The game got out of control.... — Nobody was really supposed to get hurt. The Dead Game was just something that Linnie, Ming,and Jackson made up senior year to get back at some people who definitely deserved it- the cheats,the liars,the put-down artists. To "kill" someone,you only had to embarrass them in public. But that's not what happened. The first target ended up in the hospital. More freak accidents followed-and then somebody wound up dead. The three friends quit playing the game-but the game wouldn't quit. The Dead Game wasn't just a game anymore.