The film “La Decima Vittima” or “The Tenth Victim” was
directed by Elio Petri and released in 1965. If it was quite an unusual film
which also sparked a new type of game that was played students in many
university campuses.
The film is based in a future society where contract
killings are legal and considered an actual profession. Additionally, those who
were the best at were also treated like celebrities. People would be able to
register for this profession and they would then be given the name and picture
of their target and they would have to kill them. However, all of the targets
given were other participants so everyone would be both a hunter and the prey.
This film led to an explosion of a new genre of pervasive
games that was played by students on many different university campuses,
assassination games. One popular assassination game is called “Killer” which
follows a similar structure where all players are both hunters and being
hunted. However, players do not actually kill each other but can use various
other non-harmful weapons such as Nerf guns and water balloons.
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