Posts tagged SCMRPG

Columbine game blocked from receiving Slamdance special jury prize

by Kyle Orland (Jan 31st 2007 2:45PM)

When Slamdance festival director Peter Baxter removed Super Columbine Massacre RPG as a finalist in the festival's Guerrila Gamemaker Competition, he probably thought it would be the last time he would have to block the game from consideration for an award. As it so happened, though, Baxter found ...

Slamdance left "half empty" over Super Columbine controversy [update 1]

by Kyle Orland (Jan 29th 2007 11:15AM)

Smatbomb co-author Heather Chaplin attended the Slamdance Guerrilla Game Maker Competition for the New York Times and reported on the "half empty" rows of folding chairs and "uncomfortable quiet" that permeated the whole proceeding. The cause of this melancholy, of course, was the decision by ...

Slamdance treats games as kid-centric

by Ross Miller (Jan 5th 2007 5:55PM)

Take a look at the finalists for the 2007 Slamdance Guerilla Gamemakers Competition and notice how only one game even remotely tackles a controversial subject, Super Columbine Massacre RPG. That game has subsequently been dropped from the running. And like that, we are reminded how video games are ...