Back in 2006, the NRA had its own video game created called the NRA Gun Club. Shockingly, it really did not do so well.
It was a budget priced title that had you shooting at a variety of targets with "over 100" licensed and recreated firearms that players could use.
A small bit from Jeff Gerstmann's review (while still at GameSpot):
Despite how terrible a game it is, the fact remains that the NRA has a role embedded within the very culture and media it's trying to place the blame on for why gun violence occurs in our society. Congratulations, your group is nothing but a bunch of hypocrites.
(via Kotaku)
It was a budget priced title that had you shooting at a variety of targets with "over 100" licensed and recreated firearms that players could use.
A small bit from Jeff Gerstmann's review (while still at GameSpot):
Once you get into the game, the only thing that really matters is the size of the magazine, since that will determine how frequently you'll have to reload. Things like weight and the length of the barrel could have played into the accuracy of the weapon, but if this game is trying to do that, it's doing a terrible job of it.(...)
While that might make this game sound attractive to the gun-owning family that's attempting to teach the valuable lessons of firearm safety to a minor, the incredibly monotonous gameplay and only passing references to the NRA and gun safety turn this into a horrid teaching tool. Most textbooks are more entertaining, and since the game doesn't let you reload the weapons or press the safety, you don't learn much.
While that might make this game sound attractive to the gun-owning family that's attempting to teach the valuable lessons of firearm safety to a minor, the incredibly monotonous gameplay and only passing references to the NRA and gun safety turn this into a horrid teaching tool. Most textbooks are more entertaining, and since the game doesn't let you reload the weapons or press the safety, you don't learn much.
Despite how terrible a game it is, the fact remains that the NRA has a role embedded within the very culture and media it's trying to place the blame on for why gun violence occurs in our society. Congratulations, your group is nothing but a bunch of hypocrites.
(via Kotaku)
