JFK Reloaded

Take the role of Oswald and win $100,000 by proving the single bullet theory. I looked at the demo, plenty of time to get off three shots from the sniper perch.

JFK Reloaded

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I have not played this, but I have read the full descriptions.
This game is one of the most irreverant, sickest pieces of software that has ever been produced. I think there's a definite line you cross when you go from examining a crime scene to recreating one as a killer. Add on top:
(a) It's not a nameless video game character. It's a representation of the people in Kennedy's motorcade. Real people.
(b) You get scored on "how well" you reproduce the assasination.
(c) No other theories are presented.
(d) This does not have the full historical look at the events before and after - it's just the mock-up of the shooting itself. If it is so "historical" as it claims, it would have a full examination of the events.

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And even if you could get off 3 shots, and evn if the "magic" bullet making as many zig-zags as the Warren Report said it did, there is no way the bullet would come out undamaged as was found on the hosipital stretcher. (Planted, maybe? You think?)

Loki, are you a sharpshooter? Do you know how to handle a bolt-action rifles and hit with accuracy without a tripod?

Firstly, I'm not really a patriotic American.
Secondly, I find this stupidity of a "video game" to be disrespectful and a blatant stunt.

That should tell ya something.

There was a similiar thread { /120/51/28034/1.html } a few days ago in which I posted this response:


The virtual recreation has already been done. Ironically I saw it on the History Channel just a few days ago. I wish I could remember who did it as the narrator mentions the private company that did so. It is a frame by frame virtual receation. In said recreation it is basically proven that the first shot missed, the second shot hit the president in the upper back, passed through him and hit Connolly in the back as well, and that the third shot hit the president in the back of the head. This is consistent with the number of shots heard by eyewitnesses, the 3 shell casings near the 6th floor window of the book repository and the most damning evidence I have seen yet against the multiple shooter theories.

1. Multiple shooter theories involve a conspiracy. If you believe in that, you could also believe that the shell casings were planted.
2. It's entirely possible that Oswald missed more than one shot; there are reports of shattered pavement at other points. If you believe in multiple shooters, it's possible that people confused the extra gunshots with echoes. There are also multiple witnesses that claim to have heard 4-6 shots.

There was a gaping hole in the back of Kennedy's skull. There was a tiny hole in his neck. There was no other holes in his head or neck. His brains were scattered on the trunk in the rear of the car. How does a bullet from behind do this damage? No report has sufficiently explained this.

Does this irreverent simulation go into that? No.

But I'm even more concerned that there is no historical context given.

As a counterexample, let me present Earthcam.com's Dealey Plaza webcam. It was setup with the full cooperation and endorsement of the Museum that now occupies the book depository building. Here is an example of technology providing additional look at a historical tragedy, while still being mature and respectful of Kennedy and the people who admired and loved him.

http://www.earthcam.com/jfk/

Having hunted and seen the result of big game hit by high powered rifles, you would be surprised at the damage that can be done at the entry point, especially with head wounds, as there is no internal skeletal structure (In reference the large wound at the back of his head). It can downright look like an explosion occurred within the target. It's graphic but being struck in the head with a bullet can cause internal pressure which follows the path of least resistance, i.e. the open head wound. As far as the neck wound goes, I believe that it was the exit wound of the second shot which hit JFK in the upper back, and then was caused to tumble after exit striking Connolly in the back which would explain the oblong entry wound sustained by Mr Connolly.

I believe that the 4th or 5th *shots* were echoes and that would explain why the Grassy Knoll was sited as a possible origin. The sound of a high powered rifle bounces quite effectively off of multi story buildings.

Okay, I'll believe the entry point and neck exit point explanations. Where did the bullet exit, though, since none was found in his head?

And what about the undamaged bullet found on the stretcher?

I guess I can see why people can get upset about this scenerio as a "game". I will agree, it is rather pointless, the game only last about 30 seconds. The only variable is your shooting. It has little to none replay value. I do not endorse this game as a must have or anything. I looked at the demo, I wont pay $10 for the "full version".

I grew up in Dallas and the JFK assassination is very much a part of the culture there. You cant grow up there without hearing every possible conspiracy theory, over and over and over. There used to be a band named, The Potatos, that always gigged on November 22 and threw an anniversary party. The band would dress up as the major players in the assassination. You could even pose for pics as Ruby assassinating Oswald in The County Jail basement. Maybe its sick and demented, but its Dallas and it was loads of fun.

I didnt realize that it had already been posted, my apologies for the double post. I just find it interesting and thought others might too.

Actually there is evidence and this has been reported on. The bullet that was used is a very high velocity projectile. The bullet once it enters an object such as a honeydew melon shows massive blow back leaving a massive entrance hole and a very small exit hole. The bullet was also made to keep its shape when going through hard objects.

While I don't believe that is the case with the kennedy assassination ...there is more than sufficient evidence through balistics to prove this could be what happened.

I can't find the test done at the moment. but the same rifle/bullet was used to shoot from the same distance into corpses set up like the motorcade that day. the target area and shooter were so precise that the exact same injuries were found in the corpses with the excetion that a second rib was struck in the corpse representing kennedy and that made the bullet twist just slightly.

The bullet other than the slight twist was pristine .

Has anyone actually paid the 10 usd to shoot the president? If so what happens when you shoot him? Can you shoot anyone else? Just curious.