<s>
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
RPG	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
was	O
created	O
with	O
ASCII	O
's	O
game	O
development	O
program	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
took	O
approximately	O
six	O
months	O
to	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
free	O
online	O
and	O
attracted	O
little	O
attention	O
until	O
2006	O
,	O
when	O
widespread	O
media	O
coverage	O
fueled	O
hundreds	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reaction	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
was	O
negative	O
;	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
criticized	O
as	O
trivializing	O
the	O
actions	O
of	O
Harris	O
and	O
Klebold	O
and	O
the	O
lives	O
of	O
the	O
innocent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacres	I-Application
themes	O
and	O
content	O
led	O
to	O
it	O
being	O
included	O
in	O
discussions	O
as	O
to	O
whether	O
video	O
games	O
cause	O
violence	O
;	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
later	O
listed	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
possible	O
motivating	O
factors	O
of	O
the	O
shooter	O
after	O
the	O
2006	O
Dawson	O
College	O
shooting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
RPG	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
and	O
characters	O
are	O
deliberately	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
a	O
16-bit-era	O
video	O
game	O
;	O
while	O
the	O
content	O
is	O
violent	O
,	O
the	O
violence	O
is	O
not	O
graphically	O
rendered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
16-bit	B-Device
graphics	O
are	O
digitized	O
photographs	O
from	O
the	O
shooting	O
or	O
full	O
voice	O
samples	O
from	O
news	O
reports	O
;	O
photos	O
of	O
the	O
school	O
are	O
used	O
as	O
backdrops	O
during	O
battle	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
combating	O
demons	O
and	O
monsters	O
from	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
Klebold	O
reunites	O
with	O
Harris	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
profess	O
their	O
enthusiasm	O
for	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
live	O
out	O
their	O
favorite	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pair	O
find	O
themselves	O
at	O
the	O
"	O
Isle	O
of	O
Lost	O
Souls	O
"	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
meet	O
fictional	O
characters	O
such	O
as	O
Pikachu	B-Application
,	O
Bart	O
Simpson	O
,	O
Mega	O
Man	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
personalities	O
including	O
J	O
.	O
Robert	O
Oppenheimer	O
,	O
JonBenét	O
Ramsey	O
,	O
Malcolm	O
X	O
,	O
Ronald	O
Reagan	O
,	O
and	O
John	O
Lennon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
,	O
they	O
deliver	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Ecce	O
Homo	O
to	O
Friedrich	O
Nietzsche	O
before	O
fighting	O
the	O
South	B-Application
Park	I-Application
design	O
of	O
Satan	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
their	O
victory	O
,	O
Satan	B-Protocol
congratulates	O
them	O
for	O
their	O
deeds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Danny	O
Ledonne	O
of	O
Alamosa	O
,	O
Colorado	O
,	O
then	O
a	O
student	O
and	O
independent	O
filmmaker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2004	O
,	O
Ledonne	O
discovered	O
a	O
program	O
called	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
,	O
which	O
allows	O
a	O
developer	O
to	O
add	O
images	O
,	O
text	O
,	O
story	O
and	O
objectives	O
to	O
design	O
a	O
game	O
;	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
creates	O
the	O
necessary	O
programming	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ledonne	O
had	O
always	O
conceptualized	O
video	O
games	O
throughout	O
his	O
childhood	O
but	O
never	O
produced	O
one	O
due	O
to	O
his	O
lack	O
of	O
technical	O
knowledge	O
;	O
with	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
he	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
fulfill	O
his	O
ambition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VI	I-Application
influenced	O
the	O
sprite-based	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ledonne	O
added	O
the	O
hell	O
segment	O
and	O
populated	O
it	O
with	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
explaining	O
that	O
"	O
[	O
having	O
the	O
shooters ]	O
battle	O
these	O
monsters	O
in	O
an	O
eternal	O
recreation	O
of	O
their	O
favorite	O
videogame	O
was	O
a	O
statement	O
in	O
and	O
of	O
itself.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
video	O
game	O
Ledonne	O
has	O
created	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
has	O
no	O
future	O
plans	O
to	O
create	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
distributed	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
,	O
with	O
donations	O
in	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
$1	O
requested	O
to	O
defray	O
bandwidth	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
has	O
been	O
negative	O
amongst	O
the	O
mainstream	O
media	O
and	O
those	O
personally	O
affected	O
by	O
the	O
shootings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
was	O
largely	O
condemned	O
by	O
the	O
press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Betty	O
Nguyen	O
of	O
CNN	B-Architecture
labeled	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
subculture	O
that	O
worships	O
terrorists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
positive	O
reviews	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
came	O
from	O
critics	O
who	O
accepted	O
Ledonne	O
's	O
intended	O
message	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Kociemba	O
,	O
a	O
professor	O
at	O
Emerson	O
College	O
,	O
agreed	O
with	O
Bogost	O
and	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
controversy	O
should	O
be	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
n't	O
more	O
games	O
like	O
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
RPG	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
I	O
think	O
everyone	O
who	O
disses	O
the	O
Columbine	B-Application
RPG	I-Application
is	O
gutless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
RPG	I-Application
is	O
riddled	O
with	O
design	O
flaws	O
and	O
has	O
mediocre	O
graphics	O
by	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
maker	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
admits	O
this	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
regardless	O
is	O
a	O
work	O
of	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developer	O
Ryan	O
Lambourn	O
created	O
a	O
flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
called	O
V-Tech	B-Operating_System
Rampage	I-Operating_System
in	O
2007	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
actions	O
of	O
gunman	O
Seung-Hui	O
Cho	O
in	O
the	O
Virginia	O
Tech	O
massacre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
V-Tech	B-Operating_System
Rampage	I-Operating_System
site	O
,	O
Lambourn	O
posted	O
a	O
statement	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
take	O
the	O
game	O
off	O
of	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
if	O
donations	O
reached	O
$1000	O
;	O
at	O
$2000	O
in	O
donations	O
he	O
would	O
take	O
the	O
game	O
down	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
site	O
and	O
for	O
another	O
$1000	O
he	O
would	O
apologize	O
for	O
creating	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ledonne	O
posted	O
a	O
comment	O
on	O
Lambourn	O
's	O
website	O
after	O
V-Tech	B-Operating_System
Rampage	I-Operating_System
drew	O
comparisons	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
,	O
calling	O
Lambourn	O
's	O
statement	O
tantamount	O
to	O
a	O
"	O
hostage	O
note	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
asking	O
bloggers	O
to	O
consider	O
"	O
not	O
whether	O
a	O
game	O
about	O
the	O
Virginia	O
Tech	O
shooting	O
SHOULD	O
be	O
made	O
but	O
how	O
we	O
might	O
go	O
about	O
making	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
accomplishes	O
more	O
than	O
V-Tech	B-Operating_System
Rampage	I-Operating_System
does	O
with	O
the	O
subject	O
matter.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Seven	O
of	O
the	O
fourteen	O
finalist	O
games	O
were	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
contest	O
by	O
their	O
developers	O
in	O
protest	O
:	O
Braid	B-Application
,	O
flOw	O
,	O
Once	O
Upon	O
A	O
Time	O
,	O
Toblo	O
,	O
Everyday	B-Application
Shooter	I-Application
,	O
Book	O
and	O
Volume	O
and	O
Castle	B-Application
Crashers	I-Application
(	O
Toblo	O
was	O
later	O
reinstated	O
by	O
the	O
DigiPen	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
,	O
who	O
owns	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developer	O
Jonathan	O
Blow	O
of	O
Braid	B-Application
stated	O
:	O
"	O
[	O
Super	O
Columbine	O
Massacre ]	O
lacks	O
compassion	O
,	O
and	O
I	O
find	O
the	O
Artist	O
's	O
Statement	O
disingenuous	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brian	O
Flemming	O
,	O
director	O
of	O
The	O
God	O
Who	O
Was	O
n't	O
There	O
,	O
saw	O
Ledonne	O
's	O
demo	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
outside	O
the	O
festival	O
,	O
and	O
convinced	O
two	O
fellow	O
Slamdance	O
film	O
jurors	O
to	O
award	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
"	O
Special	O
Jury	O
Prize	O
"	O
for	O
Best	O
Documentary	O
,	O
an	O
unofficial	O
award	O
not	O
endorsed	O
by	O
Slamdance	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ledonne	O
produced	O
a	O
documentary	O
film	O
based	O
on	O
his	O
experiences	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authors	O
Andreas	O
Jahn-Sudmann	O
and	O
Ralf	O
Stockmann	O
consider	O
controversial	O
video	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
"	O
Hot	O
coffee	O
mod	O
"	O
evidence	O
of	O
sociopolitical	O
tensions	O
present	O
between	O
gamers	O
and	O
older	O
generations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
and	O
others	O
like	O
it	O
continue	O
to	O
be	O
at	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
games	O
as	O
art	O
debate	O
,	O
and	O
Gamasutra	O
credited	O
Super	B-Application
Columbine	I-Application
Massacre	I-Application
and	O
Slamgate	O
as	O
having	O
two	O
highly	O
positive	O
and	O
far-reaching	O
effects	O
;	O
first	O
,	O
forcing	O
print	O
game	O
journalism	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
issue	O
;	O
and	O
second	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
evangelization	O
of	O
the	O
notion	O
that	O
games	O
can	O
be	O
as	O
meaningful	O
and	O
important	O
as	O
other	O
media	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
the	O
example	O
is	O
offensive	O
to	O
the	O
sensibilities	O
of	O
most	O
Americans	O
 [ ... ] 	O
To	O
win	O
is	O
to	O
lose	O
,	O
but	O
to	O
play	O
is	O
to	O
experience	O
an	O
enrichment	O
that	O
cannot	O
be	O
scored.	O
"	O
</s>
