Redigerer Slamdance Film Festival (avsnitt)

== Guerrilla Games Competition-kontroversen ==
Festivalen pleide å være vert for en videospillkonkurranse kalt «Slamdance Guerrilla Games Competition».

I januar 2007 droppet festivalen for første gang en finalist. Spillet som ble droppet var ''[[Super Columbine Massacre RPG!]]'', og ble offentliggjort som en finalist sent i november 2006, men det ble droppet av grunnleggeren av festivalen [[Peter Baxter (filmmaker)|Peter Baxter]], tydeligvis uten press utenfra.<ref name="SCMRPG details">{{cite web|url=http://gamepolitics.com/2007/01/06/more-details-reaction-emerge-on-slamdance-festival-super-columbine-game/|title=More Details & Reaction Emerge on Slamdance Festival & Super Columbine Game|accessdate=2007-01-06|last=McCauley|first=Dennis|authorlink=Dennis McCauley|coauthors=|date=6. januar 2007|year=|month=|work=|publisher=[[GamePolitics.com]]|pages=|language=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109220317/http://gamepolitics.com/2007/01/06/more-details-reaction-emerge-on-slamdance-festival-super-columbine-game/|archivedate=2007-01-09|quote=|url-status=dead|tittel=Arkivert kopi|besøksdato=2007-01-06|arkivurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109220317/http://gamepolitics.com/2007/01/06/more-details-reaction-emerge-on-slamdance-festival-super-columbine-game/|arkivdato=2007-01-09|url-status=død}}</ref> I respons til dette trakk seks andre finalister seg fra konkurransen som en protest. Spillene som trakk seg var ''[[Braid (videospill)|Braid]]'',<ref name="game withdrawals">{{cite web |url=http://gamepolitics.com/2007/01/07/developer-pulls-out-of-festival-competition-in-protest-over-super-columbine-decision/ |title=Developer Pulls Out of Festival Competition in Protest over Super Columbine Decision |accessdate=2007-01-09 |last=McCauley |first=Dennis |authorlink=Dennis McCauley |coauthors= |date=7. januar 2007 |year= |month= |work= |publisher=[[GamePolitics.com]] |pages= |language= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220031516/http://www.gamepolitics.com/2007/01/07/developer-pulls-out-of-festival-competition-in-protest-over-super-columbine-decision |archivedate=2008-12-20 |quote= |url-status=dead |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2009-03-03 |arkivurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220031516/http://www.gamepolitics.com/2007/01/07/developer-pulls-out-of-festival-competition-in-protest-over-super-columbine-decision |arkivdato=2008-12-20 |url-status=død }}</ref> ''[[flOw]]'',<ref name="game withdrawals" /> ''[[Once Upon a Time (videospill)|Once Upon a Time]]'',<ref>[http://onceuponatime.wakinggames.com/ Once Upon A Time<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''[[Toblo]]'' ble originalt trukket av utviklerne, men dette ble overstyrt av noen høyere opp,<ref>[http://toblo.csnation.net/slamdance.html An Open Letter to the Slamdance Festival<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Wayback|url=http://toblo.csnation.net/slamdance.html |date=20100627191850 }}</ref> ''[[Everyday Shooter]]'' trakk seg,<ref>[http://www.everydayshooter.com/ Everyday Shooter by Jonathan Mak<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''[[Book and Volume]]''<ref>{{Kilde www |url=http://grandtextauto.gatech.edu/2007/01/09/book-and-volume-withdrawn-from-slamdance/ |tittel=Grand Text Auto » Book and Volume Withdrawn from Slamdance<!-- Bot generated title --> |besøksdato=2016-06-23 |arkiv-dato=2007-09-23 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923194708/http://grandtextauto.gatech.edu/2007/01/09/book-and-volume-withdrawn-from-slamdance/ |url-status=død }}</ref>  og ''[[Castle Crashers]]'' gjorde det samme.<ref>[http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=641434 NG BBS — Slamdance Update<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[University of Southern California]] trakk også sponeringen sin til Slamdance på grunn av kontroversen.<ref>[http://interactive.usc.edu/members/tfullerton/archives/007203.html Ludicidal Tendencies: USC Interactive Media Division Withdraws Slamdance Sponsorship<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Wayback|url=http://interactive.usc.edu/members/tfullerton/archives/007203.html |date=20100722124521 }}</ref>

26. januar 2007, datoen spillprisene skulle gis ut, ble ingen priser gitt ut siden såpass mange av de finalistene hadde trukket seg.<ref>[http://www.watercoolergames.org/archives/000738.shtml Slamdance Game Competition Ends in Dissolution] {{Wayback|url=http://www.watercoolergames.org/archives/000738.shtml |date=20090816194155 }}</ref> Konkurransen har siden ikke blitt holdt.