1378 (km)

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1378 (km)
Game / Engine : Half-Life 2 / Source Engine
Type : Total conversion
Genre : Ego shooter
Developer : Jens M. Stober
Game modes: Multiplayer
Current version :
First published : December 10, 2010
Project status : completed
Language (s) : German
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1378 (km) is a mod for the computer game Half-Life 2 , which was developed by Jens M. Stober, a media art student at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe , and is intended to simulate the situation on the border between the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany . The name is derived from the length of the border . The game was originally supposed to be released on the Day of German Unity ; after protests, the publication was postponed to December 10, 2010.

Gameplay

Up to 16 players can play at 1378 (km) from the point of view of a soldier of the border troops of the GDR in 1976. But it is possible from there to slip into the role of a refugee from the republic . The shooting of a refugee is rewarded with an order of merit of the GDR , but immediately afterwards punished with an end to the game by a wall rifle trial in 2000.

criticism

Victims' associations and scientists described the game as tasteless and unsuitable for didactic purposes. A ban on the game was requested. In a statement, the professors in charge defended the game, which was very well received in Cuba, which is in a similar situation to the former GDR, and has only become a scandal in Germany because of political correctness and common sense as a meeting of first-person shooters and shooting orders be. On December 10, 2010, a public discussion event took place at the Karlsruhe University of Design, at which victims and victims' associations also had their say. At the end of the two-hour event, Vice-Rector Uwe Hochmuth emphasized that the HfG Karlsruhe was still open to a dialogue with the victims. The premiere evening laid the foundation for an objectification of the discussion.

The public prosecutor investigated the author of the game on suspicion that the game violated human dignity, played down or glorified violence. The investigation was discontinued because there were no suspicions of criminal behavior.

success

The game was shown in exhibitions in museums such as the Center for Art and Media , Museum for New Art , Nam June Paik Art Center in South Korea, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany , DOX Prague or the Goethe Institute worldwide as part of a traveling exhibition see. The game was downloaded about 50,000 times in the first two months after it was released, which even resulted in a server crashing on the day of release. According to the company, the modification has been downloaded 750,000 times since then.

Media coverage

literature

  • DOX Prague (ed.): Luciferuv efekt: Stretunuti se ziem / The Lucifer Effect: Encountering Evil. Curated by Jaroslav Andel. Exhibition catalog. Prague 2011. ISBN 978-80-87446-12-6
  • Hans Belting , Andrea Buddensieg, Peter Weibel (Eds.): The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art World. Exhibition catalog. The Mit Press. Karlsruhe 2013. ISBN 978-0-262-51834-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Computer game premiere "1378 (km)" postponed, statement of the Rectorate of the State University of Design Karlsruhe. (No longer available online.) Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, archived from the original on April 14, 2013 ; accessed on July 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Jan Kluczniok: Shooting orders suspended: GDR shooter 1378 (km) withdrawn. (No longer available online.) In: Netzwelt. October 1, 2010, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on July 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Sébastien Bonset: 1378 (km) - border flight as a game under criticism. (No longer available online.) In: t3n. December 10, 2010, archived from the original on August 21, 2016 ; accessed on July 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / t3n.de
  4. ^ Peter Steinlechner: Action on the "anti-fascist protective wall". In: Golem.de. September 29, 2010, accessed July 1, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Shooting game with wall shooters. In: Stern.de. September 29, 2010, accessed July 1, 2017 .
  6. ^ Christian Fritz Schneider: "Wall Shooter" - Criminal charges against developers of "1378 km"? In: GameStar. September 30, 2010, accessed July 1, 2017 .
  7. ↑ 1378km, statement by Professors Michael Bielicky and Heiner Mühlmann. (No longer available online.) Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, archived from the original on August 5, 2012 ; accessed on July 1, 2017 .
  8. ↑ "1378 (km)" - investigations discontinued. In: FOCUS Online. February 1, 2011, accessed July 1, 2017 .
  9. ↑ ZKM_Gameplay | 06/21/2013 to 08/03/2014 | ZKM. Retrieved July 1, 2017 .
  10. ↑ GLOBALE: Global Games | 08/11/2015 to 04/17/2016 | ZKM. Retrieved July 1, 2017 .
  11. ^ Silke Altvater: 1378 (km), 2010. Jens M. Stober - The Global Contemporary. Retrieved July 1, 2017 .
  12. ↑ New Gameplay | 07/20/2016 to 02/17/2017 | ZKM. Retrieved July 1, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Art students from 2011. Accessed July 1, 2017 .
  14. ^ Games and Politics | November 16, 2016 to January 15, 2017 | ZKM. Retrieved July 1, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Are youth advocates stopping the disgusting death strip game? In: Bild.de. December 15, 2010, accessed July 1, 2017 .
  16. ↑ 1378 km: Rush to the controversial GDR shooting game. In: DiePresse.com. December 15, 2010, accessed July 1, 2017 .