Columbine RPG Kickout Has Repercussions

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 9, 2007 @07:46AM from the feel-the-burn dept.

As a direct result of the removal of the Columbine RPG from the Slamdance game competition, two games (so far) have pulled out of the judging process. The Forge has extensive commentary on the first pullout (the game Braid), as well as the removal of fl0w from the competition. From the article: "Regardless of the artistic merit, the facts as I understand them are that Slamdance had actively courted the creator of SCM RPG! to enter it into the festival, which then judged it to be a finalist before bending over for the corporations and shredding their credibility by removing it from the competition. Imagine Dominoes Pizza deciding it objected to the theme of Brokeback Mountain and told the Academy Awards to remove it. Imagine them doing it after it was already a finalist."

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good for them by spykemail · 2007-01-09 07:52 · Score: 5, Insightful

Good for them. When you give in to pressure from big business to censor you lose all of your credibility.

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Speaking of Brokeback Mountain by AssCork · 2007-01-09 07:53 · Score: 5, Funny

When the hell is that game coming out?

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