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Of course they didn't play it, people become uncomfortable when it comes to remembering tragedies that happened in the past. Anything that reminds them is tasteless, I assume people would just rather forget so they can live in a carefree happy world until history repeats itself.
As people have already said before on this thread, the game in no way glorifies or profits off of the columbine shootings, it is merely one person's satirical point of view on the whole situation.
People may not realize this, but the Columbine shootings changed a lot more peoples' lives indirectly than it did directly. Parents and high schools all over the country became scared and ramped up security everywhere, violating the kids' freedom and privacy. I was a freshman in high school when this happened, and I noticed the changes immediately. Students' cars were being searched without warning or permission, certain "suspicious" students (i.e. students who wore black clothes) started being pulled aside and asked questions by teachers or security guards. People being singled out like this only makes them feel more like an outcast, it doesn't help at all. I wore metallica shirts and jeans in high school, and for the first week after columbine happened, a security guard would follow me from the cafeteria to my fourth hour class. I didn't have anything to be worried about, but I felt insulted that I would be singled out just because of how I looked. I was far from an outcast in high school, I had plenty of friends, but this even alone made me *feel* like an outcast.
Peoples' fear is the biggest threat to our freedom in this country (and the world for that matter), because when one bad thing happens, rather than people learning and educating people about the situation, people just elect to take the easy irresponsible way out and just eliminate any factor that may have led to, or even been associated with, the problem. Politicians target video games and music because it's kind of a niche market, and most of the people affected by it are probably too young to vote. They seem to forget that millions of other people played the same video game, or bought the same album, and turned out perfectly fine. (Note that movies rarely take any blame, because it would probably piss off a lot more potential constituents.)
As for freedom of speech... this game is an example of true freedom of speech. It needs to be pushed. If it is limited, how is it freedom?
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