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Video game based on Pakistan school massacre is withdrawn
Source: The Guardian
Video game based on Pakistan school massacre is withdrawn
Jon Boone in Islamabad
Monday 18 January 2016 13.36 GMT
A gory video game set inside the Pakistani school where more than 130 children were massacred by Taliban gunmen has been withdrawn, weeks after it was released as part of an army-backed campaign to promote peace and tolerance in the country.
Players of Pakistan Army Retribution take the role of a soldier attempting to “protect precious lives from terrorists” who attacked the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar in December 2014.
There are various levels in the game, which features a rousing rendition of the national anthem, depicts events from the day of the attack and is branded with the logos of the Pakistani army and Punjab Information Technology Board.
The organisations jointly commissioned the game as part of a campaign to mark the one-year anniversary of the school killings.
Although it had been available to users of Android mobile devices for some time it only attracted public attention on Monday when Dawn, one of the country’s leading newspapers, ran a review on its website that declared the game “failed on every front”.
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Jon Boone in Islamabad
Monday 18 January 2016 13.36 GMT
A gory video game set inside the Pakistani school where more than 130 children were massacred by Taliban gunmen has been withdrawn, weeks after it was released as part of an army-backed campaign to promote peace and tolerance in the country.
Players of Pakistan Army Retribution take the role of a soldier attempting to “protect precious lives from terrorists” who attacked the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar in December 2014.
There are various levels in the game, which features a rousing rendition of the national anthem, depicts events from the day of the attack and is branded with the logos of the Pakistani army and Punjab Information Technology Board.
The organisations jointly commissioned the game as part of a campaign to mark the one-year anniversary of the school killings.
Although it had been available to users of Android mobile devices for some time it only attracted public attention on Monday when Dawn, one of the country’s leading newspapers, ran a review on its website that declared the game “failed on every front”.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/18/video-game-based-on-pakistan-school-massacre-withdrawn
