Playing Columbine trailer

	Duration: 03:20 minutes Upload Time: 07-09-01 03:10:37 User: tolka :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: On April 20th 1999, the United States was rocked by a horrific school shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. In the years to follow, many forms of media began to sort out the events of that day. Books were published. Films were made. Then in 2005, one Colorado man created an amateur videogame exploring the actions and possible motives of the two shooters. That game was downloaded over half a million times, became immensely controversial and brought a pressing question to the public discussion: we can read Columbine, we can watch Columbine, but can we play Columbine? Moreover, should we? In the documentary "Playing Columbine: a true story of videogame controversy," the history of "Super Columbine Massacre RPG!" is traced back to its inception, through the 2006 shooting at Dawson College in which the game was singled out by the media as a "murder simulator" that "trained" the shooter, and finally the game's removal from the list of finalists at the Slamdance 2007 Guerrilla Gamemaker Competition - prompting half the entries and a sponsor to pull out of the festival in protest. Clearly the game has polarized audiences worldwide, giving way to ardent defenders as well as staunch critics. More information at: http://www.playingcolumbine.com
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6The6Deadman6 ::: Favorites I have played this game, and this game was meant to be a learning tool. Not a "SIMULATOR" like retards like Jack Thompson say, not a "RE ENACMENT", a Learning tool. The fact that people are ignorant enough to blame VIDEO GAMES on real life murders makes me wonder what world I'll be growing into. Anyway, I'm liking the way this looks. I'll definitely be checking this out, and good-looking trailer by the way. 07-09-19 22:51:30 __________________________________________________
rockonymous ::: Favorites I can't believe some of these idiots. How cruel can you be? AN RPG GAME ABOUT THE COLUMBINE MASSACRE!!! Come on!!! That is horrible!!! Those two dipshits do not deserve attention via a video game!! To actually assume the role of the two psychos sickens me. Unbelievable. And all you goths and anti-social crybabys need to grow some nuts and accept life! The massacre was not a good thing! No one deserves to die through senseless murder! THAT MEANS YOU GOTHVIKING! 07-09-14 23:49:18 __________________________________________________
tolka ::: Favorites Let's take your sentence: "A(N) ___________ ABOUT THE COLUMBINE MASSACRE!!!" -replace the blank with any other medium we commonly use to explore/understand the world: book, painting, poem, film, article, song, dance, sculpture (etc). Is it your position that ALL these other mediums are equally "unbelievable" or do you instead believe that videogames specifically have no merit for approaching serious subject matter? Does an RPG automatically imply that "the massacre was a good thing?" 07-09-15 00:39:21 __________________________________________________
Nitemare292 ::: Favorites They did not do the right thing, it's a mystery as to why they even did it, and the game was made to gain perspective, and try to understand why they did it. a lot of people think they were just plain demented or encouraged by modern media to do so, to think it was right. Any of these could be true, but one thing is for sure, most school related attackers either hated their school, or just about everyone in it. Don't misjudge what the game was made for by lining it up with postal. 07-09-04 18:23:40 __________________________________________________
gothickviking ::: Favorites look I believe they DID do a great thing. I am an asshole so yeah. besides everyone ahs the right to their own opinions 07-09-07 18:04:49 __________________________________________________
ARoboWizard ::: Favorites Just because the constitution grants you the right to have your own opinion, that doesn't make your opinion any less idiotic. Explain to me WHY it was a "great thing" to murder people who did nothing more than pick on a couple of kids who couldn't stick up for themselves without guns (and in some cases the victims didn't even do that) and then people might not think you're talking out your ass or just trying to be "edgy". 07-09-12 17:27:43 __________________________________________________
NinjasLikeCheese ::: Favorites Atleast we know why Cho did it, rich kids and how they get everything and terrorize the people lower than them. They should have made some kind of manifesto like him. 07-09-19 23:51:54 __________________________________________________
JKizBK ::: Favorites There is a game out already about the v tech Rest in Peace to all the Heroes of school shooters! 07-09-03 23:19:56 __________________________________________________
NinjasLikeCheese ::: Favorites What's the name of it??? 07-09-19 23:48:57 __________________________________________________
JKizBK ::: Favorites /watch?v=qDUHT6M_JH4 Im not sure were to get it but here is a video about it Looks simular? 07-09-20 03:23:07 __________________________________________________