{"author_name":"Lemmiwinks","cat":"LD #25","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"December 15, 2012 10:55 am","epoch":1355586900,"text":"I tried to come up with a game concept to reflect on this as well, but couldn’t come up with anything that felt like a good response.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1355586660,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"49176","p_author":"Lemmiwinks","p_authorkey":"507176","p_urlkey":"84852","p_title":"Backing out.","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355586660","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"507176","us_name":"Lemmiwinks","us_username":"Lemmiwinks","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"

So, an idea that I had 16 hours ago that I thought would be edgy, controversial and thought provoking now just seems tacky, heavy handed and frankly disrespectful.<\/p>\n

The game was going to deal with the way that the media sensationalises the news surrounded recent tragedies. The idea stemmed <\/a>from this video and the game would paint the media (particularly 24 hour news outlets) as the villains. I however, quickly realised that having the player gun down dozens of civilians might just be a little too\u00a0untasteful at the moment. Plus, no one really enjoys being preached at. It’s a good job I didn’t get very far.<\/p>\n

\"ugh\"<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 15th, 2012 10:51 am","title":"Backing out."}