Fox News Says Bulletstorm Could Make You a Rapist
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Thanks to Fox News our daughters are now safe from leet gamers.
Between this and Duty Calls, dang I might have to buy Bulletstorm too now. That would be my second shooter in a year which I think is a record. They have to be paying Fox News for publicity like this.
All I can say is, enjoy being at the center of controversy fellow gamers. When I played Dungeons and Dragons on weekends with my friends back in the 6th grade, I was both uber geek and Satan worshipper at the same time, and look how my life turned out. Oh, wait...
Between this and Duty Calls, dang I might have to buy Bulletstorm too now. That would be my second shooter in a year which I think is a record. They have to be paying Fox News for publicity like this.
All I can say is, enjoy being at the center of controversy fellow gamers. When I played Dungeons and Dragons on weekends with my friends back in the 6th grade, I was both uber geek and Satan worshipper at the same time, and look how my life turned out. Oh, wait...
It's not even that. Anything that even implies sex, such as our Bulletstorm example here, is on their radar. It's things like this that influence my decision to never watch the news.Golem239 said:
theres gotta be a law that forces them to only broadcast the news thats known to be true right? they have lied REPEATEDLY even when things like the FBI are saying the opposite.
there is no doubt that they lie on purpose ... how can they be allowed to be "informers" of the public? honestly why isnt this breaking some laws that will shut them down or force them to clean up their act?.
there is no doubt that they lie on purpose ... how can they be allowed to be "informers" of the public? honestly why isnt this breaking some laws that will shut them down or force them to clean up their act?.
It's great that they comment on no enforcement of the ESRB, yet there is no one going out with a lead pipe with spikes on it to take down blantently lieing jounlists. Fuck!
To begin...what!? I can sort of understand the mistaken "doing virtual violent things will make you violent" logic or even the "shooting virtual guns will teach you how to shoot real guns" craziness, but the names abilities contributing to the incidence of rape?
Second, how the fuck are these people "experts"? It would be really nice if news organisations would stop just assuming anyone from an "Institute" is a reliable source. At least for the violence connection there's some (bad) experimental evidence, but I very much doubt there's any in this case. These are just psychologists speculating wildly, even the more reputable ones. As it turns out, the wild speculation of psychologists isn't much more accurate than the wild speculation of anyone else.
And where are all of these violent sex acts that are causing an increase in rape? I can't think of virtually any violent sex acts in mainstream games and can in truth think of very few even nonviolent sex acts in games. Sex is still something of a taboo subject in games.
And finally, I think they're probably right about the ESRB, but it needs more than just enforcement, it needs something approaching a reasonable rating system. Just as with films, game ratings are far too subjective and meaningless to be enforced as they stand. The main case against enforcement of sales restrictions is that the things being rated can be effectively censored by putting them into the highest age bracked. But that already happens with videogames anyway: when's the last time you saw an AO game in a store? Hell, I'm not sure I've ever even seen the AO seal on anything in real life.
Second, how the fuck are these people "experts"? It would be really nice if news organisations would stop just assuming anyone from an "Institute" is a reliable source. At least for the violence connection there's some (bad) experimental evidence, but I very much doubt there's any in this case. These are just psychologists speculating wildly, even the more reputable ones. As it turns out, the wild speculation of psychologists isn't much more accurate than the wild speculation of anyone else.
And where are all of these violent sex acts that are causing an increase in rape? I can't think of virtually any violent sex acts in mainstream games and can in truth think of very few even nonviolent sex acts in games. Sex is still something of a taboo subject in games.
And finally, I think they're probably right about the ESRB, but it needs more than just enforcement, it needs something approaching a reasonable rating system. Just as with films, game ratings are far too subjective and meaningless to be enforced as they stand. The main case against enforcement of sales restrictions is that the things being rated can be effectively censored by putting them into the highest age bracked. But that already happens with videogames anyway: when's the last time you saw an AO game in a store? Hell, I'm not sure I've ever even seen the AO seal on anything in real life.
If a younger mind saw it it could cause them damage? Well, here's a wild thought, don't let a young kid play a M-rated game!
I'm sure if kids saw 18-rated movies it would mess them up so parents don't let them see it but because it's a video GAME it's okay?! GRRR.
On the other had I'm pretty sure Bulletstorm's producers are cheering up a storm right now. Thanks for the advertisement dumbasses.
I'm sure if kids saw 18-rated movies it would mess them up so parents don't let them see it but because it's a video GAME it's okay?! GRRR.
On the other had I'm pretty sure Bulletstorm's producers are cheering up a storm right now. Thanks for the advertisement dumbasses.
Fox is right, relying on first amendment rights is just a smokescreen to attack children. We should all give up our rights and be good little slaves to Rupert Murdoch's money pyramid. Then Fox will finally have what it has always wanted.
On another note: Fox, at least just skew existing statistics in your favor, don't just make stuff completely up.
On another note: Fox, at least just skew existing statistics in your favor, don't just make stuff completely up.
FUCKING LOL
Fox News you never fail to make me laugh from your stupidity I so cant wait to see what you do for Duke Nukem Forever.
Fox News you never fail to make me laugh from your stupidity I so cant wait to see what you do for Duke Nukem Forever.
Fear mongering? By Fox news? Gedaahdaheuh!
Blame a problem they cant explain onto an outlet they can't understand. I'm used to it now, so whatever. Fox can believe what it want's to believe.
Also, where is the study that links games to rape? She said it does...where's the evidence?
Blame a problem they cant explain onto an outlet they can't understand. I'm used to it now, so whatever. Fox can believe what it want's to believe.
Also, where is the study that links games to rape? She said it does...where's the evidence?
Bill O'Reilly moon comment comes from a video he made about people countering his argument on gods existence and in it he said well how did moon get there or something along those lines which made him look stupid (I am not saying whether god exists or not do not speak about that here please just saying why he brought it up).Destal said:
Pretty sure there are many other factors in making you a rapist before a video game would ever be mentioned.
Oh shit, that explains why I raped so many people after playing the demo.
Sorry girls! It wasn't my fault!
Sorry girls! It wasn't my fault!
