Montgomery, AL -  A family of four is suing Konami, creators of the world-renowned "Frogger" series, for the death of their pet frog, Fluffy, which they claim was caused by the game.  Purportedly, Alan Davison, father of two, was playing Frogger in the family room, in plain view of Fluffy for "about an hour or so," claims Davison.  Shortly thereafter, his son, Marcus, brought his pet outside to play.

"Well, we don't have a fence or anything, so I guess we should have been a little more careful," says the boy, mournfully.  "But Fluffy never tried anything like this before."

The frog headed straight towards the main road that borders the family's home, but the boy wasn't fast enough to catch up to him.  Mr. Davison explained what happened next.  "He just hopped straight into the road, I'll tell you.  The first car missed him, but the next one got him pretty quickly."  Clearly, the frog wasn't paying close attention to the game and didn't know to keep moving once you dodge a car.

Marcus Davison with pet Fluffy, 2009

"He just stood there," chimed Marcus.  There wasn't even anything on the other side of the road for him to watch out for."  The father ran outside after hearing his son's screams of terror, only to find the body of their once lively frog in the road.

"It was a sad few days for all of us, really.  We couldn't figure it out at first.  Then I remembered what I had been doing earlier that day and everything was clear."  The family held a private funeral at their home and soon after, started on the paperwork to prevent this tragedy from happening to further families.

"We went through a lot of pain because of this game...  I never thought video games influenced behavior before," explains Alan, "but this really woke me up."

The Davisons are asking for $6 million in damages and calling for a ban on the game.  Mr. Davison claims it's not out of greed, but out of fear of what could happen should the game remain available to the public.

"We all just want to get this behind us and try to live our lives as normal as possible.  The house is quite uncomfortable to be in without Fluffy here..."