Games: Video_Games: Roleplaying: S: Super_Columbine_Massacre

Games: Video_Games: Roleplaying: S: Super_Columbine_Massacre_RPG

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Google Video Run-through
Hour-long condensed video of gameplay from start to finish, including all hidden cut scenes, but with abbreviated combat.

ManifestoGames.com Review
"This is not a glamorization of the murderers, nor yet a trivialization of the tragedy; it is a work of serious artistic intent and accomplishment, based on considerable research, that in fact illuminates and reflects the horror of that day."

Super Columbine Massacre RPG
Official website for the game, including artist's statement, discussion board, trailer, and links to press coverage.

Wikipedia: Super Columbine Massacre RPG
Encyclopedia article on the game.

Why You Owe the Columbine RPG
Overview of controversy and media discourse surrounding the game, and their positive effects. [Gamasutra] (March 13, 2007)

How Real Is Too Real?
Column about the Slamdance Guerilla Gamemaker Competition's president removing the game from the finals, and nearly half of the other finalists withdrawing in protest. By Mike Musgrove. [Washington Post] (January 17, 2007)

Columbine Game Kicked From Competition
Slamdance president Peter Baxter pulled the game from finals of the Slamdance Guerilla Games Competition, reportedly due to outside pressure. [Kotaku] (January 5, 2007)

Slamdance: Columbine Pulled on Moral Grounds
"Festival president Peter Baxter says that he made the decision free of any outside pressure based on moral grounds and concern for the future of the organization." [Kotaku] (January 5, 2007)

Columbine, Videogames as Expression, and Ineffability
Essay on this game and the conflict between artistic expression and a culture that would rather not talk about anything uncomfortable. [Water Cooler Games] (May 21, 2006)

A Sick Video Game About Columbine
Brent Bozell attacks the game's author as a "deeply disturbed jerk", "a warped individual", and a "pompous hypocrite and a coward". [Parents Television Council] (May 18, 2006)

Game Reopens Columbine Wounds
Balanced article including interviews with victims' families, survivors, and game's creator. [Rocky Mountain News] (May 16, 2006)

Q&A: Creator of Super Columbine Massacre RPG
Interview with the game's author about why and how he wrote it, the game's purpose, reactions to it, and whether any subjects are taboo for games. [Rocky Mountain News] (May 16, 2006)

Columbine Survivor Talks About Columbine RPG
Interview with Richard Castaldo, paralyzed victim of the Columbine shooting, about his reactions upon downloading and playing the game. [Kotaku] (May 6, 2006)

King Lud IC Article
"If we can't have the guts as artists to stand up and make a controversial statement with our medium, we don't deserve to have it." (April 26, 2006)

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