Released a few months after the Columbine school shootings, Pico's School drops you, as Pico, into a school that's just been shot up and taken over by angsty goth kids who like KMFDM. You play a graphical-adventure game to defeat them, interspersed with arcade-style boss fights. There are aliens also. Somewhat ambiguous what the commentary is; it was controversial at the time for supposedly making light of the tragedy through farcical elements or even appealing to disaffected teens. On a less newsgamey note, it was also the game that launched the reputation of Newgrounds, as well as an impressive technical achievement given the limitations of 1999-era Flash 3 that had made previous Flash games not nearly as interactive.