School Shooter: North American Tour 2012

School Shooter: North American Tour 2012 was a first-person shooter modification for Half-Life 2, in development by Checkerboarded Studios.[1]

School Shooter: North American Tour 2012
Developer(s)Checkerboarded Studios
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Overview

The goal of the game was to murder students, teachers, and staff. In the end, the player is forced to commit suicide before being captured by law enforcement officers. The weapons were modeled after the ones used by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold and Seung-Hui Cho.[2]

Controversy

The game drew criticism by parents and educators for its premise and is often compared to the school shootings in Columbine High School and Virginia Tech.[3] Jack Thompson called for the game to be shut down.[4] It had been described as "morally reprehensible" and "dangerous for the game industry as a whole."[5] Since then, the downloadable game was pulled from ModDB.[6] The game was never released on its official website and completed.

Cancellation

As of September 8, 2013, the host website went down after almost 2 years without update. The mod is most likely cancelled at this point as no updates have been heard since 2011.

See also

References
  1. McWhertor, Michael. "Hyper Violent School Shooter Mod Yanked From Mod Hosting Site". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  2. "Parents, school officials terrified by school shooter video game | KR…". archive.fo. 2013-01-03. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  3. "School-Shooting Spree Game Making Waves". My Fox Houston. Archived from the original on 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  4. "Jack Thompson Threatens Gabe Newell Over School Shooter Mod". Archived from the original on 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  5. Tito, Greg (2011-03-01). "Inside the Sick Mind of a School Shooter Mod". Escapist Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  6. "Why we removed the school shooter mod news". Mod DB. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
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