Chinese go online to torture, kill corrupt officials
AFP, August, 2007
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BEIJING (AFP) — An online game in which players can torture and kill corrupt officials that a Chinese local government set up to teach people about the perils of graft is proving a roaring success, state media said Thursday.
"Incorruptible Fighter", developed by the government of east China's Zhejiang province, was launched just over a week ago and is already so popular that it is being redesigned to accommodate more players, the China Daily said.
"I feel a great sense of achievement when I punish lots of evil officials," one gamer surnamed Sun was quoted as saying.
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The game, which lets players get ahead by killing officials by means of "weapons, magic or torture," has been downloaded more than 100,000 times, the Southern Metropolitan Daily said.
The different game scenarios are based on well-known incidents taken from Chinese history, but the parallels in modern China of people struggling ...
