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Protesters: The Video Game that Sends You to Hell

Sounds like something out of “The Ring” movies, but it was for “real” in L.A.  “Play ‘Dante’s Inferno’  go to hell” was a sign that a protester raised in front of the E3 tech conference in June.  Another sign read, “My high score is in heaven.”  Still another displayed “Hell is not a game.”  The LA times covered the story:

A small group of 13 protesters had attendees gawking by one of the entrances to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The object of their ire? Electronic Arts’ upcoming video game based on the literary classic “Dante’s Inferno,” which is on display at the show.

The protesters, who came from a church in Ventura County, held signs with slogans such as “trade in your playstation for a praystation” and “EA = anti-Christ” as they marched and handed out a homemade brochure that warns, “a video game hero does not have the authority to save and damn… ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE. and he will not judge the sinners who play this game kindly.”

Matthew Francis, one of the protesters, said he and his fellow church members were particularly upset that Dante’s Inferno features a character who fights his way out of Hell and uses a cross as a weapon against demons.

Wow, some Christians go to some great lengths to stop questionable video games.  The group made a website complete with video of some of the protests.

As it turns out, it was a hoax and the L.A. Times had to post a correction:

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