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| - A video game by Rockstar Games following in the footsteps of Grand Theft Auto, combining the Wide Open Sandbox and questionable moral alignment of GTA with the fantasy of besting (or, if you prefer, beating up) The Bully who made your own school years hell. The game follows Jimmy's ongoing battle as he takes on each clique one at a time to try to tranquilize them. In 2008 Bully: Scholarship Edition was released for the Xbox 360, PC, and Wii. This version featured a few exclusive missions, extra classes, new outfits and some minor improvements to the graphics.
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| - A video game by Rockstar Games following in the footsteps of Grand Theft Auto, combining the Wide Open Sandbox and questionable moral alignment of GTA with the fantasy of besting (or, if you prefer, beating up) The Bully who made your own school years hell. Jimmy Hopkins, a 15 year old boy with a troubled past and a face like a dog who's just been kicked, is left at Bullworth Academy while his mom (on her 5th marriage) and new stepdad are gone on a year long honeymoon cruise. Expelled repeatedly, Bullworth is pretty much his last stop before Juvenile Hall, and he can't afford to get in trouble again. Unfortunately, trouble finds him the second he steps inside the school gates, when three bullies attack him. Jimmy makes two friends, shy everykid Petey Kowalski, and scheming sociopath Gary Smith. He finds out that the school is in constant turmoil due to the feuding of five cliques: The Bullies, The Nerds, The Preppies, The Greasers, and The Jocks. The cliques hate each other and pretty much everyone outside their social circle. The teachers are mostly aloof and apathetic at best, and downright corrupt at worst. School Principal Dr. Crabblesnitch ignores the bullying that goes on, calling it "school spirit." The game follows Jimmy's ongoing battle as he takes on each clique one at a time to try to tranquilize them. When the game was first announced, Moral Guardians Jack Thompson took issue with this game. Well, of course he did. Finding out that the game was a lot less violent than the Grand Theft Auto series (no blood, let alone death) didn't stop him; maybe he just wanted to maintain his image of hatred for Rockstar. Other Moral Guardians claimed the game was going to let kids think bullying was cool. However, the storyline of the game encourages standing up for those too weak to stand up for themselves, and treats hitting girls, authority figures, and children as the worst crimes you can commit (then again, one mission involves helping the cafeteria lady rape a male teacher). In 2008 Bully: Scholarship Edition was released for the Xbox 360, PC, and Wii. This version featured a few exclusive missions, extra classes, new outfits and some minor improvements to the graphics. In 2009, scorer Shawn Lee suggested that a sequel was in the works. In November 2011, Dan Houser of Rockstar Games mentioned a potential Bully sequel in an interview about Max Payne 3. The interview, while promising, stated that work on Bully 2 certainly wouldn't begin until after Max Payne 3 was finished.
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