Kill John F. Kennedy for fun, a study in stupid game ideas

Newsweek rightfully takes on a tasteless game, where you play the part of Lee Harvey Oswald on his mission to kill the president of the United States. First off, Oswald didn't do it (kidding!). Second, why the hell would you want to play a real-life loser trying to kill one of our greatest presidents? The only possible explanation is that someone thought they could sell a few thousand copies by getting press coverage from mainstream media. And, lo and behold, they may be right.

Even the name of the game is stupid. JFK: Reloaded will be available for ten bucks as a download only. The player who can recreate the assassination most accurately will win $100,000. It just keeps getting worse. The article loosely ties the makers of the game to Rock Star Games, which strikes us as a cheap shot from a mainstream journalist, who's looking for an angle.

Still, the article ends appropriately, with a quote from a Kennedy family member's spokesman.