder Film in its entirety
Dallas Motorcycle Police Eyewitness Accounts

Free Republic threads on the Kennedy Assassination:

Tape of Kennedy's Killing Is Getting Digital Analysis
Spy claims Israel assassinated JFK
Ex-Presidents, Johnson Widow Call for JFK Film Probe
Running down a footnote to assassination
The man who solved the Kennedy assassination
Case Closed: a letter to Gerald Posner (re: Kennedy assassination)
Warren (Commission) Was Right - The JFK case should be closed
Kennedy assassination solved!
Peter Jennings "JFK" Report: Oswald acted alone, go back to sleep...
Some Relevant Facts About the JFK Assassination
Who Killed JFK?
New Evidence in Kennedy Killing (Dallas not Mass)
Nellie Connally Disputes Warren Commission
JFK's fatal head wound: The truth for those who want to know (very graphic)
The Mystery of Marina Oswald
LBJ was behind JFK's assassination, upcoming book contends (I recommend this thread as having the most and best variety of information.)
Thirty-nine years after JFK's assassination...
***New study of JFK assassination backs theory of "grassy knoll" Thread 2***
New study of JFK assassination backs....... Thread 3
New study of JFK assassination backs....... Thread 4
New study of JFK assassination ---- Thread 5
New study of JFK assassination ---- Thread 6
Echo correlation analysis and acoustic evidence in the Kennedy assassination

Let me know of any others not on the list.

[ctdonath2]

All Marines are riflemen - even the radar operators.

Oswald was a good shot; maybe not up to the Marine level of "sniper", but a good shot nonetheless - if he wasn't, he wouldn't be a Marine.

[Itzlzha]

Points are awarded or subtracted based on how accurately the shots match the official version of events as documented in by the Warren Commission, which investigated Kennedy's assassination.

So...if I get a bullet to penetrate JFK...change direction...TWICE...penetrate a car seat......shatter Conneley's wrist, change DIRECTION again, and come to rest in Conneley's thigh...all the while maintaining a PRISTINE (some might say NEVER FIRED) appearance...

What is my score...do I get to claim credit for a "magic bullety"...will I become Chairman of the Senate Judiciary..and will I EVER be held accountable (even under "Scottish Law") for the corruption I perpetrated in aiding Ira Einhorn?

[Joe Hadenuf]

Thank you for your input. Clearly, Oswald was not a Marine sniper.

[weegee]

The Democrats at DU find this entirely distasteful that someone would make such a game. Meanwhile this is the banner at the top of every web page:

An animated gif of President Bush being punched in the face until his eye is blackened.

F. Democrats

[weegee]

The DUmmies also poo-pooed criticism of the plot to assassinate Bush play and unrelated novel that came out prior to the election this year.

They also ignore Air America's announcer's statement that "someone should take him outside and shoot him" as "satire".

This game has more place on the shelf than the flight simulator used by the 9/11 hijackers (the landscape was correct and helped them to identify locations). One magazine (Gear) even did an article on using the program to "see" what the hijackers saw.

[Flightdeck]

"How many Magic Bullets do you get?
Ask that great Scottish legal authority who came up with the theory: Arlen MacSpecter."

Really? Small world

[Clemenza]

Yep, he analyzed and wrote the magic bullet theory when he was on the Warren Commission. I think it was before he became Philadephia DA.