jebbers Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Developers protest Slamdance's yanking of Columbine game 18 comments by Reverend Anthony on 01.09.2007 Super Columbine Massacre RPG, the independently-made PC game based on the school shooting in Littleton, Colorado was yanked from the Slamdance Guerilla Gamemaker Competition a few days ago due to overwhelming controversy surrounding the title's entry. In protest, several developers have yanked their games from the contest, including Jonathan Blow's Braid, Jonathan Mak's Everyday Shooter, and Kellee Santiago's flOw, and pretty much all of them have posted open letters to Slamdance on their blogs. Jonathan Mak says it best: "The game lacks compassion, and I find the Artist's Statement disingenuous. But despite this, the game does have redeeming value. It does provoke important thoughts, and it does push the boundaries of what games are about. It is composed with more of an eye toward art than most games. Clearly, it belongs at the festival." Danny Ledonne, creator of SCMRPG, states that his game exists to initiate conversation, present the events of Columbine from the perspective of the boys, and push the boundaries of what a video game can be. This sounds really great until you actually play the game and find it to be a more or less completely uncompassionate portrayal of the suffering that happened that day. Not to mention the entire second half of the game is one big joke that directly contradicts whatever artistic credibility the game may have earned for itself in the first half (after shooting themselves, the boys go to hell and meet Mario, Mega Man, and Pikachu. They then fight monsters from Doom and then finally Satan, who looks exactly like he does in South Park). But even so, did the game deserve to be pulled? No. Regardless of how full of BS Ledonne's excuse for the game is, it does inspire a lot of discussion, it does successfully portray the events of that day through the eyes of Harris and Klebold, and it does redefine what a video game can be. But what do you think? Comment.[/Quote] Columbine RPG Why oh why would some f***tard go and make a game out of this?? Only thing missing is Tack Jhompson. I for one am NOT going to support this mockery of the people that died or those that lost people in the shooting. The people that made this game should be assassinated, or just kicked many times in the balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Master Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I'm with you, who will be high or stupid enough to even allow this game to get in a competition, and the person who gave the idea should be put in jail, along with all the competitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 The people that made this game should be assassinated, or just kicked many times in the balls. I think the same about anyone who makes a game about WWII but loads of people play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I think the same about anyone who makes a game about WWII but loads of people play them. That's apples and oranges though. To compare a game about the columbine tragedy to WWII, you'd have to be playing a concentration camp guard whos job it is to snuff as many jews as possible. To the games creators, I say: Way to go @$$holes. Give the politicians something else to bitch about and make us all suffer for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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