Snappy newsletters. Simple Facebook sharing. Spirited comments. Sweet features are waiting… GET THEM NOW!

iPhone App Offers School Shooter Game

Critics wonder how, why Apple approved

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 20, 2009 11:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – A new iPhone game that glorifies school shootings somehow got through the Apple screeners, PC World reports. “Zombie School,” from the just-as-politically-incorrect company Retarded Arts, lets players pick off “zombie” cheerleaders, principals, and quarterbacks from atop a “zombie shooting tower.” Worse, adds TechCrunch, is the fact that the developer is touting the game on forums by pretending to be a user who was “shocked” at a game “promoting school shooting.”

A screen shot from Zombie School is shown.
A screen shot from Zombie School is shown.   (Retarded Arts)
A screen shot from Zombie School is shown.
A screen shot from Zombie School is shown.   (Retarded Arts)
A screen shot from Zombie School is shown.
A screen shot from Zombie School is shown.   (Retarded Arts)
A screen shot from Zombie School is shown.
A screen shot from Zombie School is shown.   (Retarded Arts)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
To report an error on this story, notify our editors.
A snapshot of the day's best news stories.
 
COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 4 comments
Unaffiliated
Jul 20, 2009 5:52 AM CDT
I have yet to see any statistics linking violent video games with real world violence. Yeah, this is a dumb idea for a game, but should it get so much attention from 3 high-traffic websites? Probably not.
2-bits
Jul 20, 2009 5:13 AM CDT
Reminds me of the Muslim Massacre debacle. The only difference is that that game was a satire of conservative Christians. Somehow, people managed to take a game where every Muslim wants to murder you and Osama Bin Ladin shoots fireballs out of his mouth and flies as an earnest attack on Muslims. The difference between that game and this game, of course, is that Zombie School made the unfortunate choice of releasing on a content controlled platform. No one should be censored because what they create makes people BAAWWWW, but these Zombie School idiots (and they are idiots) knew the risks.
OWLWOMANXXXX
Jul 20, 2009 5:07 AM CDT
WITH ALL THE GUNS AND GANG ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS THIS IS ALL WE NEED

More Newser Stories

Police Kill Gunman, 15, at Texas School

Google Tries Again with Gmail iPhone App

Apple Boots Developer Who Exposed Security Hole

Google+ App Now on iPhone

New iPhone Game Is 'the Future of Mobile Gaming'


NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS
Other Sites We Like:   24/7 Wall St.   |   Betty Confidential   |   BuzzFeed   |   Cracked   |   Fark   |   Timelines   |   The Frisky   |   Geek Sugar   |   NewsOne