Why they don't just come out and say, "Yeah, we got scared and ran away with our tails between our legs," remains baffling. Really, does anyone believe any story they come up as to why the game was officially pulled from the competition? We don't support the game, but we do support free speech, and the creator was on G4TV's "Attack of the Show" last night, and if what he said is true, the competition actually asked him to submit the game.

From the article:

Take it away slamdance.com/games: "Specifically with the subject matter of Super Columbine Massacre Role Playing Game Slamdance does not have the resources to defend any drawn out civil action that our legal council has stated can easily arise from publicly showing it." The statement doesn't cite any specific legal threats made against the game or the competition, but we can easily foresee some frivolous Jack-Thompson-esque lawsuit that would indeed cost Slamdance a pretty penny to defend.

But wait. The site also mentions that "the organization annually takes on legal matters in support of the independent artists." Indeed, in 2001, Slamdance stood up to legal threats from Artisan Entertainment and hosted a surprise showing of controversial documentary "Brooklyn Babylon." We find it hard that Slamdance had the resources to stand up to a distinct, stated legal threat from a major independent movie studio like Artisan but doesn't have the resources to handle vague, potential legal threat over Super Columbine Massacre RPG.

Read the full article over at joystiq.com