What did I say about Drama and Seriosity?. Looks like a perfect example to me: Super Columbine Massacre RPG! has been dropped from the Slamdance independent games competition even after being announced a finalist based on a personal decision on behalf of the organizer. Very dissappointing to come from any indie-supporting organization to say the least, but not all that surprising.
What is surprising is the overwhelming response from the development community at large. Jonathon Blow, creator of one of this year’s darlings Braid has announced that he is walking away from Slamdance in response to this action. Additionally, the winners of last year’s Slamdance have written an open letter about their disdain for the choice. It warms my heart to see such a reaction in today’s skittish media climate.
Either way, there is definitely some Seriosity deviance in effect here. Most developers seem very serious about their right to make games that don’t take themselves entirely seriously, and this is a good thing.
Some enlightened discourse about this can be found as usual from Raph and Greg
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