New 'Playing Columbine' Clip Airs on Dawson College Shooting Anniversary
New 'Playing Columbine' Clip Airs on Dawson College Shooting Anniversary
September 14, 2007
One year ago, GamePolitics and other outlets reported on a rampage shooting at Dawson College in Montreal.
The shooter, Kimveer Gill, was a deeply troubled 26-year-old whose pastimes included playing Super Columbine Massacre RPG, a controversial game which examines the infamous 1999 school shooting.
In the interim, SCMRPG creator Danny Ledonne announced he was working on a film about the game. Dawson survivor Joel Kornek created Kill Thinking, a website designed to help young people in crisis. In the wake of the Dawson rampage, Ledonne and Kornek connected, as Ledonne describes in a press release issued yesterday on the first anniversary of the Dawson shooting:
The shooter, Kimveer Gill, was a deeply troubled 26-year-old whose pastimes included playing Super Columbine Massacre RPG, a controversial game which examines the infamous 1999 school shooting.
In the interim, SCMRPG creator Danny Ledonne announced he was working on a film about the game. Dawson survivor Joel Kornek created Kill Thinking, a website designed to help young people in crisis. In the wake of the Dawson rampage, Ledonne and Kornek connected, as Ledonne describes in a press release issued yesterday on the first anniversary of the Dawson shooting:
Shooting survivor Joel Kornek promptly emailed the game's creator, Danny Ledonne - scolding him for ever creating the game. In the months that followed, Ledonne and Kornek corresponded often and with great candor about the purpose of the game, the reasons as to why school shootings happen, and what they could each do to prevent them.
...The documentary "Playing Columbine" and the website "Kill Thinking," ...have now fused together... they aim to continue challenging the public to think more carefully about why such events occur and challenging the press to reconsider how they cover such events.
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Posted 11/23/09 at 07:56am
DarkSaber: http://tinyurl.com/yl2vfw6 Here's the link, good for conspiracy theories.
DarkSaber: http://tinyurl.com/yl2vfw6 Here's the link, good for conspiracy theories.
Posted 11/23/09 at 07:42am
JDKJ: Leaders never follow. Followers never lead.
JDKJ: Leaders never follow. Followers never lead.
Posted 11/23/09 at 06:48am
DarkSaber: Anyone been following this Hadley Climatic Research Centre server hack story?
DarkSaber: Anyone been following this Hadley Climatic Research Centre server hack story?
Posted 11/22/09 at 11:48pm
ZippyDSMlee: AE:they feeding you well? I am enjoying win7 and heading to bed...uhg I need to get up early and start back to cleaning/painting blahg >< need tog et stuff done befor thanksgiving....
ZippyDSMlee: AE:they feeding you well? I am enjoying win7 and heading to bed...uhg I need to get up early and start back to cleaning/painting blahg >< need tog et stuff done befor thanksgiving....
Posted 11/22/09 at 11:41pm
Andrew Eisen: Just got home from an eight hour recording session at Capitol Records. A lot of fun but damn exhausting.
Andrew Eisen: Just got home from an eight hour recording session at Capitol Records. A lot of fun but damn exhausting.
Posted 11/22/09 at 08:44pm
BearDogg-X: 10 N. O. Who Dat?
BearDogg-X: 10 N. O. Who Dat?
Posted 11/22/09 at 09:45am
ZippyDSMlee: JD:I think doc phill is still sout about the break up with his wife he dose not fill holes as much as make them bigger these day
ZippyDSMlee: JD:I think doc phill is still sout about the break up with his wife he dose not fill holes as much as make them bigger these day
Posted 11/22/09 at 12:06am
JDKJ: You should get Phil McCraken to help you spackle those banisters.
JDKJ: You should get Phil McCraken to help you spackle those banisters.
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:57pm
ZippyDSMlee: Oh in the pirate hunter article I need my song ieda heckled DS,JD,Beemon sic im !!!
ZippyDSMlee: Oh in the pirate hunter article I need my song ieda heckled DS,JD,Beemon sic im !!!
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:56pm
ZippyDSMlee: JD:no I am tried from prepping the banisters for painting , worked on them from 12 to 4 and 6 to 8...after I got back from the store...got up early got ready...blah...been up all day..I need a nap...
ZippyDSMlee: JD:no I am tried from prepping the banisters for painting , worked on them from 12 to 4 and 6 to 8...after I got back from the store...got up early got ready...blah...been up all day..I need a nap...
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:42pm
JDKJ: No. You gonna stay up late tonight soldering?
JDKJ: No. You gonna stay up late tonight soldering?
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:41pm
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:Don't you mean Mctite?
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:Don't you mean Mctite?
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:33pm
JDKJ: @Zip: Neil, Bob, and Lik McTaint. The McTaint brothers. LOL!!!
JDKJ: @Zip: Neil, Bob, and Lik McTaint. The McTaint brothers. LOL!!!
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:44pm
Flamespeak: I still think military personell, killing other military personell, on a military complex should be handled by military courts.
Flamespeak: I still think military personell, killing other military personell, on a military complex should be handled by military courts.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:43pm
Flamespeak: I could see this a mixture of the two charges rather than just one or the other.
Flamespeak: I could see this a mixture of the two charges rather than just one or the other.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:43pm
Flamespeak: I think this was mainly a person who snapped, but evidence is showing he definitely had strong inlinations to islamic-extremism.
Flamespeak: I think this was mainly a person who snapped, but evidence is showing he definitely had strong inlinations to islamic-extremism.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:41pm
Flamespeak: People are trying to claim that Hasan's actions were not terrorism. I don't jump on the 'terror train' like others, however
Flamespeak: People are trying to claim that Hasan's actions were not terrorism. I don't jump on the 'terror train' like others, however
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:38pm
mentor07825: Britain certainly does deserve it! And the French! God damn it, it was a hand ball!!!
mentor07825: Britain certainly does deserve it! And the French! God damn it, it was a hand ball!!!
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: mentor07825:Well Brittan dose deserve it....
ZippyDSMlee: mentor07825:Well Brittan dose deserve it....
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:33pm
ZippyDSMlee: Alyric:I don;t hasliburton having to pay back billoins... don;t you love it when the rich roll over the goverment without a care?
ZippyDSMlee: Alyric:I don;t hasliburton having to pay back billoins... don;t you love it when the rich roll over the goverment without a care?
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Don't worry, man. At no point in the documentary will you have to restart the film if there's something you didn't pick up - but when it comes out on DVD you can restart it as often as you'd like. :)
I'm just looking, and I'm thinking that it won't be effective if they plan to jump right into sympathising for the creators of a colombine RPG.
i don't know if the documentary is going to sway people, but i am now definately interested in getting a copy.
Thanks for the feedback. I am going to be mindful of the mix of content; the story is told by about fifty people and will feature a variety of footage including videogames, contemporary cultural references, and press about the game and related issues. The Fox News pundit was interviewing Brian Flemming (who was speaking about the mainstream media) so it wasn't an arbitrary bit of Fox but rather illustrates Flemming's own experience on cable news. There is a bit of this shown WITH audio earlier in the film so that may help form that connection for audiences.
It's encouraging to hear from everyone that this clip raised their interest level. Yes, generally there may be something to the "if you don't already get it, you won't get it by watching this film." However, many of the people I interview share their transformation from disgust to support for my game and my cause - perhaps this will shed light on a similar transformation for the viewer. Joel Kornek is one of them! He wrote me a really angry email after getting out of the Montreal hospital last fall... but the more we talked the more he realized that we were on the same side of the debate. Now we're working together. This story isn't an isolated incident, either.
In terms of who sees this film, well, that's largely up to a brave distributor who's willing to circulate it and/or a general word of mouth from the public. I think this film is important for gamers to see - so there's half of America right there! Of course, bad films don't get recognition regardless so my focus now is on cutting the best documentary I can. Peace out for now, GP readers.
They could try and talk to the daily show or perhaps one of the morning news shows on NBC or something, lots of people watch them.
I hope that this gets out...it could be a voice among all the naysayers.
Mike
do they really have to try harder to spin news into such bombastity in order to gain viewer ship?
Good work Danny Ledonne,keep trying to show the masses why its a good idea to think for yourself and challenge your way of thought!
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