By Martin Cizmar
The Raw Story (5/26/18)
A video game maker is facing mounting backlash over a game in which the player takes the role of school shooter.
The game is called Active Shooter and set to be published by Valve for the Steam platform.
Steam attempts to steer around the controversy by announcing a disclaimer to be placed on it:
“Please do not take any of this seriously. This is only meant to be the simulation and nothing else. If you feel like hurting someone or people around you, please seek help from local psychiatrists or dial 911 (or applicable). Thank you.”
The game makers wrote a post claiming that “this game does not promote any sort of violence, especially any soft of a mass shooting.” …