Columbine Game Kicked From Slamdance Festival

Imaria writes "A Kotaku post has the news that Super Columbine Massacre RPG! has been kicked out of the Slamdance Gamemaker Festival. After reaching the finals, the organizers were forced to remove the game from the running to appease mounting external pressure. According to the post, this is the first time in the Slamdance Festival's 13 year history that they have removed either a game or film due to criticism. From the article: '[Game creator] Ledonne said that he bears no ill will toward the festival, but that the decision to pull the game does raise concerns about freedom of speech and video game development. "I don't want to paint them as the villain in this," he said. "I don't think the real issue is a couple of guys at Slamdance who decided to reject my game, it's the larger pressures placed on them."'"

Comments

Re:I say "good"

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm pretty sure freedom of speech was never meant to be used by people who show total disregard for
human tragedy, that happend so recently, in the name of entertainment and/or profit.

Shooting school children in a game is not a social study unless your studieng how to effectively desensitise
people against the murder of children.

Re:I say "good"

[Atheose]

Those hookers deserved it... bitches need to give daddy his money on time.