| − | [[Anders Breivik]], the Norwegian gunman and bomber who killed 77 people in a terrible massacre in Oslo on July 22, 2011, was apparently very fond of the 2009 FPS (First Person Shooter) ''Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2'' (MW2). He considered it to be his "training" for the bloody act he was going to commit. In his "manifesto", he wrote that the videogame: "... is probably the best military simulator out there and it’s one of the hottest. I see MW2 more as part of my training-simulation than anything else."<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/8663329/Norway-Anders-Behring-Breivik-used-online-war-games-as-training.html</ref> | + | [[Anders Breivik]], the Norwegian gunman and bomber who killed 77 people in a terrible massacre in Oslo on July 22, 2011, was apparently very fond of the 2009 FPS (First Person Shooter) ''Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2'' (MW2). He considered it to be his "training" for the bloody act he was going to commit. In his "manifesto," he wrote that the videogame: "... is probably the best military simulator out there and it’s one of the hottest. I see MW2 more as part of my training-simulation than anything else."<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/8663329/Norway-Anders-Behring-Breivik-used-online-war-games-as-training.html</ref> |
| | In fact, the Utoya island massacre bears a striking resemblance to the fourth level of MW2, named ''No Russian''. In the level, the player takes control of a machine gun-armed gunman who has to shoot against helpless crowds in a Moscow airport, during an acknowledged terrorist act. Said level is extremely graphic and full of blood, panicking victims, screams and gore; many people in the airport raise their hands to try and surrender, but the player has to gun them down anyway; there is no reaction or foe to fight with during the massacre, save for harmless security guards that are easily dispatched, and all the player has to do is to keep firing with his machine gun against running crowds. | | In fact, the Utoya island massacre bears a striking resemblance to the fourth level of MW2, named ''No Russian''. In the level, the player takes control of a machine gun-armed gunman who has to shoot against helpless crowds in a Moscow airport, during an acknowledged terrorist act. Said level is extremely graphic and full of blood, panicking victims, screams and gore; many people in the airport raise their hands to try and surrender, but the player has to gun them down anyway; there is no reaction or foe to fight with during the massacre, save for harmless security guards that are easily dispatched, and all the player has to do is to keep firing with his machine gun against running crowds. |