10-24-2013, 03:44 PM
I just remembered an astonishing fact from quite a time ago:
In april 2000, José Rabadán, a teenager from Murcia (Spain) killed both of his parents and his sister with a katana. The media didn't wait too much to rush into conclussions and accused Final Fantasy VIII of inducing José to do it, as, like a magazine said "He was just imitating his hero Squall" who in a moment of the story he thinks he has to kill and stated that was an irrefutable proof of the influence of FFVIII because "he was addicted to the game".
What they didn't know, however, is that José Rabadán hadn't even finished the game, nor got to the part where that event happens, proving wrong said article. The killer was arrested and spent eight years in jail. He is since then known by the nickname of "El asesino de la Katana" (The Katana Killer).
Source (in Spanish): http://provceo.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/...ideojuego/
As a personal valoration, I think this shows how much the media biases the news and tries to associate videogames with violence, almost without questioning if the killers themselves have any kind of fault.
PS: I'll wait again for the valoration of the admins before submitting, because this one has a lot to be told about and could be improved.
In april 2000, José Rabadán, a teenager from Murcia (Spain) killed both of his parents and his sister with a katana. The media didn't wait too much to rush into conclussions and accused Final Fantasy VIII of inducing José to do it, as, like a magazine said "He was just imitating his hero Squall" who in a moment of the story he thinks he has to kill and stated that was an irrefutable proof of the influence of FFVIII because "he was addicted to the game".
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FFVIII SpoilerWhat they didn't know, however, is that José Rabadán hadn't even finished the game, nor got to the part where that event happens, proving wrong said article. The killer was arrested and spent eight years in jail. He is since then known by the nickname of "El asesino de la Katana" (The Katana Killer).
Source (in Spanish): http://provceo.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/...ideojuego/
As a personal valoration, I think this shows how much the media biases the news and tries to associate videogames with violence, almost without questioning if the killers themselves have any kind of fault.
PS: I'll wait again for the valoration of the admins before submitting, because this one has a lot to be told about and could be improved.