Final Fantasy 7 gets banned

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Department of Homeland Security issues ban on video game

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

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

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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Man, that's weak! I think Bushy-kins is mad because he didn't have video games when he was a kid. I played a lot of games like FF and it never made me worship Satan.

EDIT:*Moved topic to General Gaming.*

Foxy, this might be Junk but it's General Gaming Junk.

Wow, you poor Americans! I hope it doesn't come up hear to Canada. Still, that is really, really gay that they would do that and there not that big harharharhar. It shows you that Bush and all other Presidents are really, really dumb.

This post has been edited by ManaKnight on August 01, 2005 7:12 pm

Dude, Bushy-kins makes me want to be a terrorist.

Bush is mad because he doesn't get to see Tifa's boobies.

Word!

i don't really carethe way they banned games. the parents say it's the game but they go ahead and buy the damn game for there 7 or ten yr old child knowning damn well it rated f***ing mature that means 18 or older damn it!!! stop sayin it's the game it you(Parents)

one more thing Foxy why dont you like the FF genre???

There are some pretty dumb parents out there, Panther. They would give their *air quotes* "babies" anything!

That sucks to the 10th power

To the 100th.

to da infinity

This post has been edited by Panther Caroso on December 05, 2005 8:48 pm

Blaahhh, Bush is DA MAN!!!