Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Inappropriate game


I could not sit by this time. After reaching the website,
click on North America. Or look for the game "Gun".

http://www.activision.com

I called the corporate headquarters and asked to speak
with someone about this game.. The receptionists tone of
voice changed and she put me through to a voicemail.

Activision, Inc. Headquarters
3100 Ocean Park Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-255-2000

I do not want my kids to play this game, let alone see it.

Respectfully,
Sande Bea Allman ~ Oglala Lakota enrolled, Nez Perce decent



Sbject: Video game Killing Natives
GLOBAL BOYCOTT "Gun": killing & scalping Apaches

A racist game called "Gun." has been released by Activision ,
Santa Monica CA video game publisher for Xbox 360, Xbox,
Playstation , PS2 and PC. "Gun" features a frontiersman
hero named Colton White. The earliest task the game
player must complete is to slaughter Apache Indians. Not
only slaughter-- but also scalp Apaches with a "scalping knife
which can be purchased as part of the many weapons offered
to the hero of the game, Colton White.
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If a similar game which advocated the killings of African Americans,
Irish, Mexicans, or Jewish would there not be an outcry?

The Hero" bemoans the fact that although he's killed so many
Apaches, he is also letting so many get away!!!

Activision scriptwriter Randall Jahnson has just written a game
that says killing all Apaches is the right thing to do and in the
game you not only have to slaughter the Apache to advance
in the game, but you can purchase a "scalping knife" to
"scalp them all!"

As if to make amends, "The Hero" switches sides later in the
game and discovers a secret about his own indigenous heritage.
This story twist DOES NOT make the preceding chapters any
easier to accept. In fact, in the official guide to the game, it
actually says that because "The Hero" rescues some Apaches
held captive on a train, perhaps it cancels a karmic debt for his
earlier actions.

The "Association for American Indian Development" is asking
you to join us in VISIT "Indigenous News Network".

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