Updated 2:12 pm, Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Photo: AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 This screen shot taken from YouTube shows a still frame from the video game "Active Shooter." Acid Software, the developer of the school shooting video game is defending the product and vowing to continue selling it online as parents of slain children and other mass shooting victims work to get the game wiped off the internet. The developer recently set up two websites for the game after it was removed from the webpages of video game marketplace Steam and crowdfunding site Indiegogo. (YouTube via AP) less This screen shot taken from YouTube shows a still frame from the video game "Active Shooter." Acid Software, the developer of the school shooting video game is defending the product and vowing to continue ... more Photo: AP The Latest: Web … [Read more...] about The Latest: Web host removes sites of school shooting game
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Developer to keep selling school-shooting game despite backlash
This screen shot taken from YouTube shows a still frame from the video game "Active Shooter." (YouTube via AP) HARTFORD, Conn. — The developer of a school-shooting video game is vowing to continue selling it online as parents of slain children and other mass shooting victims work to get the game wiped off the internet. The “Active Shooter” game was created by Anton Makarevskiy, a 21-year-old developer from Moscow, Russia, and is being marketed by his entity Acid Software. Acid said in a Twitter posting Tuesday that it will not be censored and cited free expression rights. The game is branded as a “SWAT simulator” that lets players choose between being an active shooter terrorizing a school or the SWAT team responding to the shooting. Players can choose a gun, grenade or knife, and civilian and police death totals are shown on the screen. Acid had been selling an early version of the game online for $20 and plans to release a new version next month. Acid … [Read more...] about Developer to keep selling school-shooting game despite backlash
The Day After Jacksonville’s Mass Shooting, They Held Another Gaming Tournament
The shooting at a Madden tournament in the city didn't erase this gaming community. By Andy Campbell 08/28/2018 11:02 am ET Updated 26 minutes ago JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ― On Monday night, a group of gamers met up at a local arcade and bar for a casual Super Smash Bros. tournament. It wasn’t anything fancy; a few guys and gals hooted and hollered over beers in the corner of the bar, duking it out in pairs of two, either in front of a tiny TV or a projector screen. Some were regulars, who’d been schlepping their controllers and consoles to this King Street venue since it was a laundromat and bar, well before last year, when it became a dedicated barcade called Keg & Coin. Others were just curious and asked to hop in for a quick round of Smash. It was like a lot of other Jacksonville gaming events: smaller affairs that happen almost nightly and usually take place at one of three mainstay arcades in town, or at a less formal locale like someone’s … [Read more...] about The Day After Jacksonville’s Mass Shooting, They Held Another Gaming Tournament
17-year-old shooting survivor launches Houston city council bid
Share Tweet Email Game Changers Share: Share Tweet Email EMBED <> More Videos <iframe width="476" height="267" src="https://abc13.com/video/embed/?pid=5298158" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Marcel McClinton is challenging Michael Kubosh for At Large Position 3. Share: Share Tweet Email KTRK HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Marcel McClinton may be 17 years old, but he plans to become the youngest person ever to run for Houston City Council. The Stratford High School senior will officially file to run for At Large Position 3 in July, when he turns 18. But he's already launched his campaign. "We're hitting the streets of Houston, block-walking and talking to voters," said McClinton. "A city as diverse as ours in age and race and sexual orientation and religion needs that same representation on city council." McClinton was a co-organizer of the Houston March for Our Lives, a rally of … [Read more...] about 17-year-old shooting survivor launches Houston city council bid
Texas student after school shootings: ‘I feel we are always on guard’
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