Waco, Tekken Re-Interpreted For Exhibit 43
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the forthcoming New York unveiling of a game revisiting the 1993 Waco, Texas incident involving the siege of the Branch Davidian cult. The official site for this controversial art exhibit/game, called 'Waco Resurrection', explains: "...gamers enter the mind and form of a resurrected David Koresh... [and] are bombarded with a soundstream of government 'psy-ops', FBI negotiators, [and] the voice of God" as they "voice messianic texts drawn from the book of revelation, wield a variety of weapons from the Mount Carmel cache and influence the behavior of both followers and opponents by radiating a charismatic aura." The creators, C-Level, are also showing their Tekken Torture Tournament exhibit at the same venue, a PlayStation setup that "converts virtual on-screen [Tekken 3] damage into bracing, non-lethal, electric shocks."
The Unbelievable Propaganda Machine. (Score:1)
Video games are now the agitprop primordial soup of a society that may too soon find itself to be populated entirely with drones.
Oh, wait, its Art. Never mind what I just said.
Re:The Unbelievable Propaganda Machine. (Score:2)
does it include (Score:1)
CJC (and Bill Hicks R.I.P.)
Re:The real incident didn't.... (Score:2)
Re:here's the link (Score:2)
Re:David Koresh is a Hero ! (Score:2)
What do you mean "fact"? That "fact" has been in dispute from the beginning. Sure, they probably did it, but probably doesn't add up to a fact.
The fact that the FBI kept all reporters two or more miles away from the action and cut off negotioations are the reasons why Waco will remain a point of controvery for the rest of our lives.
As a Texan, and a former student who did my senior (Score:2)
Re:As a Texan, and a former student who did my sen (Score:1, Insightful)
Just out of curiosity, since you've studied it, what was the proof of this? It always seemed just as likely to me that the government needed to make him appear to be a bad guy, and that's about as bad as you get.
"He's a religious nut."
"We don't care."
"He hoards weapons."
"We don't care."
"ummmm......He's a pedophile?"
"BURN HIM!"
Re:As a Texan, and a former student who did my sen (Score:2, Informative)
The cult didn't spring up on Monday then get ATF'ed on Tuesday. There were families that left the cult. It sprung up initialy as a disagreement with he 7th Day Adventist Church. There were those that left well before the raids, those that left right before, and those that left during.
Would a 12 year girl and her mother both talking about it not be good enough? If not how about the 14 year old girl and her father? If the testimonies of the victims and their parents who were gu
Re:As a Texan, and a former student who did my sen (Score:2)
That isn't the point of those of us who criticize the government's actions.
It is not a matter for federal law enforcement if someone is molesting children. Has the ATF or FBI ever been to your city to arrest a child molester?
I have been visited by ATF agents in the past, 8 years ago I had two armed ATF agents with "Department of Treasury" badges at my front door beca
I am not a Democrat. (Score:2)
I may be a scum bag, though many disagree, you however are a coward.
Re:As a Texan, and a former student who did my sen (Score:2)
Have you ever asked yourself why they never accused him of sexually abusing children until more than a month after the start of the Siege?
I have, and the only logical answers are more upsetting than what Vernon (the man most people know as David Koresh) was
a game that gives you pain? (Score:2)
Re:a game that gives you pain? (Score:1)
Re:a game that gives you pain? (Score:1)
Good Taste (Score:2)
Its just someone else cashing in on the death and destruction that pervades our world. What is next, a race from the top of the World Trade Center T
Re:Good Taste (Score:1)
oh stop your whining!! (Score:1)
Don't you get it? It is all just bread and circus now. We, as a culture have far exceeded the bounds of taste in many more explicit ways than this and the only thing that is going to make it stop is when the barbarians at the gate put rome to the torch. I have read The Stranger enough times to realize when it is time to just fiddle...
"Hard as it comes still nobody
Re:Good Taste (Score:2)
Too late, somebody's already doing it: 911 Survivor [selectparks.net]
ugh.
Rules of Engagement (Score:1)
On a similar note... (Score:2)
Re:On a similar note... (Score:1)
not necessary (Score:1)
Re:not necessary (Score:2)
Now the children held captive, that's another story.