New JFK video game called 'despicable'
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A new video game that allows players to recreate the 1963 assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy is being called "despicable" by family members.
"JFK Reloaded" was created by the Glasgow-based firm Traffic. It allows players to recreate the three shots fired at the president's car from Lee Harvey Oswald's recreated sixth-floor perch in the Texas School Book Depository.
The game, which is being released on the 41st anniversary of the shooting in Dallas, has drawn sharp criticism from Kennedy's family.
"It is despicable," said David Smith, a spokesman for Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the late president's brother.
The company calls the game an educational "docu-game" that was designed to refute the theory that there a conspiracy was behind the assassination.
Traffic's managing director, Kirk Ewing, said it will also inspire a younger generation of players to take an interest "in this fascinating episode of American history."
Ewing sent a letter to Edward Kennedy before the game's release. "We believe that the only thing we're exploiting is new technology," he said, Reuters reported.
Players get points for accurately matching the shots to the official events, as documented by the Warren Commission, which investigated Kennedy's assassination.
Points are deducted for hitting other targets, such as former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, who was seated in the convertible next to her husband when he was shot.
It's not clear if the Kennedy family plans to take any action to stop the release of the game -- which is being made available online.
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A new video game that allows players to recreate the 1963 assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy is being called "despicable" by family members.
"JFK Reloaded" was created by the Glasgow-based firm Traffic. It allows players to recreate the three shots fired at the president's car from Lee Harvey Oswald's recreated sixth-floor perch in the Texas School Book Depository.
The game, which is being released on the 41st anniversary of the shooting in Dallas, has drawn sharp criticism from Kennedy's family.
"It is despicable," said David Smith, a spokesman for Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the late president's brother.
The company calls the game an educational "docu-game" that was designed to refute the theory that there a conspiracy was behind the assassination.
Traffic's managing director, Kirk Ewing, said it will also inspire a younger generation of players to take an interest "in this fascinating episode of American history."
Ewing sent a letter to Edward Kennedy before the game's release. "We believe that the only thing we're exploiting is new technology," he said, Reuters reported.
Players get points for accurately matching the shots to the official events, as documented by the Warren Commission, which investigated Kennedy's assassination.
Points are deducted for hitting other targets, such as former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, who was seated in the convertible next to her husband when he was shot.
It's not clear if the Kennedy family plans to take any action to stop the release of the game -- which is being made available online.
