Department of Homeland Security issues ban on video game

 

Thursday, July 28, 2005; Posted: 4:21 a.m. EDT (08:21 GMT)

 

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"Final Fantasy VII" contains graphic scenes involving terrorist attacks, not unlike the recent bombing.

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TEXAS (CNN) -- In light of recent terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a ban on all sales and distribution of the 1997 hit video game, Final Fantasy VII

 

The game involves the main character, Cloud Strife, planting bombs in power plants in a heavily populated city. The protagonist works with the terrorist group "Avalanche" bombing locations throughout the beginning of the game.

 

The decision was made only hours after the bombing of a chemical plant in Fort Worth, Texas. The FBI is still hot on the trails of the culprit, going by the hacker alias "frootloops". An FBI spokesperson told CNN at the time that investigators have already seized equipment in the culprits house, but frootloops was nowhere to be found. "Upon confiscation of the equipment, we found a large collection of child pornography on the culprits hard drive." said the FBI spokesperson.

 

President Bush has already indicated he's opposed to Square-Enix role playing games. "Mario doesn't blow up power plants" Bush said on thursday. Mario was unavailible for comment.

 

Parenting groups are also up in arms against the game. "These 'role playing games' are teaching our children to use magic and summon demons, they're destroying our childrens future and making them worship satan. We can't allow this to continue." Various forms of Magic have been a staple of every game in the Final Fantasy series dating back to Final Fantasy released in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. "It's almost as bad as Harry Potter!" A parent who wishes to remain anonymous said.

 

Sen. Hillary Clinton also is highly opposed to the game.

 

"First Grand Theft Auto, and now this. I'm starting to think we should just ban all video games. Final Fantasy VII is an awful game, and should have never been created in the first place. I mean, look at the size of Tifa's breasts! They're destroying our childrens future. The problem of explicit video games is spiraling out of control." Clinton wrote in a letter to the head of the Federal Trade Commission. Tifa's breasts were unavailible for comment.

 

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp., Best Buy Co. and Circuit City Stores Inc. have pulled the game from their shelves following the recent ban.

 

 

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ok...

This can't be real.

 

Final Fantasy VII is my favorite game.

Fishfan79, you don't honestly believe that is actually from CNN do you? I hope you realize that you just posted a completely fabricated article from one of the thousands of fake news websites.

This can't be real.

 

Final Fantasy VII is my favorite game.

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It's not even close to real.

VERY FAKE. If the US ever banned games like this, I'd be the first to take up arms in a revolution. It won't happen.

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hahahahahhahahahaha :lol

It was a fake website I thought it was amusing though.

 

But, they are banning Vice City, if they can ban that what is to stop this next?

 

heheheh

It was a fake website I thought it was amusing though.

 

But, they are banning Vice City, if they can ban that what is to stop this next?

 

heheheh

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There is no way Vice City will be banned. If a game like that is banned, every Rated R movie might as well be banned too. I can understand if it is banned from a school or something like that, but not a national ban.

But, they are banning Vice City

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No they aren't, they're only trying to get the rating changed from Mature to Adults Only.

i hope this isnt true this is one of my favorite games of all time(FFVII)

"Upon confiscation of the equipment, we found a large collection of child pornography on the culprits hard drive." said the FBI spokesperson.

 

This just goes to show: people who like anime like child porn.

 

And yes, the article is fake. Look at the quotes you lunkheads. The Bush quote could MAYBE, quite possibly, fool one into thinking it's real. But, Hillary Clinton doesn't know anything about video games.

 

Actually, it's true of most politico's when asked about video games: they don't have a clue.

But, they are banning Vice City

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No they aren't, they're only trying to get the rating changed from Mature to Adults Only.

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Which is in other words, a ban. People simply do not want to go through the trouble of finding Adults Only games. I think the last game to get that rating was a decade ago. Mature is a good enough rating. It states you have to be mature to play it. Its the parents fault, if they buy it and give it to their 8 year old kid.

IMO most children under 15ish should never be able to play a game like Vice City. There should at least be a big warning on the box like Conker's Bad Fur Day had. Also, stores need to only let people over 17 buy games with a Mature label, I don't know what portion of stores actually do that.

But, they are banning Vice City

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No they aren't, they're only trying to get the rating changed from Mature to Adults Only.

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Which is in other words, a ban. People simply do not want to go through the trouble of finding Adults Only games. I think the last game to get that rating was a decade ago. Mature is a good enough rating. It states you have to be mature to play it. Its the parents fault, if they buy it and give it to their 8 year old kid.

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There is a game called the "Guy Game" or something like that at EB Games which has the AO rating.

Yeah, I forgot about that. Game where you have to answer pointless questions to get underage girls to show their breasts.

 

 

Seriously, I think one of the girls was underage and they got caught for it and had to edit it out.

But, they are banning Vice City

879066[/snapback]

No they aren't, they're only trying to get the rating changed from Mature to Adults Only.

879094[/snapback]

Which is in other words, a ban. People simply do not want to go through the trouble of finding Adults Only games. I think the last game to get that rating was a decade ago. Mature is a good enough rating. It states you have to be mature to play it. Its the parents fault, if they buy it and give it to their 8 year old kid.

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So, by that rationale a rated 'R' movie is "banned"? Interesting.

 

Quick question: are tv shows labelled as such? I mean, can a ten year old buy Chappelle show DVD's or do they have a warning on them somewhere?

But, they are banning Vice City

879066[/snapback]

No they aren't, they're only trying to get the rating changed from Mature to Adults Only.

879094[/snapback]

Which is in other words, a ban. People simply do not want to go through the trouble of finding Adults Only games. I think the last game to get that rating was a decade ago. Mature is a good enough rating. It states you have to be mature to play it. Its the parents fault, if they buy it and give it to their 8 year old kid.

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So, by that rationale a rated 'R' movie is "banned"? Interesting.

 

Quick question: are tv shows labelled as such? I mean, can a ten year old buy Chappelle show DVD's or do they have a warning on them somewhere?

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The thing is that most retailers don't sell AO games as part of their policy. I think even most video game retailers don't and of course Target, Wal-Mart, etc. won't sell it because they try to play the family friendly angle. Anyway, TV shows and DVDs are sometimes age-restricted, but it really depends if the cashier gives a damn or not.

 

IMO, an AO rating is a de facto banning. Also, the AO rating is probably the most ridiculous and arbitrary thing in the world considering the difference between the mature and adult only rating is one damn year. Could they think up something more stupid?

Dont forget walmart altering lyrics within music to make it "more friendly" to the populace.

We have a Humor Forum for fake news. If you want to talk about the issue of video games being banned that's cool, but let's not post news parodies here. It'll become a mess.