Targeting...

Yes, it might be some of the same people complaining about this that as complain about Doom3 or Half-Life 2, but what I find funny is the number of normally unconcerned people (and by people, I mean journalists) who are suddenly outraged about this.

Is it in poor taste, yes. Is it done that way to sell more copies of the game, big yes. Is it exactly the same gamepaly as in Doom3 and Half-Life 2, in that you are shooting people with a gun, a lot? Yes, yes it is.

But the target in this case makes it different. Someone who was famous, who really died, and who was known and "loved" by millions is, it seems, more important than the mindless zombies or humans acting as hired guns mowed down by the truckload in other videogames. But isn't this the same act? Shooting someone? Killing another sentient creature, however abstract the presentation and actions? Does it even matter if it isn't "real"?