The Murder Game

Union Square, NYC
Various dates, 2023 Since America ranks #1 in firearm homicides in high-income countries with populations over 10 million, we made a matching game to celebrate our accomplishment! The rules of the Murder Game are simple - a player flips over the blood drops to try to match the locations and body-counts of various mass shooting events! The winner gets a letter to a replublican governmnet person (take your pick)




    Video by Michaela Seah
    Recorded April 22nd, 2023 at Union Square, NYC









    1. Route 91 Harvest music festival, Las Vegas, October 2, 2017: 60 killed, more than 850 injured.
    2. Pulse, Orlando, Fla., June 2016: 49 killed and 53 injured.
    3. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., April 2007: 32 killed and 17 injured on campus.
    4. Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Conn., December 2012: 26 killed.
    5. First Baptist Church, Sutherland Springs, Texas, November 2017: 26 killed and 20 injured.
    6. Luby's Cafeteria, Killeen, Texas, October 1991: 23 killed.
    7. Walmart, El Paso, Texas, August 3, 2019: 23 killed, 26 injured.
    8. McDonald's, San Ysdiro, Calif., July 1984: 21 killed.
    9. Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022: 21 killed.
    10. Schemengees Bar & Sparetime Recreation, Lewiston, Maine, October 2023: 18 killed and at least 13 injured.
    11. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Fla., February 2018: 17 killed.
    12. University of Texas Tower, Austin, Texas, August 1966: 16 killed on campus.
    13. Inland Regional Center, San Bernardino, Calif., December 2015: 14 killed.
    14. Edmond post office, Edmond, Okla., August 1986: 14 killed.
    15. Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas, November 2009: 13 killed.
    16. Columbine High School, Littleton, Colo., April 1999: 13 killed.
    17. Binghamton Civic Association, Binghamton, N.Y., April 2009: 13 killed.
    18. New Jersey neighborhood and local shops, Camden, N.J, September 1949: 13 killed.
    19. Schoolhouse Lane and Heather Highlands Mobile Home Village, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., September 1982: 13 killed.
    20. Wah Mee club in the Louisa hotel, Seattle, Wash., February 1983: 13 killed.
    21. Century 16 movie theater, Aurora, Colo., July 2012: 12 killed, 58 wounded.
    22. Star Ballroom Dance Studio, Monterey Park, Calif., January, 2023: 12 killed, 9 injured.
    23. Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., September 2013: 12 killed, 8 wounded.
    24. The Borderline Bar & Grill, Thousand Oaks, Calif., November 2018: 12 killed.
    25. Virginia Beach Municipal Center, Virginia Beach, Va., May 2019: 12 killed.

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