Fox News Says Bulletstorm Could Make You a Rapist

[Noobsalad]

Have you ever taken a class on journalism or mass communications? The article was totally alarmist, mostly because the tone echoed the comments of the crazy lady. Read the first couple paragraphs again and tell me the article is "fair and balanced".

What's more, who they choose to interview and what quotes they choose to print also adds to the editorial slant of the article. Why choose the wacky "games=rape" lady as opposed to someone more knowledgeable? Why print quotes from her that are obviously not founded in any current studies? Why doesn't the article include studies that show that instances of rape are actually going down, and that the ESRB is actually enforced much better than the MPAA ratings? Bias is created through what is and isn't covered.

I thought the tone was alarmist at the beginning, but I felt that ended when the article began giving the other side. I believe the article was written solely to generate controversy, which is why the crazy lady was allowed to speak. Then it gave the other side, which wasn't as strongly supported (but was still there), although Billy Pidgeon did have a good quote in the article.

Mostly, I'm just angry at Andy's article because it is so blatantly misleading. It NEVER mentions that the Fox article gave significant space to the games' industry's response

 

[Wintermoot]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WHY do they asume a RESPONSIBLE parent lets a kid play a game like Bullet Storm?
also how and why can a shooter turn you in a rapist? I kinda get it with stuff like Rapelay but this is just stupid even to Fox News standards
PS
also with the exception of some Japanese games how many explicit sex scenes are their in a game?
like any other Fox News article this falls apart by the simple aplication of logic, thanks Fox you never stop to dissapoint me!

 

[Wintermoot]

Freaking idiots. People don't sell video games to kids. Parents buy video games for kids.

for some reason allot of Amaricans want to blame a company if they do stupid theings (for example the warning "dont stop the chains with your hand" on a chainsaw is their so you cant sue the manufacturer for trying it or somebody already was stupid enough to do it)

 

[Noobsalad]

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I had thought you were saying that O'Reilly was using Non-Correlating Data in his moon thing. He didn't use a great example, but I suspect that he does those videos quickly and that what he meant to say was more along the lines of the unmoved mover.

 

[duchaked]

bleh so dumb, Fox needs to just stop trying with the whole anti-video games thing

but hey what Bill O'Reilly is the man. can't say I agree with his madness-er, passion but ya

 

[The Robotman]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WHY do they asume a RESPONSIBLE parent lets a kid play a game like Bullet Storm?
also how and why can a shooter turn you in a rapist? I kinda get it with stuff like Rapelay but this is just stupid even to Fox News standards

I'd let my kid play Bulletstorm. (I have no kids, thank your mortal soul for that.)
But see there? Alot of people allow their own children to play games M and above. I took inventory of my own games recently, and you know what?
All of them, except one, (Street Fighter 4) was M for mature. Why?
Because M for Mature games are generally AWESOME AS HELL. What kid doesn't want to play the best games for a console when most of them are over the top violent, explicit sexually and controversially, and most importantly vulgar? The GTA series, Fallout series, Red Dead Redemption, MW games, Dead Space series, Oblivion for GODS SAKE!

I think the world isn't giving today's youth enough credit quite honestly.

They're are many morons yes, but for every imbecile there is yet another sensible, mature man or woman stuck in the bonds of their own youth. (Highlander!)

 

[nomadic_chad]

According to experts, there's been a steady increase in incidents of fucktardedness in America. Said experts have cited numerous studies indicating the increase is due largely in part to people tuning in to overly-opinionated, politically-driven news channels and allowing said news channels to dictate to the viewer what their opinion should be on any given matter.

Psychologists have attributed viewers' allowance of this occurrence on the likelihood that the viewers are intellectually lazy and unable to differentiate fact from fiction or comprehend simple systems like game rating scales.

Studies have even shown that many viewers have no desire to improve themselves on topics such as current events or history, even going so far as to allowing their news channel to contradict itself from week to week, without drawing any critical response from its viewing public.

Despite this horrible development, there is a silver lining to this retarded cloud, in that said viewers also tend to be blindly patriotic, inherently violent, and prone to war mongering. A situation that should remedy itself once they achieve their goal of seeing the world burn in apocalyptic style flames, taking all inhabitants along with them.

*Seriously, the games aren't supposed to be in the hands of children - the real danger in this story lies with the parents who allow their children to play games that aren't in their age rating.

 

[TehChuckles]

Fox News... the world's most widely accepted troll.

I have thought of a reason why this type of news comes up. fox news has the same debating skills as my father. when a conflict arises he will do anything to make the other side angry (including getting angry himself.) and when he does, he simply stops, that's right he simply stops arguing. apparently that means he's right. and thus giving him the ability to charge the opposition with capital punishment before anyone can prove him wrong... come to think of it its the same logic pattern as a dictator... well there you have it United States of America, by using Fox News fact hunting skills I can now say that Fox News are communists trying to ruin your Nation from the inside out.

 

[Kuckles]

Well that was informative.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and shoot a guy's nuts off, you know, because the game told me to....

NO NICOLE I will not "Make us whole" now shut up, I already dismemberd 13 people.

(Because that's totally how it goes with video games, right fox? (SARCASM))

 

[RN7]

While it is true that the is grossly overendulgant, I highly doubt that there is any credible study that could back this up. This data reflects the mind of someone who is incredibly fragile, and unstable. If all of these studies are supposedly true, wouldn't games with different content have different effects? Could RTS's turn you into a tactical savant? Does Proffesor Layton make one a genius? Does Assassin's Creed Brotherhood bestow upon the player the ability to scale tall buildings, actively camoflauge within crowds and sight that reveals secret messages hidden on the back of famous landmarks? I think not.

 

[Wintermoot]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WHY do they asume a RESPONSIBLE parent lets a kid play a game like Bullet Storm?
also how and why can a shooter turn you in a rapist? I kinda get it with stuff like Rapelay but this is just stupid even to Fox News standards

I'd let my kid play Bulletstorm. (I have no kids, thank your mortal soul for that.)
But see there? Alot of people allow their own children to play games M and above. I took inventory of my own games recently, and you know what?
All of them, except one, (Street Fighter 4) was M for mature. Why?
Because M for Mature games are generally AWESOME AS HELL. What kid doesn't want to play the best games for a console when most of them are over the top violent, explicit sexually and controversially, and most importantly vulgar? The GTA series, Fallout series, Red Dead Redemption, MW games, Dead Space series, Oblivion for GODS SAKE!

I think the world isn't giving today's youth enough credit quite honestly.

They're are many morons yes, but for every imbecile there is yet another sensible, mature man or woman stuck in the bonds of their own youth. (Highlander!)

my point is that people should read the box if you where to let your kids play GTA (or any other 18+ game) you wouldnt complain because you read the box art, the parents I meant are complaining that GTA contains crime (ORLY? a game named after a crime has crimes in it gee golly! I never would have thought that!)

 

[chuckman1]

Lets conform to what society wants.
Lets rape people because we read "gang bang".

 

[Zeema]

all right ill say it right now

FUCK YOU Reporters and Politicians

Im sick of hearing stuff out of context and mis read information 'OH games cause violence' BULLSHIT get over yourselfs and blame the BAD parents who give there kids this game.

Video Games are not the Problem there the Scapegoat and the real problem are parents who buy games like this for your children but even so u cant say that the Game FORCED them to go Rape/kill or Steal from people the person.

Crims who say 'oh a i learnt how to rape/kill or touture in a video game thats why im messed up' Bollocks U DID IT

The Game didn't point a gun to your head and say 'DO IT'

'Wow i love playing bulletstorm IMA GOIN RAPE SOMEBODY'

'WoW is Bad it kills people'

'Wow i shot some AI drones that look like Russian people in a Airport IMA GOIN KILL RUSSIANS'

what i think Fox News thinks 'Wow this game has a skillshot where its called 'Topless WOW that will cause more rape lets blame the Game Devs or the Game community'

Ima sick of having Gamers and Devs getting harassed by the media bout there game being violent.


Sorry for the English and the Swear Words

 

[pigmypython]

I can't believe Fox has the audacity of calling that show a news program...god I hate Fox.

 

[[Gavo]]

On the topic of the origin of the moon, newest, highly scientific researches have proven, at least according to Mr. O'Reilly, that the moon was in fact build by the NASA, then sent back via time travel, just to have some place to shoot Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to.

Also, Mars has no moons!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyHzhtARf8M

 

[Jonluw]

Some day we're going to find out that Fox news is actually run by anonymous, and that it is all just a massive ploy to troll us.
They're succeeding as well.

 

[boholikeu]

Have you ever taken a class on journalism or mass communications? The article was totally alarmist, mostly because the tone echoed the comments of the crazy lady. Read the first couple paragraphs again and tell me the article is "fair and balanced".

What's more, who they choose to interview and what quotes they choose to print also adds to the editorial slant of the article. Why choose the wacky "games=rape" lady as opposed to someone more knowledgeable? Why print quotes from her that are obviously not founded in any current studies? Why doesn't the article include studies that show that instances of rape are actually going down, and that the ESRB is actually enforced much better than the MPAA ratings? Bias is created through what is and isn't covered.

I thought the tone was alarmist at the beginning, but I felt that ended when the article began giving the other side. I believe the article was written solely to generate controversy, which is why the crazy lady was allowed to speak. Then it gave the other side, which wasn't as strongly supported (but was still there), although Billy Pidgeon did have a good quote in the article.

Mostly, I'm just angry at Andy's article because it is so blatantly misleading. It NEVER mentions that the Fox article gave significant space to the games' industry's response

All of that is done on purpose. In journalism classes you learn that many people only read the first paragraph of an article, and very few people read more than a few paragraphs. The section including the industry's response is nothing more that lip service so that Fox News can claim that they gave space to both sides.

Also, you're right that the article was written solely to generate controversy. That's basically the definition of alarmist, and that's what the problem is with an article like this. A major news organization that claims to be "fair and balanced" should not be creating hubbubs like this where they don't exist.

Now, the Escapist article was pretty biased too, but that's to be expected of a site that claims to be the "mouthpiece of the gaming generation". The Escapist is an entertainment site first and foremost, and the news sections reflects this format. I mean, if you need proof just look at the number of "news" articles dedicated to youtube videos of people making cool stuff in Minecraft. =)

 

[IDTheftVictim]

It's kind of funny, when I play video games I'm calm, but whenever Fox News says anything I feel an urge to get extremely violent.

 

[antipunt]

Like, say, the fact that FBI statistics show that the rate of forcible rape has actually declined over the past two decades (along with virtually all other violent crime rates) or that FTC studies have repeatedly shown that videogame ratings have a significantly higher rate of compliance than any other entertainment medium on the market. None of these facts are in question, yet Fox continues to ignore them.

Yeah, that was my intuition as well. So what, where the heck are all these 'doctors' coming from with such obviously wrong stats? I don't get it.

 

[GotMalkAvian]

Is there any video game that conservative media doesn't see as a rape trainer of some sort?