Joe

Gimme Phone!

It's a little shocking to see so many people okay with Gun. I was forced to buy it as part of an XBox 360 bundle. The game play was absolute crap. The plot seemed to promote controversy for controversy's sake. The fact that you are required to kill stereotypical natives was the last straw for me to shut off the game and never take it off the shelf again.

The game's plot takes place at a time in American history when we were invading and settling in a foriegn country (the Apache nation, among others.) It is your goal in this game to shoot people trying to defend their home from invasion.

Now imagine another video game where you were playing a similar role in a different war: a Nazi at Auschwitz, a European invading Africa then sending the tribesmen off to slavery in America, a Hutu soldier committing genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. Would any of these be acceptable?

I don't think anyone should be legally stopped from making or playing this game, but Gun is in horrible taste. If Activision hurts in the pocket because of it, I won't shed a tear.