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The Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors has issued a statement decrying the development of a video game that lets the player take on the role of a student who, a la Columbine or Virginia Tech, shoots up classrooms and campuses before killing him- or herself. The game, "School Shooter: North American Tour 2012" is being developed as a modification of Source, a 3D game environment, and its pending development has been gaining notoriety among campus student affairs and legal officials, though they have debated whether drawing attention to the product might lend it credence. The statement from the counseling directors group calls on the makers of the game to stop its production. "As campus mental health professionals who first hand experience the tragedy and devastation that occurs in the aftermath of campus violence," it says, "AUCCCD believes the production of such products is most deplorable and unfortunate."
