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When tragedies such as the recent massacre in Oslo, Norway occur, the first place many look to lay blame is in the video games the perpetrators played. According to clinical psychologist Christopher Ferguson, when white males kill and games are blamed, there may be racism at play. More »
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Last Thursday, Brazil was visited by its own Columbine massacre. 23-year-old Wellington Menezes de Oliveira opened up fire at a school in Rio de Janeiro killing 12 pupils and injuring 13 others, aged between 12- and 14-years-old. Wellington killed himself minutes later, after being shot by a policeman. The country was shocked—and then the witch hunt started. It was almost inevitable that like Columbine before, video games were fingered by some looking for a simple explanation. More »
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What kind of video game would proudly promote the option to wield Columbine shooter Eric Harris' TEC-9 and Virgina Tech killer Seung-Hui Cho's akimbo pistols while embarking on a murderous rampage? The unashamed School Shooter: North American Tour 2012, a new game mod "dedicated to being the best school shooting experience an angsty little shit could ever experience." More »
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Two days from the 10th anniversary of Columbine, Salon's David Sirota writes that "our national discussion about violence hasn't yet matured past gun control and video games." More »
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Columbine: A True Crime Story offers a fresh perspective on the Columbine shooting, digging into the intricate web of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold's lives, from video games to team sports, and how they went from cub scouts to killers. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5146097&view=rss&microfeed=true I posted an interesting Q&A with Danny LeDonne, the guy who created the Super Columbine Massacre RPG, earlier today. In it LeDonne talks about his reaction to finding out his game has been linked to the shooting spree at Dawson College in Montreal. More »
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The private diaries of Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold have been published on the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News websites as a 945-page PDF, and include references to inspirations ranging from Nazism, terrorist attacks, world wars and riots, to DOOM and Duke Nukem. More »
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As a follow up to my interview with Columbine survivor Richard Costaldo about Super Columbine Massacre RPG, I wrote a story about the game for the Rocky Mountain News. More »
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I haven't had a chance to play Super Columbine Massacre RPG, despite it having been released last year, so don't expect any commentary from me. From the screen shots showing SNES-quality pixelated libraries in flames and Final Fantasy-eqsue dialog screens, one could presume it's a tasteless riff on the actions of the two screwed up kids who killed several of their classmates, but according to Water Cooler Games it's a "worthwhile effort, and one truly unique to videogames as a medium." More »
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