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Game over for Crocodile Hunter
By David Watson & Jo Bennett, Auckland | Monday, 18 September, 2006


Game over for Crocodile Hunter

Just how do you say goodbye to someone as unique as Australia’s Steve Irwin, whose death even kids are mourning. One controversial tribute is an online game that is circulating by email, called Terri Irwin’s Revenge.

http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=4494&rtn=index-topten

http://www.mofunzone.com/online_games/terri_irwin_s_revenge.shtml

It has Steve’s widow firing at stingrays underwater — sadly, some people have taken to doing similar in real life. The aim of the game is to kill as many of the sea-beasts as possible.

Not surprisingly, the game has been slammed as being in bad taste, although its originators say “The game is intended as a memorial and not a funny parody”.

RIP Steve

We can see why not everyone might view it that way though, especially as the creators’ websites (there’s more than one such game) usually carry advertising, so it all looks suspiciously like a money-making game.

We reckon Steve would probably have appreciated some of the jokes currently circulating about him, but certainly not a sea-creature- killing game. As he always warned: venturing into wild territory is a life-risking choice.

[lindsey_marshall00]

The good news is that the Terri Irwin game has been removed.

[reptilehunter]

It makes me sick to see how some people jump right out there to make money and/or get attention to some ones misery!!! Kontraband.com refuses to take it off and has to full game online to play. I have personally written a letter to kontraband requesting the game be pulled. If you feel the same I recommend you email them too with your comments.