Super Columbine Massacre RPG Discussion Forum

Sabratha · Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 1167 Location: Warsaw University

I read in many places that Eric and Dylan never were a part of the trenchcoat mafia, they didn't appear on the trenchcoat mafia 1998 yearbook picture. Most of the members already graduated by 1999.

Therefore, why does the game keep refering to the killers as the trenchcoat mafia? Shouldn't the game deal with myths and not support them?
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Pogogunner · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 393 Location: Maryland

Again, the Trench Coat Mafia thing falls in with the "brave boys" comments. It is shown as just another popular myth...I can't really explain, but Danny knew they weren't in the TCM when he made the game, and only included it as a device.
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columbin · Site Admin Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 873 Location: USA

I elaborate on this in a recent interview I did:

http://www.destructoid.com/virtual-school-shootings-interviewing-two-of-the-most-hated-game-creators-alive-31610.phtml

Sabratha · Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 1167 Location: Warsaw University

columbin · Site Admin Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 873 Location: USA

"Regarding the "Trench Coat Mafia," that was an affiliation the rabid press coined after the shooting that has no merit; the game is lampooning the press' assessment of this organization at Columbine High School that Eric and Dylan weren't actually a part of. Another way of saying, "the media got it wrong with Columbine.""