Thoughts on "Bowman 2"

I decided to find a violent, free online flash game and play it once through. I then spent 5 full minutes writing down anything that came to my mind.

Bowman 2

My first question is why? Why would somebody create this game? I know that games are fun and people are supposed to play them in order to pass their time or just get out their stress but this seems like a weird and bizarre way to do that. Stress relief from shooting a stationary stick figure man with an arrow? Is this supposed to relate to the old-tyme duels where people would walk ten paces away from each other and shoot their guns? The bodies in the game are standing fountains of red. When an arrow hits at a certain point on the body, the red either flows or just trickles. Is the faucet always turned on full? Blood conservation is not an issue with stick figures. A realistic game would have the stick men clutch their necks after being impaled by these long wooden bullets. If by clutching their neck and saving some blood they survived, would the game end? Would the stick figures realize how stupid their game is? Would they be mad at the creators? I know that if I were fighting a battle anywhere near the battle of the dueling stick figures, I would certainly be angry. Why is there no option in the game to walk away from the other guy? Or maybe to walk up to him and say, “Hey, can we talk this out? We’re just two stick figures trying to live in our stick worlds.” That would be an ideal game, conflicts actually solved. Why fight fire with fire when a simple trickle of water can do the trick?