Germans Say Nein to Killer Game Drive
Germans Say Nein to Killer Game Drive
October 19, 2009
The “Killer Game Drive” put on by Aktionsbündnis Amoklauf Winnenden over this past weekend appears to have been a relative failure.
The group was attempting to get people to come and toss “killer games” into a dumpster, and, well, while the Action Alliance did have a huge, graffiti-laden repository, let’s just say that it probably didn’t take them hours to empty it.
From pictures posted online of the event, it appears that just three games made it into the dumpster: a copy of Grand Theft Auto, Small Soldiers for the Game Boy Advance and one other unknown title.
A handful of pictures from the event can be found here.
Thanks again to Stephan for the head’s up!
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JDKJ: You accusing someone else of flagging for attention is just too funny for words, Zippy. After all, you're an obvious graduate of the Jack Thompson School for Attention Whores.
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:38am
ZippyDSMlee: JD:BREAKING, JD wants attention!
ZippyDSMlee: JD:BREAKING, JD wants attention!
Posted 03/20/10 at 09:35am
JDKJ: BREAKING: House votes unanimously to close Zippy's doughnut hole.
JDKJ: BREAKING: House votes unanimously to close Zippy's doughnut hole.
Posted 03/19/10 at 06:42pm
Valdearg: Sage advice, Zip. Sage advice.
Valdearg: Sage advice, Zip. Sage advice.
Posted 03/19/10 at 06:37pm
ZippyDSMlee: Don;t talk to MS/LIve users that you do not know....is jsut easier that way...
ZippyDSMlee: Don;t talk to MS/LIve users that you do not know....is jsut easier that way...
Posted 03/19/10 at 06:14pm
Flamespeak: Didm't steal anything or other people not knowing what the heck Tribes was but felt inclined to tell me it wasn't Halo.
Flamespeak: Didm't steal anything or other people not knowing what the heck Tribes was but felt inclined to tell me it wasn't Halo.
Posted 03/19/10 at 06:13pm
Flamespeak: stealing 'new' game ideas from Tribes while marketing them as something 'new and shiny'." I was blasted by people claiming Halo
Flamespeak: stealing 'new' game ideas from Tribes while marketing them as something 'new and shiny'." I was blasted by people claiming Halo
Posted 03/19/10 at 06:12pm
Flamespeak: I told some Halo fans that 'with the inclusion of jet packs in Reach, Halo has successfully completed its mission of totally
Flamespeak: I told some Halo fans that 'with the inclusion of jet packs in Reach, Halo has successfully completed its mission of totally
Posted 03/19/10 at 05:39pm
Valdearg: @JDKJ: Well, it's not like you were very subtle, there..
Valdearg: @JDKJ: Well, it's not like you were very subtle, there..
Posted 03/19/10 at 05:18pm
JDKJ: @Val": You got me there. That one was pure troll. And posted in memory of DarkSaber, who hasn't been around much, lately.
JDKJ: @Val": You got me there. That one was pure troll. And posted in memory of DarkSaber, who hasn't been around much, lately.
Posted 03/19/10 at 02:36pm
Andrew Eisen: JDKJ - Probably the widow/widower.
Andrew Eisen: JDKJ - Probably the widow/widower.
Posted 03/19/10 at 02:33pm
ZippyDSMlee: JD:who gives a shit about you :P
ZippyDSMlee: JD:who gives a shit about you :P
Posted 03/19/10 at 02:33pm
Valdearg: Lol.. Wow, JDKJ. Troll much?
Valdearg: Lol.. Wow, JDKJ. Troll much?
Posted 03/19/10 at 02:27pm
JDKJ: Who gives a rat's ass about the children of fallen soldiers?
JDKJ: Who gives a rat's ass about the children of fallen soldiers?
Posted 03/19/10 at 02:16pm
Andrew Eisen: I completely agree.
Andrew Eisen: I completely agree.
Posted 03/19/10 at 02:15pm
Valdearg: If they really wanted to help the troops, they should donate their money to a legitimate charity with a good cash in/out ratio.
Valdearg: If they really wanted to help the troops, they should donate their money to a legitimate charity with a good cash in/out ratio.
Posted 03/19/10 at 02:14pm
Valdearg: It's just offensive that people who attend these things think they are helping the troops, when in reality, Hannity is using MOST of the money to live large in the cities he travels to. He could at least scale down his accommodations..
Valdearg: It's just offensive that people who attend these things think they are helping the troops, when in reality, Hannity is using MOST of the money to live large in the cities he travels to. He could at least scale down his accommodations..
Posted 03/19/10 at 02:13pm
Andrew Eisen: Val - But they did get something and that's better than nothing. Also, the Freedom Concert site is clear that expenses are subtracted from the donated amount so while it’s not fraud (from what little I’ve seen) it is pretty crummy.
Andrew Eisen: Val - But they did get something and that's better than nothing. Also, the Freedom Concert site is clear that expenses are subtracted from the donated amount so while it’s not fraud (from what little I’ve seen) it is pretty crummy.
Posted 03/19/10 at 02:12pm
ZippyDSMlee: fou fundrasier, from a fou consertive, who would have thought :P.
ZippyDSMlee: fou fundrasier, from a fou consertive, who would have thought :P.
Posted 03/19/10 at 02:11pm
Valdearg: The problem, Zip, is that barely ANY of the proceeds are going to the children. It's all going so hannity can line his own pockets and enjoy a life of luxury. He is a grade A Piece of Human Crap.
Valdearg: The problem, Zip, is that barely ANY of the proceeds are going to the children. It's all going so hannity can line his own pockets and enjoy a life of luxury. He is a grade A Piece of Human Crap.
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Wow...3 games?, Looks like there is a bleak of hope after all and some of germany's gamer pop stuck to their guns...I mean dumping a game for a lousy shirt from something that causes actual violence.
and i bet those guys who formed the rally called it a big success
Good on Germany, stupid idea in the first place, just because something has happened that upsets you as a parent, doesn't mean you can go casting around looking for 'new fangled' stuff to blame. Years ago 'Rock'n'Roll destroyed families', nowadays it's just another scape-goat with all the same accusations.
The other Title was Def Jam Fight for NY.
GTA and Def Jam (both still sealed) were brought along by a camera team.
The leader of the "Action Alliance" said that they were only collecting gams that have been develpoed by the US Army. This shows that they don't even know what they are talking about.
Is there anyone in the anti-games crowd who knows what they are talking about? I can't think of a single one.
The "leader" is just giving excuses to try to explain his massive amount of fail to everybody. That event was a waste of time for everybody and a waste of neurons. It was like big and loud birthday party that no one came and the celebrated was left alone with a cake, no gifts and his birthday cake.
They will look up and shout "Give ROFLCOPTERS to us"... and I´ll whisper "NO". The cynical side of videogames (spanish only): http://thelostlevel.blogspot.com/ My DeviantArt Page (aka DeviantCensorship): http://www.darkknightstrikes.deviantart.com
Def Jam Fight for NY was a terrible game anyway, so it probably ended up where it deserved.
dem fighten words!
Shame the game couldn't put up much of a fight.
There´s only one way to explain this:
OWNED!!!!
What they were expecting? Nobody is gonna to waste 60 or 70 dollars just to please a bunch of fear-mongering idiots.
They will look up and shout "Give ROFLCOPTERS to us"... and I´ll whisper "NO". The cynical side of videogames (spanish only): http://thelostlevel.blogspot.com/ My DeviantArt Page (aka DeviantCensorship): http://www.darkknightstrikes.deviantart.com
Aktionsbündnis Amoklauf Winnenden has the games industry right where they want them.
I'll bet that the people who did chuck games picked games they didn't want anymore and tossed them in solely for a chance at that jersey; nobody did it as an ideological protest.
"relative" failure?
I thought the same thing. It's almost like GP is trying to spin things in their favour isn't it... (not that there is anything to spin, 3 games is 3 games)
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I LIKE the fence. I get 2 groups to laugh at then.
Oh, come on...I think GP was just trying to let the anti-gamers down easy (chuckle). It's tough for them right now (snicker).
Apperently some Kotaku commentators are saying that the mass media is trying to downplay the drive by a magnitude of 12. They said there were at least two dozen games with several copies of counter-strike. Erm... Last I checked you can have my copy of Counter Strike because it's locked onto steam and I can't get it out even if I wanted to.
What's even more lulzy is that the two PS2 games you see, Def Jam and San Andreas still has the packaging foil over them, which suggests that these guys bought them and put them in there to make it seem less pathetic somehow.
24 games would constitute a "relative failure" too. They advertised this event over a large region, and considering how dense Germany is, 24 games is nothing compared to how many people knew about it.
Whether it's 3 or 24, it's still a failure.
Apperently some Kotaku commentators are saying that the mass media is trying to downplay the drive by a magnitude of 12. They said there were at least two dozen games with several copies of counter-strike.
Actually, that there are two dozen games including several copies of counter-strike is a mass media claim. The same mass media that staged some games being thrown in, because there were no real participants there to film. If anything, it's the mass media that are trying to downplay the complete failure of the event.
I certainly didn't see dozens of games in any picture of that container, I only saw the claim made in the audio to video footage, that was proven to be staged and quite suspiciously didn't show the inside of the container.
Sorry for the sentence structure. I know that wasn't as clear as it was supposed to be. I ment that the mass media (intentionally) miscalculated the number of games by a magnitude of 12, saying there were several copies of counter strike and at least 24 games showed up. When in reality there was only 3 games, 2 were placed there in new packaging.
Don't forget the self-burned OpenArena disc the Pirate Party threw in.
Wow. Those three people have a very good chance to win the raffle.
Huh... a right-wing German organization advocating and organizing an event where creative media is destroyed.
There's something... familiar, one might say, about this. Where have I seen this before?
In the comments section of the article about this from earlier in the week most likely.
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I LIKE the fence. I get 2 groups to laugh at then.
Where do you get the right-wing from?
Um...the Nazi's did it when they were in power
Godwin's Law at it's finest...
Not really, you can relate this to Nazis in two easy steps game burning-book burning-Nazis. Considering all the stuff Germany's said about the game's it's not that much of a stretch.
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Debates are like merry go rounds. Two people take their positions then they go through the same points over and over and over again. Then when it's over they have the same positions they started in.
Peh, one game NO ONE remembers based on a kid's movie, another game hardly anyone remembers, and a game that went off sale save for digital distribution a long time ago.
Wow, just wow... I guess anyone with a brain knew they'd be getting a raw deal. I mean a fav game for a football/soccer jersey? Please.
So if I trashed one of my games, I'd have a 1/4 chance of winning the jersey, interesting.
What were they expecting though, games are not nearly as cheap as books.
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Debates are like merry go rounds. Two people take their positions then they go through the same points over and over and over again. Then when it's over they have the same positions they started in.
What? Small Soldiers was thrown into that dumpster?
The entire movies message was to *value* your toys, and that war ... is good for absolutely nothing. Why'd you throw away a game in which you battle lifeless toy-enemies anyway.
Regardless of the the exact number this still constitutes an epic fail
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2152789/poster853746.jpg
That is not a copy of small soldiers for the GBA. That is small soldiers for the Game boy color. GBA games are about half that size.
For the original gameboy even. That game is really that old.
So has the group that was running this made a comment on their total and utter failure?
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
They regard it a success and will continue in other cities. Sadly, I'm not joking.
http://www.gulli.com/news/aktionsb-ndnis-amoklauf-2009-10-17/ (German, sorry)
Any way to translate?
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Debates are like merry go rounds. Two people take their positions then they go through the same points over and over and over again. Then when it's over they have the same positions they started in.
Stick this in your ear:
http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=us&lp=de_en&t...
Also, they seem to have a strange idea of what success is. Maybe they've been taking advice from our favorite gray haired unemployed Floridian.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
You know, this would have been A LOT less embarrassing if they had bought a garbage can instead of a super container... really, that massive empty container at the end of the day only serves to emphasize how big of a failure this whole thing was
This is frickin' hilarious, these assclowns problably expected 100% that the damn dumpster would be overflowing but in JT like fashion they deny reality and act like their dumb little event was a huge success. Which is why they want to continue it in other cities. It's ridiculous to see the container almost empty. To add insult to injury, two of the three games still have the shrink wrap on them indicating that they were bought and thrown in by the organizers. The only legitamately thrown in game was the small soldiers cartridge. And even that seems like it was thrown in only because the owner didn't want it anymore.
What you guys fail to realize is that actually there were thousands of games bought and thrown away by extremists! But.... There were also a ton of people in the dumpsters that salvaged and ran away with free games. :)