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LSRVIKING · 08-21-2001, 10:04 PM

That just pisses me off!!!!! Those whiny families blaming it on games!

Source: The Sunday Times

Eidos Interactive has been discharged from a $5 billion lawsuit lodged against it two months ago. Families of the 13 victims of America's Columbine High School massacre brought the action, claiming video games caused the shooting by making violence pleasurable and disconnected from reality. Eidos publishes action games such as Final Fantasy, Urban Chaos, and Tomb Raider. But because Final Fantasy 7, the game that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold owned when they killed 13 people in 1999, did not involve guns, Eidos is in the clear. Eidos was one of 25 games companies facing the lawsuit, which still includes AOL Time Warner, Paramount, Sega, and Sony. Colorado's chief judge ordered that the complaint against Eidos be dismissed without prejudice.

08-21-2001, 10:04 PM	#1
LSRVIKING The Magister Join Date: August 10, 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 122	That just pisses me off!!!!! Those whiny families blaming it on games! Source: The Sunday Times Eidos Interactive has been discharged from a $5 billion lawsuit lodged against it two months ago. Families of the 13 victims of America's Columbine High School massacre brought the action, claiming video games caused the shooting by making violence pleasurable and disconnected from reality. Eidos publishes action games such as Final Fantasy, Urban Chaos, and Tomb Raider. But because Final Fantasy 7, the game that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold owned when they killed 13 people in 1999, did not involve guns, Eidos is in the clear. Eidos was one of 25 games companies facing the lawsuit, which still includes AOL Time Warner, Paramount, Sega, and Sony. Colorado's chief judge ordered that the complaint against Eidos be dismissed without prejudice.