Unleash Your Inner Bully
Rockstar Games, the company that created the ultra-violent, ultra-popular Grand Theft Auto titles, brings you Bully, in which the central character either punishes or sticks up for the little guys in school. Some are worried it's a "Columbine simulator," but those fears appear to be unfounded.
Rockstar Games, the company that created the ultra-violent, ultra-popular Grand Theft Auto titles, brings you Bully, in which the central character either punishes or sticks up for the little guys in school. Some are worried it’s a “Columbine simulator,” but those fears appear to be unfounded.
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Bully, which is set for release in October, already has attracted criticism, sight unseen. Some have expressed fears that the game is “a Columbine simulator,” a reference to the deadly 1999 shootings at a Colorado high school.
From a two-hour exclusive preview of Bully, the “Columbine simulator” fear appears to be meritless. There are no guns in the game and no killing. Schoolyard fisticuffs are a central element, but there is no blood or black eyes, and nobody seems to get seriously hurt.
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