Comments on: flOw won't be at Slamdance after all.

By: Bucks County PA DUI Attorneys

Bucks County PA DUI Attorneys — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:08:40 +0000

the decisions you and Jonathan Blow made were the right decisions =)
good luck in the future!

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:23:52 +0000

A bit too late too
I think you made the right decision: afetr all it's you that has to cope with yourself! No matter who gets the benefits: in this kind of things everybody loses. But at least you can go to sleep and have good dreams

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:17:58 +0000

A little late to the party, but I found this decision very interesting... and quite wrong-headed. I imagine that the festival probably felt it wasn't in their interest to stick their necks out for an (apparent) turd of a game like Super Columbine.

Ultimately, it is good games and festivals that support innovative games that will advance the art form. Games like the ones that you guys made. Festivals like Slamdance. Not shameless "notice-me!!!" RM2k exploitation pieces like Columbine.

Basically it seems like a bunch of good games falling on their swords in the service of one very poor one. And guess who gets all the attention? Guess who reaps all the benefits? Yep, the crappy game, yet again. It seems like a waste, especially after seeing the talent on display here (I wandered over here because I enjoyed Cloud so much.)

By: air fares

air fares — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:14:01 +0000

Hi 2 all! good work!

By: Mike Watts

Mike Watts — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:35:35 +0000

Wow this stinks

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:46:30 +0000

So, were any of these virtuous developers who withdrew from this festival willing to offer to pay legal costs if Slamdance kept SCMRPG in and did get sued?

You all did read Slamdance's statement, right? They ere advised by counsel that they'd likely get sued and couldn't afford to defend?

So, you're taking a moral stance that some small company should stick their a** out to get chewed off by the next Jack Thompson. Well, gee that sure would that help the cause of independent gaming. (not)

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:08:12 +0000

The thing is, most developers WANT the controversy. I'm sure the makers of SCMRPG recognize its not wholesome family fun, and are completely at peace with that. There's no helping them, but free speech is an important right. As long as we have moral logical people in our country, letting a game this negative go public might just have the opposite effect. Keep in mind we aren't talking about impressionable 10 year olds playing this game. If they are, then our problems surely go beyond slamdance.

By: BloodyHell

BloodyHell — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:25:34 +0000

im srry, but I agree that the SCMRPG! game did not belong in that festival. At some point, you have to find a balance between free speech/expression and morals. While the developers of SCMRPG! may have had a great idea on their hands, they crossed a line they shouldnt have when they put the player in the character of the shooters.
In United 93, the audience sees through the eyes of the passengers on the flight, and experiences there selfless sacrifice to keep the hijackers from killing other innocent people. The producers did not glorify the terrorists on that plane, who were willing to die like Klebold and co. to achieve their goal. Im not saying that games from the perspective of evildoers are a bad idea, but at some point, developers need to recogniize a sensitive issue and not push it simply for the sake of the controversyit will generate.

By: Grappler

Grappler — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:03:29 +0000

sry i meant my name is

grappler

my bad didnt mean to say grapple.

anyways can u validate it?

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