I am all for free speech, as with the Super Columbine Massacre RPG!, but it just seemed like this person brought this out too fast with little commentary on the actual incident (as SCMRPG! hoped to do). Now, it turns out that Lambourn is demanding monies from "the angry people" in order to remove the game.
ATTENTION ANGRY PEOPLE:
I will take this game down from newgrounds if the donation amount reaches $1000 US, i’ll take it down from here if it reaches $2000 US, and i will apologize if it reaches $3000 US.
Now, this is just unaccpetable. Don't get me wrong, possibly raising money for a V-Tech fund or other such thing I would find acceptable. Yet, playing on peoples hatred of your product for personnal gain when it is based on a tragedy. That is just wrong.
Update: Joystiq has presented a piece about it as well, including the following quote from SCMRPG! creator Danny Ledonne:
"It would appear to me that Ryan has no intention of doing much other than making money and gaining immediate recognition after the Virginia Tech shooting. Inevitably, comparisons between SCMRPG and VTech Rampage are being made right now. Some bloggers despise both games equally whereas others recognize a level of commentary that SCMRPG attempted which was not evident in VTR. For myself I wish to point out that SCMRPG was never a for-profit endeavor and thus I never posted statements like that which is on the VTR game's homepage"
Lambourn replied back with the following:
"Danny, the donation thing is there as a joke against all the people commanding me to take my game down. I didn't think anyone would donate money to it and so far my paypal account has proven me right."
Really? Sounds like another cop-out to me ...
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