Video Homicide is Born!
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Above is the Überlay from Shootout. Shootout involves moving your little white square from window to window (starting at the upper left to the upper right, cross the street to the lower right then make your way to the lower left) while your friend, parent, spouse, offspring or other loved one tries to shoot you. The person playing the "outlaw" who sneaks from window to window, can't just zip through the window at a blinding speed. The "outlaw" has to stop in the window long enough to say "You'll never get me, Sheriff!" (also pronounced "yoollne'ergitmesherff!" when the outlaw is in a big hurry) during which speech the "sheriff", with the big gun, is given a realistic amount of time to try to shoot them. This IS a fun game!
This is one of the first, if not the first, raw human on human violence depicted in a video game! You're not shooting at a plane. You're not shooting at a submarine. You're holding a realistic gun with pump action and firing at a tiny little square that represents another human being. Whoo-wee! It begins a long and robust tradition involving the joys of pretending to hurt other people without having to run around outside, point your finger and yell "bang! bang!" If you think it's bad for you, then don't do it, don't let your kids do it and keep an eye on what your kids are playing. I'm going to give this game a full point, not just because it is fun, but because you get to pretend to try to kill another person. Though the squeamish can pretend to be such a good shot that they "just winged 'em."
Ultraman: 6, The Odyssey: 7!!!
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