GUN Video Game

GUN is an action video game set in America's wild west of the 1880s that was developed by Neversoft, creators of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series, and published by Activision. GUN was well-received by professional video game reviewers, receiving the 2005 "Xbox 360 Action Game of the Year" Award from GameSpy.GameSpy: Xbox 360 Action Game of the Year

Play in the third person perspective as the game's protagonist, Colton "Cole" White, a Montana game hunter who supplies food and hides to the steamboats traveling the Missouri River. Travel the game's free-roaming environment on foot or horseback, taking on optional side missions that add to the basic storyline. Side missions include poker tournaments, cattle herding, law enforcement and bounty hunting. Available weapons include revolvers, rifles, shotguns, handheld explosives and bows. Throwing knives were added in the PSP version. Weapons and other items are upgraded with earnings from these assorted side missions.

The Association for American Indian Development objected to the game content, stating that the game contains "derogatory, harmful, and inaccurate depictions of American Indians."GameSpot: American Indian group boycotts Gun (February 1, 2006) The group circulated a petition on their website, demanding a product recall to edit these aspects of the game prior to its re-release.

Activision issued the following apolgy, but did not recall or edit the game: "Activision does not condone or advocate any of the atrocities that occurred in the American West during the 1800s. Gun was designed to reflect the harshness of life on the American frontier at that time. It was not Activision’s intention to offend any race or ethnic group with Gun, and we apologize to any who might have been offended by the game’s depiction of historical events which have been conveyed not only through video games but through films, television programming, books and other media."Joystiq: Activision issues apology, no plans to recall Gun (February 3, 2006)