Submission + - VTech Rampage Creator Demands Payment to Apologize
Jabrwock writes: GamePolitics.com reports that in response to outrage over his flash game V-Tech Rampage, which allows you to recreate the Virginia Tech Massacre in 8-bit fashion, the author, PiGPEN, has demanded 'donations' in compensation for withdrawing his creation. $1000 gets it removed from Newgrounds.com, $2000 gets it removed from his website GooGumProduce.com, and $3000 gets you a cash-induced apology. Is it really about freedom of speech if you're demanding payment in return for your silence? Could this be considered industry blackmail, since politicians with an axe to grind are sure to link this indie game with mainstream entertainment, as they have done with Border Patrol and other controversial flash games?