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Here’s why Abby uses a golf club in ‘The Last of Us Part II’:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/03/03/golf-club-the-last-of-us/
The Last Of Us 2: Abby & Joel's Golf Club Scene Inspired By Real Story:
https://screenrant.com/last-us-2-abby-joels-golf-club-scene/
TLOU2 Abby Voice Actress Breaks Down Divisive Role:
https://screenrant.com/last-of-us-2-abby-laura-bailey-role/
A spoiler-heavy interview with The Last of Us Part 2 director Neil Druckmann:
https://www.eurogamer.net/a-spoiler-heavy-interview-with-the-last-of-us-part-2-director-neil-druckmann
Director For The Last Of Us Part 2 Says Abby Using A Golf Club Was Inspired By A Real-Life Accident:
https://www.thegamer.com/the-last-of-us-part-2-abby-golf-club-why/
Inside The Last of Us Part II's devastating plot twist: ‘People were stuck on how violent it is’:
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-last-of-us-part-2-remastered-joel-death
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/03/03/golf-club-the-last-of-us/
The Last Of Us 2: Abby & Joel's Golf Club Scene Inspired By Real Story:
https://screenrant.com/last-us-2-abby-joels-golf-club-scene/
TLOU2 Abby Voice Actress Breaks Down Divisive Role:
https://screenrant.com/last-of-us-2-abby-laura-bailey-role/
A spoiler-heavy interview with The Last of Us Part 2 director Neil Druckmann:
https://www.eurogamer.net/a-spoiler-heavy-interview-with-the-last-of-us-part-2-director-neil-druckmann
Director For The Last Of Us Part 2 Says Abby Using A Golf Club Was Inspired By A Real-Life Accident:
https://www.thegamer.com/the-last-of-us-part-2-abby-golf-club-why/
Inside The Last of Us Part II's devastating plot twist: ‘People were stuck on how violent it is’:
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-last-of-us-part-2-remastered-joel-death
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Both sources are in Spanish and have been machine-translated to English by the User:
Uruguay incident:
https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/poppy-playtime-primaria-llama-a-estar-alerta-ante-aumento-de-casos-de-cortes-en-ninos-2022915164831
Translation: "The general director of Primary, Graciela Fabeyro, called on the population to be “alert” about the manifestation of the children, or their behavior, after El Observador reported this Thursday that two schoolchildren were hospitalized for playing a game that incites them. to self-harm, based on the video game Poppy Playyime and her character Huggy Wuggy.
“The most serious cases were two,” Fabeyro acknowledged, but there were seven who did this practice.
He reported that games or attempts to attack or self-harm occur “more frequently than they did before the pandemic.” And he added: “The pandemic has also installed some mental health issues.” Primary contacted the Ministry of Public Health about these cases, with the aim of promoting actions aimed at children.
“Some situations are occurring in childhood,” said the leader, although she preferred not to give more details, when consulted by the press this Thursday. “We still have no explanations. This is multi-causal. “We are more alert, the situation is known and reported more,” she indicated.
Fabeyro asked the population to pay attention to the behavior of the schoolchildren. “I repeat, (we must) all be alert, because sometimes we don't realize it. We think that they are games, or that children feel uncomfortable when they say: I don't like that thing, I don't want to live or I have some difficulty. One sometimes takes it as game situations. (You have to) be alert because it is occurring in greater quantities. We receive different situations, not only in Montevideo and the metropolitan area, but in other places in the country,” he expressed."
Pablo Abdala's response:
https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/presidente-de-inau-preocupado-por-episodio-sobre-huggy-wuggy-confirma-que-el-desarrollo-tecnologico-entrana-un-riesgo-muy-severo--202291685022
Translation: "The president of the Institute for Children and Adolescents of Uruguay (INAU), Pablo Abdala, expressed his concern about the video game Poppy Playtime and the main character, Huggy Wuggy. This horror video game caused seven Uruguayan children to self-harm, and two of them even ended up hospitalized.
“We live in a more violent society, particularly in relation to the youngest and I think that this episode, which surprises and impacts us all greatly, should help us reflect,” said the leader.
In this sense, he emphasized that we must “extreme efforts to care for our children” and “prevent them from falling into the networks of this type of complex practices, which someone irresponsibly encourages or implements,” according to Telenoche.
In his opinion, this episode "is confirmation" that technological development, social networks and increasingly early access by children to different devices "in itself is an advance of modernity, but at the same time entails a very severe risk."
However, Poppy Playtime is not the first game of its kind. In Uruguay there have already been cases of recreational activities that end with children in critical situations.
Such is the case of Ballena Azul: the challenge established 50 challenges to be completed in 50 days and caused fear around the world, since the last task is for the user to commit suicide.
In Uruguay, psychologists warned parents so that they could build trust with their children in order to prevent them from participating in this game.
The situation forced the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) to issue recommendations and register cases of adolescents hospitalized in five departments. At one point, it required the attention of four ministries —Defense, Education, Interior and Health—and the Minister of the Interior at the time, Eduardo Bonomi, even referred a case to Interpol.
On the other hand, the second game that raised alarms was Momo. This viral challenge involved writing to an unknown number through WhatsApp, which eventually “responded with violent and aggressive images” and even with “threats and revealing personal information,” according to the Computer Crime Investigation Unit of the Prosecutor's Office. General of the State of Tabasco, in Mexico (UIDI).
While the latter did not cause as much of a stir as its predecessor, cases were recorded in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, for example. Like the Blue Whale, it spread quickly through the internet and social networks."
Uruguay incident:
https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/poppy-playtime-primaria-llama-a-estar-alerta-ante-aumento-de-casos-de-cortes-en-ninos-2022915164831
Translation: "The general director of Primary, Graciela Fabeyro, called on the population to be “alert” about the manifestation of the children, or their behavior, after El Observador reported this Thursday that two schoolchildren were hospitalized for playing a game that incites them. to self-harm, based on the video game Poppy Playyime and her character Huggy Wuggy.
“The most serious cases were two,” Fabeyro acknowledged, but there were seven who did this practice.
He reported that games or attempts to attack or self-harm occur “more frequently than they did before the pandemic.” And he added: “The pandemic has also installed some mental health issues.” Primary contacted the Ministry of Public Health about these cases, with the aim of promoting actions aimed at children.
“Some situations are occurring in childhood,” said the leader, although she preferred not to give more details, when consulted by the press this Thursday. “We still have no explanations. This is multi-causal. “We are more alert, the situation is known and reported more,” she indicated.
Fabeyro asked the population to pay attention to the behavior of the schoolchildren. “I repeat, (we must) all be alert, because sometimes we don't realize it. We think that they are games, or that children feel uncomfortable when they say: I don't like that thing, I don't want to live or I have some difficulty. One sometimes takes it as game situations. (You have to) be alert because it is occurring in greater quantities. We receive different situations, not only in Montevideo and the metropolitan area, but in other places in the country,” he expressed."
Pablo Abdala's response:
https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/presidente-de-inau-preocupado-por-episodio-sobre-huggy-wuggy-confirma-que-el-desarrollo-tecnologico-entrana-un-riesgo-muy-severo--202291685022
Translation: "The president of the Institute for Children and Adolescents of Uruguay (INAU), Pablo Abdala, expressed his concern about the video game Poppy Playtime and the main character, Huggy Wuggy. This horror video game caused seven Uruguayan children to self-harm, and two of them even ended up hospitalized.
“We live in a more violent society, particularly in relation to the youngest and I think that this episode, which surprises and impacts us all greatly, should help us reflect,” said the leader.
In this sense, he emphasized that we must “extreme efforts to care for our children” and “prevent them from falling into the networks of this type of complex practices, which someone irresponsibly encourages or implements,” according to Telenoche.
In his opinion, this episode "is confirmation" that technological development, social networks and increasingly early access by children to different devices "in itself is an advance of modernity, but at the same time entails a very severe risk."
However, Poppy Playtime is not the first game of its kind. In Uruguay there have already been cases of recreational activities that end with children in critical situations.
Such is the case of Ballena Azul: the challenge established 50 challenges to be completed in 50 days and caused fear around the world, since the last task is for the user to commit suicide.
In Uruguay, psychologists warned parents so that they could build trust with their children in order to prevent them from participating in this game.
The situation forced the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) to issue recommendations and register cases of adolescents hospitalized in five departments. At one point, it required the attention of four ministries —Defense, Education, Interior and Health—and the Minister of the Interior at the time, Eduardo Bonomi, even referred a case to Interpol.
On the other hand, the second game that raised alarms was Momo. This viral challenge involved writing to an unknown number through WhatsApp, which eventually “responded with violent and aggressive images” and even with “threats and revealing personal information,” according to the Computer Crime Investigation Unit of the Prosecutor's Office. General of the State of Tabasco, in Mexico (UIDI).
While the latter did not cause as much of a stir as its predecessor, cases were recorded in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, for example. Like the Blue Whale, it spread quickly through the internet and social networks."
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An infamous scratch and sniff ad for EarthBound, featured in magazines around the time of the game's release, caused WayForward director/designer James Montagna to suffer from a severe allergic reaction as a child, which had him rushed to hospital:
"When I came to the page with the EarthBound scratch and sniff ad, I remember going at it without hesitation. Not long after, my tongue started to swell, and my throat closed up. I started to panic, and woke up my parents to take me to the hospital (magazine still clutched tightly in my hand), where we determined I had a reaction to the scents on the EarthBound ad!"
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Some minigames like Tug o' War, Paddle Battle, Cast Aways, Deep Sea Divers, Pedal Power, and the Mecha Fly Guy minigame caused players to resort to using their palm to rotate the hard, plastic control stick faster to win or get better results. This appears to be an intended control method as it was featured in a Japanese commercial for the game, but it was not a safe way to play those minigames, injuring players through blistering, burns, lacerations, punctures, and cuts. After over 100 complaints were made to the New York Attorney General's office, Nintendo agreed to a settlement to pay $75,000 to the office to cover their investigation into the matter, and agreed to give out padded, fingerless sports gloves to injured players who could provide proof-of-purchase, potentially giving out $80 million worth of them. However, the requirements to do so were reportedly "elaborate" and it's not known how many gloves actually reached injured players. Since the game had already sold 1.5 million units by the time this settlement was reached, a warning was published in an issue of Nintendo Power that recommended players to instead rotate the control stick with their thumb, or hold it between the thumb and forefinger. This warning was also added to the start of the Nintendo Switch Online re-release of the game, as well as Tug o' War's re-appearance in Mario Party Superstars, to protect Nintendo from legal liability when re-introducing control stick minigames to the Mario Party series.
CNET article:
https://web.archive.org/web/20121025065428/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040_3-237808.html
[Below links and information provided by CuriousUserX90.]
Mario Party Japanese commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRm5MilibtM
Video about the controversy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSNj7zksTdA
Nintendo Switch Online warning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgMr60iHew
https://web.archive.org/web/20121025065428/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040_3-237808.html
[Below links and information provided by CuriousUserX90.]
Mario Party Japanese commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRm5MilibtM
Video about the controversy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSNj7zksTdA
Nintendo Switch Online warning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgMr60iHew