We, along with a lot of other people, took a look at the rather offensive Muslim Massacre. Kotakuite tokeytorey let us know that after getting a lot of press, attention, and wrath directed at him, creator Eric “Sigvatr” Vaughn had tucked tail and posted an ‘I’m sorry’ and obligatory ‘In retrospect’ statement on the Muslim Massacre website. I take a sort of dim view of statements that verge on ‘but you just didn’t UNDERSTAND what I was trying to say’ chest beating (apologise and move on, dude), but both statements are after the jump:
The top-down shooter Muslim Massacre instructs players to “Take control of the American hero and wipe out the Muslim race with an arsenal of the world’s most destructive weapons!” And that’s pretty much it. Kicking off with a George W. Bush voice sample (“Let’s roll!”), the player lays waste to scores of Muslims in a bloody 2D landscape, on city streets and soccer fields, with Robotron (or, if you prefer, Smash TV) inspired gameplay.
You kill hundreds of faceless men and women, some with suicide bomb vests, some unarmed, as you work your way up to “bosses” like Osama bin Laden and, ultimately, Allah. It’s packed with tasteless stereotypes and unapologetic detached violence.
It’s unwaveringly offensive by design — it’s given the tagline “the game of modern religious genocide” — so it should come as no surprise that people are voicing their displeasure with the game. According to UK publication Telegraph, British Muslim organisations are up in arms over the shooter.
