German Group Plans Killer Game Drive

October 14, 2009

A German advocacy group has organized an event designed to get participants to bring their “killer games” to in order to dispose of them in a trash can.

Aktionsbündnis Amoklauf Winnenden, or Action Alliance (loosely translated), has setup the event for this Saturday, October 17 in front of the Stuttgart State Opera. One game tosser will win a signed jersey from the German national soccer team. No word on what will be done with the “donated” games, but presumably they will be smashed or discarded in some way.

GP reader Matthias noted that one image used in the group’s promotion for the event appears to use a modified copy of an image designed to aid Germany in ridding use of the swastika, substituting a CD or DVD for the Nazi symbol.

The Action Alliance is made up, at least partially, of the parents of children slain earlier this year at the awful school shooting incident in Winnenden, Germany, which claimed 16 lives.

Thanks to GP reader Stephan as well.

Comments

Re: German Group Plans Killer Game Drive

Submitted by MonkeyPeaches on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 15:26.

So after this event is over and there still is violence in the world, will they admit video games do not cause real-life violence?

Re: German Group Plans Killer Game Drive

Submitted by MechaTama31 on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 19:26.

Yes?

Re: German Group Plans Killer Game Drive

Submitted by Ashkihyena on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 15:25.

*Face palm*  Good luck with that.

Re: German Group Plans Killer Game Drive

Submitted by Vake Xeacons on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 08:48.
I notice there is a fine line between irony and hypocracy. They used a modified anti-Nazi logo for a Nazi-based pasttime: destroying media you (or more precisely your government) disagrees with. The only difference is trashing, rather than burning.

Re: German Group Plans Killer Game Drive

Submitted by Adrian Lopez on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 15:17.

Perhaps German gamers should hold a Killer Game Trade-a-Thon. Gamers would trade their used killer games for whatever other killer games they wish to play, or buy and sell them for cash.

Re: German Group Plans Killer Game Drive

Submitted by strathmeyer on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 15:57.

Apparently the best plan is to just approach people in line. They'll still have a game to throw out.

Re: German Group Plans Killer Game Drive

Submitted by Adrian Lopez on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 16:25.

I expect the group behind the Killer Game Drive would try to stop it. Fights would break out between those trying to score free games and those trying to get folks to throw them away.

Re: German Group Plans Killer Game Drive

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 17:31.

Doesn't take much to guess who would be throwing the first punch.

Re: German Group Plans Killer Game Drive

Submitted by hayabusa75 on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 13:30.

Or who would win.

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