Boothe

Boothe is a computer and video game created by Scottish company, Murphy Games and is set to be released in the spring coinciding with the new Grand Theft Auto game Grand Theft Auto IV. The game is a first person shooter that allows the gamer to recreate famous assassinations throughout history. Named after infamous Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, the game begins in the Ford's Theatre where the gamer must shoot the president and successfully escape on horseback through southern Maryland. Gamers can then pick from a variety of historical events from Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 to Leon Czolgosz's shooting of William McKinley in 1901, to Rasputin in Russia in 1916 and even the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E. Rumor has is that in an unlocked version of the game gamers can play out assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lennon.

Public Reaction
Although this game has not yet been released it is creating much public outcry. The game looks to trump a 2004 game by Traffic called JFK: Reloaded which allowed players to solely replay the Kennedy assassination and caused many to publicly condemn the game.

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