Playing Columbine

2008

94 min

6.7

Ends at

Chronicles the history of the game "Super Columbine Massacre RPG!." The film traces back the 16-bit role-playing game 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. Written by tolka

Budget

$12,000

Genre

Documentary

Director

Danny Ledonne

Country

Cast & Crew

Peter Baxter

Ian Bogost

Jenova Chen

Stephen Colbert

Kevin DiNovis

Brian Flemming

Tom Fulp

Dan Mirvish

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Playing Columbine

Chronicles the history of the game "Super Columbine Massacre RPG!." The film traces back the 16-bit role-playing game 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. Written by tolka

  • Peter Baxter

  • Ian Bogost

  • Jenova Chen

  • Stephen Colbert

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