DOOM creator John Romero reflects on horrid Columbine blame – “we knew we were not the cause”
During the final stages of the Moral Panic surrounding Satanism, the game DOOM by id Software was criticized and labeled as problematic and controversial by government officials and disgruntled parents, who deemed it harmful to children. In 1996, three years after its release, political tension escalated when the game was connected to the tragic Columbine High School Shooting.