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Final Fantasy Blamed for Murder

~ChaseYoungsgirl:iconChaseYoungsgirl: reports, January 20, 2007
Final Fantasy VII is both a popular game and movie. (See Advent Children [link])That is... it was in Germany until two boys took it to the extreme.

On January 16th, 2007, a German news article was translated into English on the IGN website.

Two 15 year old boys, dubbed themselves with the alias titles of 'Sephiroth' and 'Reno'. They took a couple back to their house and murdered them. Then, later they held a female friend of theirs hostage for an hour until they finally gave in.

The true problem --excluding the fact that there was a double homicide-- began when the character names were linked with the Final Fantasy games. And then, to seal all matters, it was in the knowledge of the authorities that the boys's computer had the game intalled on it. Thus, by the farthest stretch of the imagination... and the German media... gave the entire Final Fantasy the name "Killerspiele" which in German means "Killer game".

Copyright: IGN original article : [link]

Final Fantasy (Square enix): Reno- [link] and Sephiroth- [link])

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=morkalavin:iconmorkalavin: Jan 20, 2007, 2:27:39 AM
Being German I should propably say that the politicians in Germany desperatly try to blame video games fo abnormal behavior - basically for running amok - and since the media didn't really find their typicalö suspects such as Quake, Doom and Counter Strike they needed to settle for what they got and since the two guys dubbed themselves with names from Final Fantasy ... well.

Concerning the "Killer Game" matter. Politicians try to prohibit them but since law lacks a definition it's quite troublesome and vain for them. The most astonishing attempt I've come across so far was "A Killer Game is a game that mainly deals with the killing of humans and human-like creatures." Nice, eh? Wow the NextGen Killer Game.

... I wonder when the media has to settle for Pokémon and the like. :|

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`LiAiL:iconLiAiL: Jan 20, 2007, 2:42:01 AM
Well, this is the price for letting play people who are not accustomed with responsible playing. Their Perception was diminished by the game experience - talking in terms of Theory of Knowledge.

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~ChaseYoungsgirl:iconChaseYoungsgirl: Jan 20, 2007, 11:55:44 AM
I agree with that. It isn't the game or movies that are at fault for the idiotic ations. It's the fault of those not responsible enough to handle said game or movie.

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*frankman:iconfrankman: Jan 20, 2007, 12:15:52 PM
:roll:


& that's two kids compared to how many who played Final Fantasy VII all over the world?

Some parents will just find an excuse just not to blame their own parenting.
~Omega-WereWolf:iconOmega-WereWolf: Jan 20, 2007, 12:22:38 PM
Who said they used the game as a means to influence their actions?!

You're injecting too much into what is posted.

This is what the original post gives you:
2 kids use FF names and have FF on a PC.
They're also suspected of murder.
That's it.

There is no direct connection between the two.
So assuming that they couldn't "handle" reality etc...is jumping to conclusions.

What if they wear the same style clothes?
What if they both like the same soda?
What if what if!
~ChaseYoungsgirl:iconChaseYoungsgirl: Jan 20, 2007, 2:21:30 PM
Buddy... they called the game "killer game" after what happened. The reason being... because are blaming the game for the actions of the two kids. By couldn't "handle" reality... I mean they're the type of people who shouldn't be given violent/ semi-violent video games or anything in that genre. Jumping to conclusions is like saying I totally came up with it by myself.

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~ChaseYoungsgirl:iconChaseYoungsgirl: Jan 20, 2007, 2:23:18 PM
I know, it's the same thing with South Park... they blame the media because of their mistakes.

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`LiAiL:iconLiAiL: Jan 21, 2007, 11:42:39 AM
indeed :)

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~ChaseYoungsgirl:iconChaseYoungsgirl: Feb 11, 2007, 8:58:34 PM
:D

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*KattaAndOliver:iconKattaAndOliver: Feb 22, 2007, 4:55:13 AM
O_o

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