Fox happily beats on games for stupid reasons yet uses images when it suits them. Bunch of idiots. Wouldnt be surprised if Fox releases a news clip complaining at their use of Infinite logo promote anti immigration feelings. DAMN VIDEO GAMES!!!!
Gee, you think?Karloff said:Ken Levine isn't too worried about it. As he posts on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ken.levine.9/posts/10203391065356282], he's "glad to help," though that might have been intended ironically.
Oh, okay. Glad to help them hang themselves, yet again.gridsleep said:The world just can't stop giving Fox News more rope. Enough is never enough. But it's like a bad zombie film. No matter how many times they hang themselves, they keep coming back for an encore.
Dude... the thing was directly traced. It even has the same texturing. The only thing changed is the lettering and the upside-down flag instead of the torn one.Pyrian said:So, let's get this straight. An icon deliberately created to be reminiscent of pre-existing far-right American imagery, turns out to be, surprise surprise, vaguely reminiscent of a right-wing American image?
Can we please stop calling something with a few vague similarities "copying"? A lot of lawsuits are based on such fuzzy pseudo-resemblances.
False, false, and false. The similarities are the shield shapes and positioning, color choices, and motifs, and the latter two are little more than just the standard patriotic motif, anyway - which BS:I copied, not vice-versa. The background texture is almost completely different, the font is different (inverted), the edging of both shields is different, the stars and number of stars are different, really the only notable similarity is the basic shape.JarinArenos said:Dude... the thing was directly traced. It even has the same texturing. The only thing changed is the lettering and the upside-down flag instead of the torn one.
Best image I've seen of the Fox logo so far. If you have a better one, please share.Pyrian said:False, false, and false. The similarities are the shield shapes and positioning, color choices, and motifs, and the latter two are little more than just the standard patriotic motif, anyway - which BS:I copied, not vice-versa. The background texture is almost completely different, the font is different (inverted), the edging of both shields is different, the stars and number of stars are different, really the only notable similarity is the basic shape.JarinArenos said:Dude... the thing was directly traced. It even has the same texturing. The only thing changed is the lettering and the upside-down flag instead of the torn one.
Trust me, I have plenty I get angry with on the republican side of the fence, as well. But conservatives arent a party, we just generally side with republicans more often than your further left democrats. Blue dog dems get more conservative support than you might realize, as well.Rellik San said:This post is an example of how political bias not only works is but is incredibly stupid.Riff Moonraker said:I am sorry, but the OP has lost their mind if they dont think conservatives can also be gamers. Being a gamer does NOT mean you are necessarily a liberal, left winger. Maybe he didnt mean it to come off that way, but jeez...
"The party I support did something stupid and moronic, in this case relating to video games, so a video game website posts a half mocking piece about it: LIBERAL BIAS!"
And it goes for the Liberals too, they do it just as much.
If your party does something as moronic as this, it's your job to hold them to account for it, I mean these people are the public face of your political opinion and if they are being mocked, they are being mocked because they did or said something stupid and deserve it.
I am thinking you mean Maus, but I get your point, and dont disagree with that, either. Trust me, they do some ROYALLY stupid stuff at Fox, too... just much less than MSNBC or CNN. My comment was more directed not at the actual subject, or Ken Levines comments, but the posters comments that seemed to insinuate conservatives dont game.Scrumpmonkey said:The irony comes from this being a panic peace about defending against immigrants, a theme Bioshock Infinite is a very harsh satire and deconstruction of. The dangers of unbridled patriotism, wrapping religion up in a flag, xenophobia and the emptiness of the founding myths of a nation are the central themes of Columbia. Themes that run directly counter to the editorial line of Fox News and especially a piece called "Defending the Homeland"Riff Moonraker said:I am sorry, but the OP has lost their mind if they dont think conservatives can also be gamers. Being a gamer does NOT mean you are necessarily a liberal, left winger. Maybe he didnt mean it to come off that way, but jeez...
It would be like an antisemitic origination using artwork from the graphic novel Mouse.
Go and watch some Young Turks...Zachary Amaranth said:Considering Fox's body of work, I'm pretty sure they didn't do it ironically. Either that, or they've become the penultimate Poe.
[citation needed]Rellik San said:And it goes for the Liberals too, they do it just as much.
They all have their moments, some just are more subtle about their stupidity than others:Riff Moonraker said:I am thinking you mean Maus, but I get your point, and dont disagree with that, either. Trust me, they do some ROYALLY stupid stuff at Fox, too... just much less than MSNBC or CNN. My comment was more directed not at the actual subject, or Ken Levines comments, but the posters comments that seemed to insinuate conservatives dont game.Scrumpmonkey said:The irony comes from this being a panic peace about defending against immigrants, a theme Bioshock Infinite is a very harsh satire and deconstruction of. The dangers of unbridled patriotism, wrapping religion up in a flag, xenophobia and the emptiness of the founding myths of a nation are the central themes of Columbia. Themes that run directly counter to the editorial line of Fox News and especially a piece called "Defending the Homeland"Riff Moonraker said:I am sorry, but the OP has lost their mind if they dont think conservatives can also be gamers. Being a gamer does NOT mean you are necessarily a liberal, left winger. Maybe he didnt mean it to come off that way, but jeez...
It would be like an antisemitic origination using artwork from the graphic novel Mouse.
I think most people are just laughing at them for ripping-off iconography that was intended to criticize similar people.josh4president said:So people are spewing invective at a corporate-owned profit-driven media outlet populated by mindless talking heads as opposed to all the other corporate-owned profit-driven media outlets populated by mindless talking heads.
Makes sense.
wait a sec. are fox news the "patriotic" constutionion spouting right wing people of the USA anti-immigration? the same USA that's founded on immigration?EiMitch said:I think most people are just laughing at them for ripping-off iconography that was intended to criticize similar people.josh4president said:So people are spewing invective at a corporate-owned profit-driven media outlet populated by mindless talking heads as opposed to all the other corporate-owned profit-driven media outlets populated by mindless talking heads.
Makes sense.
And I don't equate Faux News with other corporate media because Faux News clearly prefers to cater to a far worse audience. For goodness sake, they're spinning as "Defending the Homeland" a bunch of racist a-holes who are protesting against immigrants coming to this country by legal means. I emphasized "legal" because the usual excuse for xenophobes is that they only oppose illegal immigration as opposed to all immigration. But thats clearly not the case this time. Those protestors, and Faux News, are being openly and proudly xenophobic.
And I cannot in good conscience equate that with typical media stupidity.
Just as a heads-up - though having been around here since 2010 you should probably already know this - but most of the writers/staff members/forum-goers on this site tend to be leaning towards the left...and that's being generous in the cases of some content providers *cough*MovieBob*cough*. That's why I don't set foot in the Religion and Politics section.Riff Moonraker said:I am sorry, but the OP has lost their mind if they dont think conservatives can also be gamers. Being a gamer does NOT mean you are necessarily a liberal, left winger. Maybe he didnt mean it to come off that way, but jeez...