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The arrest earlier this week of a teen accused of plotting a massacre at his school in Tampa has put computer game Super Columbine Massacre RPG back in the spotlight. More »
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It looks like tempest in a teapot role-playing game Super Columbine Massacre RPG has reared its ugly head again this week, with Florida deputies looking into why the game may have popped up on the computer of a teen who vowed to blow up his high school and "break the record of Columbine and Virginia Tech." More »
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This past weekend I spoke on a panel at the Denver Film Festival to about Playing Columbine. The documentary is by and about Danny Ledonne and his game Super Columbine Massacre RPG!. Ledonne, myself and movie critic Bob Denerstein were the panelists. While we talked a bit about Ledonne's game and the reasons behind his making it, we also were able to use the example to jump into a broader discussion of games as art and whether games can deal with serious issues. More »
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Next weekend I'll be heading out to the Denver Film Festival to talk about the relationship of video games and real world violence with Columbine Super Massacre RPG creator Danny Ledonne. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5090773&view=rss&microfeed=true I've always held that Danny Ledonne made the game based on the massacre at Columbine High School out of a sense of outrage. It was, I believed, a way for him to deal with the shooter and its aftermath. But the more Ledonne makes himself the center of the story, they less I believe that. In his latest work, Ledonne has created a documentary about the aftermath of his game about the aftermath of the massacre. Judging by the rather short trailer, it feels like the documentary is a little too much about Ledonne and not enough about the very real and complicated issues involving both the shooting and the idea of tacking serious subject matters with video games. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=284027&view=rss&microfeed=true In preparation for its appearance as a finalist at Slamdance 2007, Danny Ledonne has put together an interesting trailer for his game Super Columbine Massacre RPG! The clip includes snippets from the game as well as sound clips from the many radio and TV interviews and discussions of the game and some quotes from the games' reviews. Brian Crecente More »
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Ian Bogost points out that Super Columbine Massacre RPG creator Danny LeDonne, who I've written quite a bit about, was recently on San Diego public radio (KPBS) to talk about violent videogames. More »
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By: Brian Crecente More »
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A week after writing about Super Columbine Massacre RPG in the Rocky Mountain News, the game's creator was unmasked by a friend of one of the Columbine survivors. More »
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