Fox News Attacks Environmentally Conscious Games

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Fox News is just testing the waters here. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, TURN AWAY NOW! If we start ranting too much about this then Fox is going to add this to their agenda of 'topics that generate a lot of viewers' box.

People, Fox News is not a stupid organization. To dismiss them as being idiotic is just ignoring the problem at hand. Fox News, in my opinion, is the Troll of all Trolls. Its a lot like that Simpsons Halloween episode where all the ads started coming to life and destroying the town. The way they defeated the ads was by NOT looking at them. So, 'Just don't look'.

 

[Roganzar]

Really? Really? Are Fox news just extremist conservative idiots just for the sake of being extremist conservative idiots?

Yes, yes they are.

 

[Tiger Sora]

Nuclear power cleaner than wind and solar. I'm sorry but even an 8 year old whos seen the Simpsons afew times knows thats not true. Have you seen this place

Three plants now have had a major melt down. And all produce nuclear waste thats gona be around for half a million years or so. Solar panels.... I dono if they can be recycled if they're damaged or in years to come worn out. And wind is by far the greener. The only waste it produces is the hydraulic and lubrication fluids it uses, which can be reused once treated.

So thank you again Fox News, for setting the record straight for America. Least the rest of us know the truth.

 

[electric_warrior]

I'd say they were clutching at straws if straws weren't a biodegradable, environmentally friendly form of insulation.

 

[imperialreign]

Curious...

Has the Onion acquired any new IP recently? It seems more and more that Fox might actually be a sister-company to the Onion... at the very least, the Onion tries to make their stories believable and plausible. But Fox takes fictional reporting to a whole new level. Wells himself couldn't stir the kinda sensationalism that Fox does, and thats a feat...
I needed a good laugh, though.

 

[Fayathon]

Every time I see that Fox has "reported" on something I wonder how much closer I am to having an aneurysm because of what they say.

Spoiler: I think I'm allergic to stupid, it makes my head burst into flames.

Seriously? FLOWER is bad for kids now? The hell is wrong with you people!?

 

[Avayu]

"Not only that, but those games are also boring."
Yeah you'd rather have your imaginary five year old (who shouldn't play any games not specially designed for that age, in my opinion) play some exciting "Shoot-Arabs-and-Russians-in-the-face"-game than letting him learn to take responsibility for the world around him, wouldn't you?

 

[Outlaw Torn]

Has Fox decided to pick on RapeLay yet? Seems like it would he right up their alley, even though it can't legally be sold outside Japan, so their entire story would be invalid.

Why would facts stop them? GTA can't legally be sold to minors, but it's turning toddlers into Freddie Kruger in FOX's ideal world.

 

[Nedoras]

Nothing goes with my cup of coffee in the morning like a good old pinch of stupid. Seriously though, I don't even understand the logic behind them reporting on stuff like that. Are ratings really worth making yourself look stupid? Or do they honestly believe the crap that they spout out is the truth? I suppose that either way, they're complete fools.

 

[TikiShades]

FOX: No one is talking about us and we hits for sweeps! Quick! Make a report talking shit about another game and we'll make up the low week with rage hits! Those heathen gamers fall for it every time.

Mhmm. Then again, I want to watch it, just because I enjoy it. And then the comments... oh the rage amuses me so. <3

 

[liquidsolid]

Let me point out the irony of TJ McCormick decrying "scare tactics" when he is employing them himself in this segment.

Also, Modern Warfare 2 has NO relevance to environmental games. Putting it up in the screen while talking about it is also a scare tactic to remind parents how "scary" the world of video games are.

They are also playing a game not intended for children. These are not AAA titles or mainstream games. These are games by indie developers that, yes maybe push environmental issues, but aren't forcing them on children. He points out that these games are boing. Well if it couldn't hold the interest of an adult because it was too dry, how would it hold the interest of a five year old?

Furthermore, he states "parents don't know whats in these games" Well isn't that their responsibility as PARENTS?!?! I mean c'mon there is a rating system that explains more clearly than film rating systems what kind of content is in each game.

I hate the fact that these pundits think "liberals" run literally everything but the church and Fox News Channel.

 

[Fayathon]

Has Fox decided to pick on RapeLay yet? Seems like it would he right up their alley, even though it can't legally be sold outside Japan, so their entire story would be invalid.

Why would facts stop them? GTA can't legally be sold to minors, but it's turning toddlers into Freddie Kruger in FOX's ideal world.

Actually, at least in the States, games rated 'M', like rated 'R' movies can legally be sold to minors, however, the industries of each restrict it as a form of self censorship.

 

[Sicram]

Pfft, more like Faux "news".

 

[luckycharms8282]

I LAUGH whenever I hear the term "liberal agenda." It reminds me a little of people during the Cold War would refer to Communists, as if they were just some entity whose one goal in life is to steal all of your women and monies.

I especially love it when crazy conservatives claim that part of the "liberal agenda" is to turn all the US' cildren gay and to make our founding fathers appear to be terrorists.

 

[deathstrikesquirrel]

I'm glad i'm not American, having to actually put up with something like that on TV would be horrible :/

I'm glad i'm not American, having to actually put up with something like that on TV would be horrible :/

I'm glad Fox is around, it is stupid as shit but it is a sign of the freedom of speech and I know that they can't ban a game over here

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Flower isn't really an enviromental game, it was more of an attempt to make an experimental falgship game for PSN to show it can compete with XBLA. Its more a point of free-from gameplay rahter than enviromental agenda.


They are wrong on many many different levels its hard to comprehend.

actually, Flower is a sequel to Flow.
its is also a brilliant game.

OT: so they like nuclear? good, a tiny amount of nuclear fusion (particles fusing in an area the size of dust) can run a car. well we're never going to get nuclear fusion. the petrol companies wont let you. its too efficient.

anyway, these games are in no way forcing liberalism and fear-mongering.

meh, its FOX news.

 

[Goldjit]

I wish there was someone that can show up Fox. I really do.

 

[Drejer43]

nuclear power is cleaner than solar and wind energy?
what?

 

[andy25100]

The sims city societies advertising made me not want to check it out, Fox news segment on how the are bad for everyone made me want to check it out, thank Fox!

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

I'm glad i'm not American, having to actually put up with something like that on TV would be horrible :/

I'm glad I'm American, being able change the channel when something like that is on tv is amazing

That's a bit of a weak rebuke.

OT: Breaking News; Fox news make a fool of themselves, yet still get more press because we all act offended by it! I just laugh at them now-a-days.