In the year 1995, a student from John Burroughs High School thought it would be a really cool idea if he made a video game which incorporated members of his marching band. When he was making the world layout, he used buildings that he was familiar with, the mall, the library, and most importantly his school. The school was probably the one thing he had the most fun doing. Every detail that he could think of was in there. The administration rooms, the cafeterias, the library, the student store, It was three floors worth of memories… I never finished the game, and chances are it’s buried somewhere next to Jimmy Hoffa, but I’m looking at this article in Game Politics. It’s about a student there that used his school for a map he created in Counterstrike and was arrested out of fear for being a terrorist threat. It really is a drag to think how much things have changed in the past few years. I did ponder the thought of taking my old diploma over there and saying “Hey guys, you know all those people who are getting kicked out of school putting it in a game? Well I did the same thing twelve years ago, do you want my diploma?”.In closing I just wanted to send out one last message to non-gamers who might be reading this. After the incident Joystiq got a hold of some screen shots of the video game. I must say he really did a fine job in paying attention to detail, and if he were to be hired by a game company, he would probably be making big bucks. It’s almost like watching Martha Stew- oh wait, bad example. um, Bob Villa! Yes Bob Villa hasn’t been arrested has he? Oh good. The whole incident is like watching Bob Villa make a model of a school, and then getting arrested for plotting out a terrorist threat. Hey it’s not too far fetched, is it?
- Pedro Rodriguez