Super Columbine Massacre RPG: Is there really any good in it?

Posted Mar 14, 2007 at 1:04AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Tags: Danny Ledonne, Google
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Super Columbine Massacre RPG - Image 1As repugnant as it may sound to a lot of people, an independent developer actually created a game based on the Columbine massacre called Super Columbine Massacre RPG and is now one of the most recognized game developers in the world. It may sound strange, but the site Game Sutra actually cited reasons why we owe the game in ways we didn't think we should.

In fact, the 8-bit dramatization of the tragic events more than half a decade ago has already been downloaded over 400,000 times by gamers around the world. The game shows up fifth when you enter the keyword "Columbine game" at Google and generates more than a million web pages regarding it.

SCMRPG has stolen the attention of the media with its content - a remarkable feat when you consider that the game was made with a budget smaller than what it takes to buy an old game on sale. The controversy it generated pleased the game community but invoked the ire of Orients and activist groups nationwide and across the internet.

Game Sutra, however, gave Super Columbine Massacre RPG some credit for upholding the nature of electronic games as an art form and for spawning an alternative take on game design. Like any other medium- music, film or print- video games are avenues by which creativity is displayed and allowed to reach audiences for appreciation.

"It's weird being a "celebrity;" I get autograph requests and death threats... all for an 8-bit videogame." says Danny Ledonne, creator of Super Columbine Massacre RPG in response to what the game has done for him. He and a lot of other gamers claim that there is misjudgement in how the game is viewed.

Those who have played SCMRPG explain that the game does not glorify violence, but instead gives an artist's perspective of what transpired that day, much like how a true-to-life flick plays out. We don't know for sure what Ledonne's motive for the game creation actually is, but we also say that the points raised are valid and the game does deserve the benefit of the doubt. Follow the read URL to see and judge for yourself what message the game really conveys.

 
 
 

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by nc - 2007-03-14 00:19
» Have it.

I have played it and it is pretty fun actually....

by wow - 2007-03-14 06:45
» are you kidding me.

What a sick world we live in. Columbine was one of the most horrible events in the history of all time... So you people that download and play this game for enjoyment are sick. Just sick. Do people have hearts anymore?

by ... - 2007-03-14 08:35
» what?

now, admittedly, it was terrible, but "one of the most horrible events in the history of all time"? hardly. I'd say ANY war beats this. the Oklahoma City bombing, 911, the holocaust, slavery in early america, the spread of small pox to the native americans, the killing off the mayans, the extinction of the dinosaurs, the ice age... the list goes on and on...

by fu - 2007-03-14 10:24
» You an asshat

This game isn't glorifying what happened, it's not disrespecting the victims and it's not underplaying the events by turning it into a "game". It's telling the horrible story from a different and interactive view. Like someone else said, just about every war is more horrible than what happened at Columbine and guess what? Every major war has it's own video game as well! You don't see vets picketing and complaining about it, in-fact they often help out to make it as authentic as possible.

by Seldon - 2007-03-14 12:58
» Maybe...

nobody remembered this day if there wasnt a game about it. I didnt played it, but theres movies, books about all that things. Maybe the victims wants a movie to fill their pockets, or books or who knows what.



Just be happy that the people dont forget about what happened instead bashing someone.

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