Editing JFK Reloaded (section)

== Reception ==
''JFK Reloaded'' was denounced by several public figures: David Smith, a spokesman for Ted Kennedy, stated simply that "It's despicable."<ref name="The Independent" /><ref name="BBC News" /> Senator [[Joe Lieberman]] was "sickened" by the game, according to his spokesman Casey Aden-Wansbury.<ref name="PC World" /> Politician [[John Kasich]] discussed the game in his book ''[[Stand for Something: The Battle for America's Soul]]'' in a segment about graphic content in mainstream video games: "I'm telling you, ''despicable'' doesn't even begin to describe some of these things."<ref name="Stand for Something" /> The [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] passed a resolution condemning it.<ref name="Eurogamer" /> Presidential historian G. Calvin Mackenzie considered ''JFK Reloaded'' to be "in incredibly bad taste" and noted that "marketing it as an educational tool seems to stretch the notion of education beyond belief".<ref name="The Independent" /><ref name="UPI" /> The game was attacked by members of the public online, on television, and in print media.<ref name="NYTimes" /> Ewing claimed to have received [[death threat]]s.<ref name="Eurogamer" /> He responded that the controversy was "understandable given the fact that many people were alive at that time and still have vivid memories of the event" but stated that ''JFK Reloaded'' neither condoned nor glorified the event.<ref name="The Independent" /><ref name="IGN" /> In retrospect, Ewing said he regretted tying a cash prize to killing Kennedy, saying that he had been "naïve" and had "underestimated the deepness of affection for Kennedy held by many American people".<ref name="Eurogamer" />

''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''{{'}}s [[Clive Thompson (journalist)|Clive Thompson]] lauded ''JFK Reloaded'' for its realistic bullet physics and labeled it a "remarkable" physics simulation. However, he stated that the game was a "nauseating" experience because it saw the player shoot and kill real people, some of whom still had living relatives, as opposed to other games. He further felt that ''JFK Reloaded'' did not aim at provoking the [[catharsis]] other works of art brought about.<ref name="Slate" /> [[Jefferson Morley]], in his editorial for ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'', cited an "undeniable appeal" to the game's re-enactment of the assassination and the "antisocial pleasure" he associated with it. He cited the ability to give the killing a motive as part of this appeal.<ref name="Salon" /> The [[review aggregator]] website [[Metacritic]] calculated a [[weighted average]] rating of 69/100, indicating "mixed or average reviews", based on four critic reviews.<ref name="Metacritic" /> Fans of ''JFK Reloaded'' asked Traffic Games to also produce a game that simulated the [[death of Diana, Princess of Wales]].<ref name="Eurogamer" />