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| '''Muslim Massacre: The Game of Modern Religious Genocide''' is a 2008 amateur ] by Eric Vaughn under the screen name "Sigvatr."<ref name="tech radar slam">{{cite web |url=http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/muslim-massacre-game-sparks-pointless-controversy-464185 |title=Muslim Massacre game sparks pointless controversy |accessdate=2008-09-11 |last=Hartley |first=Adam |date=2008-09-11 |publisher=TechRadar.com}}</ref><ref name="upi">{{cite web| url = http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/10/Muslim_group_decries_computer_game/UPI-61161221096870/| title = Muslim group decries computer game| author = | publisher = ]| date = ]| accessdate = 2008-09-12}}</ref> It is a top-down ]<ref name="kotaku">{{cite web| url = http://kotaku.com/5048050/muslim-massacre-surprisingly-found-offensive| title = "Muslim Massacre" Surprisingly Found Offensive| author = McWhertor, Michael| publisher = ]| date = ]| accessdate = 2008-09-12}}</ref> |
'''Muslim Massacre: The Game of Modern Religious Genocide''' is a 2008 amateur ] by Eric Vaughn under the screen name "Sigvatr."<ref name="tech radar slam">{{cite web |url=http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/muslim-massacre-game-sparks-pointless-controversy-464185 |title=Muslim Massacre game sparks pointless controversy |accessdate=2008-09-11 |last=Hartley |first=Adam |date=2008-09-11 |publisher=TechRadar.com}}</ref><ref name="upi">{{cite web| url = http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/10/Muslim_group_decries_computer_game/UPI-61161221096870/| title = Muslim group decries computer game| author = | publisher = ]| date = ]| accessdate = 2008-09-12}}</ref> It is a top-down ] video game.<ref name="kotaku">{{cite web| url = http://kotaku.com/5048050/muslim-massacre-surprisingly-found-offensive| title = "Muslim Massacre" Surprisingly Found Offensive| author = McWhertor, Michael| publisher = ]| date = ]| accessdate = 2008-09-12}}</ref> It was publically available for some time before gaining media attention around ], ]. The aim of the game is to kill all Muslims that appear on the screen. | ||
| ==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
| ''Muslim Massacre''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s gameplay has been likened to '']'', '']'' and '']'' as the game's directional controls are operated separately to the direction of fire, allowing the player to move in one direction and fire in another, making techniques such as ] possible.<ref name="pc world">{{cite web| url = http://blogs.pcworld.com/gameon/archives/007733.html| title = 'Muslim Massacre' Game Not Parody, Just Tasteless| author = Peckham, Matt| publisher = ]| date = ]| accessdate = 2008-09-12}}</ref><ref name ="game culture">{{cite web| url = http://www.gameculture.com/node/756| title = Game Review: Muslim Massacre| author = | publisher = ]| date = ]| accessdate = 2008-09-12}}</ref> Players control an American 'hero' armed with a ] and a ] who has been parachuted into the ].<ref name="telegraph"/> To progress to the game's ] |
''Muslim Massacre''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s gameplay has been likened to '']'' and '']'' as the game's directional controls are operated separately to the direction of fire, allowing the player to move in one direction and fire in another, making techniques such as ] possible.<ref name="pc world">{{cite web| url = http://blogs.pcworld.com/gameon/archives/007733.html| title = 'Muslim Massacre' Game Not Parody, Just Tasteless| author = Peckham, Matt| publisher = ]| date = ]| accessdate = 2008-09-12}}</ref><ref name ="game culture">{{cite web| url = http://www.gameculture.com/node/756| title = Game Review: Muslim Massacre| author = | publisher = ]| date = ]| accessdate = 2008-09-12}}</ref> Players control an American 'hero' armed with a ] and a ] who has been parachuted into the ].<ref name="telegraph"/> To progress to the game's ]: ], ] and ],<ref name="kotaku"/> the player must kill all the Muslims who appear on-screen during each stage, each of which lasts between 60 and 90 seconds.<ref name="pc world"/> Some Muslims are dressed as civilians while others are depicted as ] wearing terrorists.<ref name="telegraph"/> | ||
| ==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
| ]'s reviewer found the game "boring and tedious after a few levels" and opined that "Sigvtar got it right when he said that his game was 'pretending to be legitimate commentary.' He was wrong when he said that it was 'fun to play.'"<ref name ="game culture"/> | ]'s reviewer found the game "boring and tedious after a few levels" and opined that "Sigvtar got it right when he said that his game was 'pretending to be legitimate commentary.' He was wrong when he said that it was 'fun to play.'"<ref name ="game culture"/> | ||
| A ] blogger said that the game played "ort of like Atari's old multidirectional arcade shooter Berzerk without the maze stuff," and that "viewed at the mechanical level is pretty weak monotonous."<ref name="pc world"/> | A ] blogger said that the game played "ort of like Atari's old multidirectional arcade shooter Berzerk without the maze stuff," and that "viewed at the mechanical level is pretty weak monotonous."<ref name="pc world"/> | ||
| ==Controversy== | ==Controversy== | ||
| In initial press response, Mohammed Shafiq, the chief executive of the |
In initial press response, Mohammed Shafiq, the chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, stated that "Encouraging children and young people in a game to kill Muslims is unacceptable, tasteless and deeply offensive"<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2776951/Muslim-Massacre-video-game-condemned-for-glamorising-slaughter-of-Arabs.html| title = 'Muslim Massacre' video game condemned for glamorising slaughter of Arabs| author = Moore, Matthew| publisher = ]| date = ]|accessdate = 2008-09-12}}</ref>. | ||
| Thereafter a statement was made by Inayat Bunglawala, spokesperson for the ] saying, "The makers of this 'game' and the ISPs who are hosting it should be quite ashamed of themselves. Anti-Muslim prejudice is already on the increase and needs to be challenged and not reinforced through tasteless and offensive stunts like this."<ref name="ABC">{{cite web| url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363530.htm| title = 'Muslim Massacre' computer game blasted in Britain| publisher = ]| date = ]|accessdate = 2008-09-13}}</ref> | Thereafter a statement was made by Inayat Bunglawala, spokesperson for the ] saying, "The makers of this 'game' and the ISPs who are hosting it should be quite ashamed of themselves. Anti-Muslim prejudice is already on the increase and needs to be challenged and not reinforced through tasteless and offensive stunts like this."<ref name="ABC">{{cite web| url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363530.htm| title = 'Muslim Massacre' computer game blasted in Britain| publisher = ]| date = ]|accessdate = 2008-09-13}}</ref> | ||
| The Islamic Council of Queensland president Suliman Sabdia urged Police Minister Judy Spence to shut down the site and subsequently the ], the game's author being based in Brisbane although himself an American citizen, have launched an investigation.<ref name="Courier Mail">{{cite web| url = http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24336179-952,00.html |title = Anti-Muslim computer game stirs wave of anger | publisher = ]| date = ]|accessdate = 2008-09-13}}</ref> | The Islamic Council of Queensland president Suliman Sabdia urged Police Minister Judy Spence to shut down the site and subsequently the ], the game's author being based in Brisbane, although himself an American citizen, have launched an investigation.<ref name="Courier Mail">{{cite web| url = http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24336179-952,00.html |title = Anti-Muslim computer game stirs wave of anger | publisher = ]| date = ]|accessdate = 2008-09-13}}</ref> | ||
| On 13th September the author made a statement via the ] website, where he had initially announced the game<ref name="SomethingAwful Announcement">{{cite web| url = http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2934761 |title = Play my new game, Muslim Massacre | publisher = ]| date = ]|accessdate = 2008-09-13}}</ref>, saying: "I took the site and the game down and have made an official apology. I don't think very many people picked up the satirical nature of the game at all."<ref name="SomethingAwful Response">{{cite web| url = http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2954789&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=12 |title = Goon-made racist videogame makes international news | publisher = ]| date = ]|accessdate = 2008-09-13}}</ref> | |||
| The apology, on Vaughn's personal site<ref name="sigvatr">{{cite web| url = http://www.sigvatr.com/ |title = sigvatr: An Apology| publisher = sigvatr | date = ]|accessdate = 2008-09-13}}</ref> , reads: | |||
| <blockquote> | |||
| <p>I would like to make a public apology for any offense that I might have caused through releasing this game, and to Muslims in particular. My intentions when releasing this project were to mock the foreign policy of the United States and the commonly held belief in the United States that Muslims are a hostile people to be held with suspicion. I would like to make it clear that I have never shared such a belief and my intention was to mock those who actually do believe these things.</p> | |||
| It quickly became obvious to me that releasing this game did not achieve its intended effect and instead only caused hurt to hospitable, innocent people. I believe removing this game and website will do much more to attain my desired effect than leaving it on the internet, so I am doing just that. | |||
| I would like to ask for the forgiveness of Muslims around the world and to make it clear that I did not release this game with ill intent. So without further ado, I would like to say that I am truly apologetic for what I have done and will take full responsibility for all offense that has been caused. I can only hope that any further misgivings can be laid to rest. | |||
| Sincerely, | |||
| - Sigvatr | |||
| </blockquote> | |||
| It was quickly noted<ref name="SomethingAwful Announcement"/>, however, that the game is still available via third-party sites and that Vaughn's other websites such as the "hate filled" <ref name="Webcomic Asylum">{{cite web| url = http://webcomicasylum.blogspot.com/2007/07/electric-retard.html |title = Electric Retard | publisher = Webcomic Asylum | date = ]|accessdate = 2008-09-13}}</ref> comic '''Electric Retard''' still remains active, having previously (before the release of Muslim Massacre) been blocked by the German government for offensive use of Nazi imagery<ref name="SomethingAwful Electric Retard Block">{{cite web| url = http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2564701 |title = SomethingAwful| publisher = ]}}</ref> The site '''Competitive Spree Killers Organization''' that Vaughn maintains to celebrate real-life mass murder, remains active too. | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Revision as of 22:05, 14 September 2008
2008 video game| Muslim Massacre | |
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| Developer(s) | Eric 'Sigvatr' Vaughn |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 2008 |
| Genre(s) | Shooter |
Muslim Massacre: The Game of Modern Religious Genocide is a 2008 amateur computer game by Eric Vaughn under the screen name "Sigvatr." It is a top-down shoot'em up video game. It was publically available for some time before gaining media attention around September 11, 2008. The aim of the game is to kill all Muslims that appear on the screen.
Gameplay
Muslim Massacre's gameplay has been likened to Robotron and Berzerk as the game's directional controls are operated separately to the direction of fire, allowing the player to move in one direction and fire in another, making techniques such as circle strafing possible. Players control an American 'hero' armed with a machine gun and a rocket launcher who has been parachuted into the Middle East. To progress to the game's bosses: Osama Bin Laden, Mohammad and Allah, the player must kill all the Muslims who appear on-screen during each stage, each of which lasts between 60 and 90 seconds. Some Muslims are dressed as civilians while others are depicted as suicide vest wearing terrorists.
Reception
Game Culture's reviewer found the game "boring and tedious after a few levels" and opined that "Sigvtar got it right when he said that his game was 'pretending to be legitimate commentary.' He was wrong when he said that it was 'fun to play.'"
A PC World blogger said that the game played "ort of like Atari's old multidirectional arcade shooter Berzerk without the maze stuff," and that "viewed at the mechanical level is pretty weak monotonous."
Controversy
In initial press response, Mohammed Shafiq, the chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, stated that "Encouraging children and young people in a game to kill Muslims is unacceptable, tasteless and deeply offensive".
Thereafter a statement was made by Inayat Bunglawala, spokesperson for the Muslim Council of Britain saying, "The makers of this 'game' and the ISPs who are hosting it should be quite ashamed of themselves. Anti-Muslim prejudice is already on the increase and needs to be challenged and not reinforced through tasteless and offensive stunts like this."
The Islamic Council of Queensland president Suliman Sabdia urged Police Minister Judy Spence to shut down the site and subsequently the Queensland Police, the game's author being based in Brisbane, although himself an American citizen, have launched an investigation.
See also
References
- Hartley, Adam (2008-09-11). "Muslim Massacre game sparks pointless controversy". TechRadar.com. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- "Muslim group decries computer game". United Press International. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ McWhertor, Michael (2008-09-10). ""Muslim Massacre" Surprisingly Found Offensive". Kotaku. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Peckham, Matt (2008-09-12). "'Muslim Massacre' Game Not Parody, Just Tasteless". PC World. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Game Review: Muslim Massacre". Game Culture. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Moore, Matthew (2008-09-11). "'Muslim Massacre' video game condemned for glamorising slaughter of Arabs". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "'Muslim Massacre' computer game blasted in Britain". ABC News. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Anti-Muslim computer game stirs wave of anger". Courier Mail. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
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