Girls attempt real-life version of video game

Found on Monterey Herald on Sunday, 02 April 2006
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Five teenage girls from Portage County face potential criminal charges after attempting to play a real-life version of Super Mario Bros.

The Portage County Hazardous Materials Unit and Bomb Detection Unit were called in to downtown Ravenna on Friday morning after seventeen suspicious packages -- boxes wrapped in gold wrapping paper with question marks spray painted on them -- had alarmed residents.

Five girls -- age 16 and 17 -- claimed responsibility for making and placing the packages. The girls said they found an Internet site that included step-by-step instructions for creating replicas of blocks featured in the game.

The Ravenna Police Department will be working with the Portage County Prosecutor's Office regarding possible criminal charges as a result of the game.

As if terrorists would wrap bombs in gold paper painted with question marks. This sounds more like something "The Riddler" would do; but this happened in Ravenna, not Gotham. Seriously, charging them for playing outside? Looks like every game is a terrorist training tool, no matter if played inside our outside.