Sandy Hook-inspired game sparks outrage:

Yep, someone actually made a video game about the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. While most people are outraged my first thought was “What took them so long?” although not in a good way.

First off let’s discuss the term ‘video game’ in this situation. This is not a game you can go to the store and buy. It was not developed by Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo or any one of their many licensed developers. This game was made by a single idiot in Flash, possibly in a parent’s basement, then posted on the internet for everyone to see.

Now that we’ve got that out of the way, I actually played the game. It starts off in Historic Mode, where you simplistically reenact the actions of Adam Lanza on that December day. The object is to go from room to room, shooting as many teachers and students as possible, after shooting your mother in the head. You have 10 minutes to kill as many as possible and once time runs out, the game says the police have arrived and your character commits suicide. Once you finished Historic Mode, it unlocks Gun Control mode. In this scenario, you’re using a katana instead of a gun. When that mode is completed, it unlocks a third mode where the teachers are armed. In case you were wondering, I scored the highest on the armed teacher level.

Upon completing the game, you hear a recorded message from the creator, explaining that after living in Texas, they moved to Australia, where strict gun control laws are in place, and they believe the U.S. should adopt similar measures. In a nutshell, he claims this game was made in support of gun control, but I call bullshit.

The game was made by one Ryan Lanbourn. If the name sounds familiar he made a similar game in 2007 called V-Tech Rampage about the Virginia Tech shootings. Was he arguing for gun control back then? Not really. He was extorting the internet instead.

I will take this game down from newgrounds if the donation amount reaches $1000 US, i’ll take it down from here if it reaches $2000 US, and i will apologize if it reaches $3000 US.

The newgrounds he speaks of is Newgrounds.com, which hosts all sorts of tasteless games, but surprisingly, they have taken the Sandy Hook game down.

Now, here’s why you shouldn’t be outraged. First of Lambourn is nothing but a troll and lives off your outrage and, as you should know by now, you never feed the troll. Secondly, in this day and age of the internet, some jackass is going to post something that’s offensive after every tragedy that happens. If we’re outraged every time they do this, they’ll just continue with every tragedy that happens. That’s why I was surprised it took this long for the game to become public knowledge. It took less than a month for Lanbourn’s Virginia Tech game to come out.

So in conclusion stop being a bunch of knee jerkers and pearl twisters every time some assclown does something offensive. You’re only guaranteeing they’ll do it again.

Here’s his picture from 2007 by the way.