Final Fantasy Rule 34 stuns Italian parliament in Zoombombing stunt

Tuesday saw a lot of videogame news. It was an event that really showed the dual nature of humankind. The news that Microsoft had purchased Activision Blizzard was unmissable. This is a significant development for the industry. But the other big story was that a Rule 34 animated video of Tifa Lockhart was shown in Italy’s parliament.

By accident, of course — this was It is notThis is an issue of civic discourse. Zoom was used by the Italian Senate to meet and discuss transparency of data in politics. As Nobel Prize Winner Giorgio Parisi began to speak, a user by the name of Alex Spence entered the chat and ‘Zoombombed’ the senate by playing a pornographic video of Final Fantasy VII: Remake’s Tifa Lockhart for a short period of time, before he was disconnected.

Video game porn has become a hugely popular industry. Artists create elaborate videos starring classic characters. OverwatchResident Evil, and of course, Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy. artist DragkTifa’s NSFW video was made by.

“I found it quite funny, got a good laugh out of it!” he told Polygon over Twitter DMs. When the video went viral on Twitter, friends and followers messaged him. “I actually have no idea what the interrupted stream was about,” he says, but other artists are already creating fan art of the meme.

The zoom bombing has led to an increase in attention on Dragk’s content; he reports a dramatic spike in the number of comments his work receives. He said that this was a welcome and unexpected kind of exposure. “I’m quite happy that a lot of people saw my content, even if it was by accident!”