
I have been looking through Yerba Buena Center Game exhibition in 2003 and come across this game which called "Waco Resurrection". I was familiar with the event as I came to the United States at the first time as an exchange student at Robinson school in Waco during 1993 and I had seen the event from the distances. I am not actually remember the details of the event though, but I remember that it was pretty stressful situation for people who live around there with the sirens and holicopters flying around.
About the game:
"It is the first chapter of Endgames, a 3D multiplayer computer game series which incorporates elements of subjective documentary and speculative fiction with interactive technologies to create a visceral gaming experience focused on extreme psycho-social phenomena.
gamers enter the mind and form of a resurrected cult's leader David Koresh through headgear, a voice-activated, 3D skin. They are Koresh who must defend the Branch Davidian sect against intrigue, skeptical civilians, rival Koresh and government agents.
Players are bombarded with a soundstream of government “psy-ops”, FBI negotiators, the voice of God and the clamor of battle. Players voice messianic texts, wield weapons from the Mount Carmel cache and influence the behavior of both followers and opponents by radiating a charismatic aura."
http://www.milkproject.net/
http://waco.c-level.cc/
screenshot

http://www.garagegames.com/mg/snapshot/view.php?qid=750
David Koresh, who is he?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koresh
I think the game is pretty amazing how they come up with the interactive equipment such as head gear and a voice activated to present an extreme psyco state of mind of David Koresh. Waco is a primal scene of American fear, the apocalyptic visionary.
I am wondering who would want to enter the twist world of psyco's mind and learn what he had to go through. The stressful situation of a cult leader fight back the government, which I found a bit scary but funny that the player is assume the role of a resurrected cult leader instead of government.
Anyway since this game is an interactive with psycological state of mind to deal with the opposite side, I was wondering what would effect a person who had been playing the game? I wish I could play and tell.
Comments (1)
I think many people would consider the Feds to be the "opposite side", and feel more afinity with Koresh as a victim of innane and violent government policies, before even playing the game.
Posted by Andy | October 14, 2006 5:17 PM
Posted on October 14, 2006 17:17