Even for Fox this is disappointing. Man, now I need to find something to get this icky sad feeling out of my system. 
Fox News Attacks NEA for Classifying Games as Art
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Or ma-bey for games like games like Imagination is the only escape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination_Is_the_Only_Escape, educational games of the like that usually don't make alot of money so publishers don't pick them up. Their are many educational games that could be interesting but are never picked up because they don't make enough money for the publisher because educational games don't sell well. These are small publishers with not alot of capital, you know as much about this as fox news does.CosmicCommander said:
Now I hate fox news as much as the next guy, especially being European and all, but where they are coming from isn't that wrong. Their rhetoric arguments are (it IS fox after all), but the idea that most people do not know enough about the video games industry to get that games like Call of Duty will not get federal funding. Informing the people on the issue isn't wrong, it's just the way fox news does it.
*Face Palm* Fox News, you know how many times a week I tell people that you are a legit source of news? I just can't do it anymore, I just can't.
That was pathetic. Worst is, they do that every time they disagree with something. Look up FOX News on atheism.
Let's just hope they die out, or start thinking. That'd be fun either way!
Let's just hope they die out, or start thinking. That'd be fun either way!
The whole national endowment for the arts is kind of stupid. Private ventures, even artsy ones, shouldn't receive the money of tax payers. So I am with Fox on this one. Though they should be going after the whole program not just the video game part.
:[ Wait! They attacked the Games industry. To hell with the RPG!arc1991 said:Tehehehe i'm glad the Majority of this thread have a sense of humour.Imp Emissary said:arc1991 said:
*Puts down RPG*
Now pick up that RPG, were on a mission >.>
>_< *Picks up BFG*
Reading these comments, I'm seeing a lot of energy being used impotently to criticize Fox News. Most, if not all, of you are just preaching to the choir. Why not bring the issue to Fox News in THEIR comments section(however, please remain civil, polite, and rational rather than lowering to typical internet nerd-rager level or, worse, to Fox News level)? There actually were some comments on the site that did take issue with the piece in question.
Of course, people could argue back that doing so won't stop them, and it probably won't. But, fuming and ventilating amongst ourselves is accomplishing nothing but raising our own blood pressure to dangerous levels. The people that need to be educated and enlightened on these sorts of issues don't read publications like the Escapist; they read/watch Fox News. So, if you want to enlighten people, you have to make your arguments visible at the venue that people actually visit; otherwise, you're just wasting your own energies.
Light a candle rather than waste time and energy cursing the darkness.
Of course, people could argue back that doing so won't stop them, and it probably won't. But, fuming and ventilating amongst ourselves is accomplishing nothing but raising our own blood pressure to dangerous levels. The people that need to be educated and enlightened on these sorts of issues don't read publications like the Escapist; they read/watch Fox News. So, if you want to enlighten people, you have to make your arguments visible at the venue that people actually visit; otherwise, you're just wasting your own energies.
Light a candle rather than waste time and energy cursing the darkness.
i needed a good laugh for the day, this fills that quota quite splendidly.
Wish the law that required all news outlets to provide both sides of a story equally still existed. Yes it would be more bland, but then again i don't watch the news to get excitement, i watch news to get NEWS.
Wish the law that required all news outlets to provide both sides of a story equally still existed. Yes it would be more bland, but then again i don't watch the news to get excitement, i watch news to get NEWS.
I dream that some day Escapist is going to do a story on bias that isn't itself MORE biased than the story they're reporting on. Apparently not today.
What the heck is happening to The Escapist? It used to be a serious industry mag, and now it's just high-profile rants and a minecraft blog.
The intro oversexed the story by referencing "Call of Duty", and probably shouldn't have. But I agree it was pretty reasonable. One guy said "games qualify as art", the other said "art or not, we shouldn't be funding it", and the host was agnostic. They could have improved but it wasn't nearly as worthless and lopsided as this article itself.Ace IV said:
What the heck is happening to The Escapist? It used to be a serious industry mag, and now it's just high-profile rants and a minecraft blog.
