Online game on Kasab taps pulse of violence

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Offering a chance to “hang” the terrorist as many times as one can in a given time frame, an online flash game portal has come up with a game called Hang Kasab. The game starts with Kasab running around a rope giving a chance to gamers to hang the terrorist with just a click of the mouse.
However (with due respect to the emotions of 351 registered gamers in the game’s discussion forum) it is interesting to see that none of the posts have expressed any concern about the game for glorifying violence and gruesome instinct.
A post on the forum by a user named Chetansawade reads, “kasab ko India ke hawale kar do...uska kiya karna hain ye bat desh ka bachcha bachcha janta hain…sirf ek bar woh sabke haath lag jaye zindagi mein fir koi kasab paida nahi hoga….”
Though the spokesperson of the game portal was not available for comment, the game hasn’t come under fire even from the advocates of “violent games foster anti-social behaviour” notion (unlike games such as Grand Theft Auto and God Of War).
“We understand that it came up as a tool to ventilate frustration and anger against the terrorist, but it is putting across a wrong message. On a personal front, though Kasab has been sentenced to death on many counts, it is not good news even for India and its libertarian values. I think there should be some monitoring of cyber space, and this game is definitely one of them,” opines psychologist Dr Deepali Kapoor of Apollo Hospitals.
Considering the game’s difficulty levels, more than opting to hang Kasab with the click of the mouse, it’s the other challenging games, which today’s young gamers prefer online.
“One shouldn’t take this game seriously, as it was designed keeping in mind, the immediate response of the Indian janta after the attack. I am sure slowly it will be pushed to the background as there are many challenging and exciting games on the Web for gamers to indulge in,” says Avinash Kaushik, a 25-year-old web-designer and an ardent online gamer.