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Playing Columbine

(2008)

November 7, 2008• 1h 34m
67%
TMDB Score

Overview

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

Danny Ledonne

Director

Top Billed Cast

PB

Peter Baxter

Self

IB

Ian Bogost

Self - Game Designer, Professor

JC

Jenova Chen

Self - Game Designer

SC

Stephen Colbert

Self (archive footage)

KD

Kevin DiNovis

Self - Filmmaker and Slamdance Alum

BF

Brian Flemming

Self - Filmmaker and Slamdance Juror

TF

Tom Fulp

Self - Game Designer and Webmaster

DM

Dan Mirvish

Self - Co-Founder of Slamdance

Official Trailer