FoxNews bashes Bulletstorm (LOL)

[gcninja]

Seriously..?
A)I like the fine thing. 1,000bucks if you sell a M game to a 16 or younger. Yes that works because then if the parent buys the game, it's their own FAULT
B) How has fox (faux w/e) new NOT been sued for slander. They've done this enough to have it impact sales SOMEHOW. Isn't that ground for a lawsuit
C) Fox reminds me a lot of westboro in the sense that they constantly troll and yet never get the point of STFU it doesn't work...

 

[gigastar]

Latest on the Fox News shit machine...

Sexual content and violence in games!
Focusing on Bulletstorm when there are dozens, possibly hundreds of other, better examples in both the sex and violence are even more extreme. We even had a great one less than two weeks ago.

Oh Fox, why wont you just live up to your name and be shot by professional hunters and mauled by dogs already?

Afterthought: Wonder what its going to be like when theyre choking on Duke Nukem Forever.... pfffffFFFFFFffft

 

[josemlopes]

What if a kid plays is not what FOX should be asking, this game isnt for kids in the same way that drugs, alcohol and sex isnt. It is mature content for mature people and it never said that it wasnt so why would a kid play it? Kids shouldnt play this as it was never intended to.

Also, saying that the games uses violence to justify the lack of gameplay quality is outrageous since Bulletstorm is actually very good in gameplay, skillshots are very fun, original and they work well

 

[Person342]

Ok so nine year olds play games that are not intended for them what do we do? Only ever make things for kids so all those therapists can rest assured knowing that children have a 100% foolproof barrier separating them from the scary realities of the adult world?

 

[Sevenfest]

"The increase in rapes can be attributed in large part to the playing out of [sexual] scenes in video games," she said.

I stopped reading there.

Ditto. Though I can see that rape mini-game in Tetris Party being quite damaging.

EDIT: It's probably been said but Rockstar are still total heroes for their "We don't make games for kids, if you buy our game for your kid then you're a terrible parent" quote.

I wish we could put that everywhere in our store

 

[kouriichi]

I love idiots.
Theyer the only reason i get up in the morning these days.

If parents dont want theyer kids playing these games, its the parents job not to buy them.
Saying "no" to your child isnt hard. Its definitly easyer then rallying against an entire company and try to get a multi-million dollar game pulled out of production.

 

[Tzekelkan]

I don't think Fox will have any problems with Bulletstorm. After all, weren't the United States founded on the principles of Sex, Violence and Rock'n'Roll?

 

[Togs]

wow all this fuss and the game sint even out yet, seems the game is having the desired impact

 

[bobfish92]

In the end, those who don't see a problem with Bulletstorm praise the game for being innovative another pet hate of fauxnews, thinking with your weapon instead of your gun (hey look! innuendo!).

Ha, well played.
My stance with this is the same as film; Films and games can be art, like the Stalker movie and Limbo, I enjoy these pieces of art, but at the same time, I enjoy sitting down with things like Crank and Bulletstorm and just having meaningless fun. Games are just like movies, they all have purpose, be it art, or simply fun, and this is just another one of certain Americans attempts at suppressing their beloved freedom. Adults, teens and children with a major psychological condition will always find a conduit through which they can justify their actions, be it books (Catcher in the rye) or some other medium, most commonly these days, games. If I were a parent I'd let my child play the game, hell I'd play it with them, as I'm not about to raise a child so close-minded that they can't differentiate between reality and fiction, I've played Bulletstorm myself and I'd rather not have my child play black ops for the glass in the mouth scene and its sheer destruction of historical accuracy. Not to mention substandard game-play, but that's my opinion. Its all a two-way street though, since we're free to ***** about Fox news, they're free to come up with bullshit stories.
That is, until they finally censor the world and realize there's nothing left for them to bash and they might actually have to do some reporting for once.

 

[ANImaniac89]

I played the Bulletstorm demo and felt ashamed for playing it.
My impression was that it was like watching a drooling retarded child who has been told to run around and chant a curse word at an inappropriate time.
Yeah I got a cheap laugh out of it but afterwards I had to pick up a book in hopes of undoing some of the damage I feared had been done to my brain.

Bulletstorm is stupid and its stupidity is beyond words, which is saying a lot because my tolerance for stupidity is really quite high, I have 2 younger brothers and one of my favorite games is House of the Dead: Overkill.

I honestly don't care most of the time what FOX news says, But I am worried that the controversy will end up making the game sell more copies, But oh well maybe the inevitable Bulletstorm-shitstorm will take some of the heat away from Duke Nukem Forever (A game I'm looking forward to) which by what I have seen opens with Duke receiving Fellatio while playing an Xbox ......... outstanding (^_^)

 

[Fern Williams]

Well if a child plays it that's the parents fault now isn't it???? Fox news should be ashamed of the news reports they put out. Most are just BS.

 

[loc978]

If a nine year old gets his or her hands on bulletstorm, that nine year old's parents have failed utterly.
...although really, the game appears to be targeted at people who are stereotypical fourteen year old boys at heart.

I disagree. I think this game is an homage to great older games like Duke Nukem or Serious Sam, absolutely no realism just plain fun.

Oh, I agree as far as that goes. The game looks like it would be great fun with a better control scheme (I intend to buy it on PC if, and only if it doesn't require a Games for Windows Live account to play)

Maybe it's just trying to establish a unique identity, but... "dicktits"?
I mean, the stupid, over-the-top mockery of a storyline, the attitude of the protagonist, the reward system for funny kills, all of those things I get... just not the game's use of "profanity" being roughly on-par with an eighth grade "lord of the playground".

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

Boring, old-fashioned man 1: "Who can we blame for our failed parenting now? Movies have become an accepted medium!"

Boring, old-fashioned man 2: "I've heard of these things called video-games..."

 

[A Pious Cultist]

Oscar Wilde continues to become more and more relevant:
"Censorship is telling a man he can't have steak because a baby could not chew it."

 

[mechanixis]

"And with kids as young as 9 playing such games..."

What 'such games'? This game isn't out yet. Also, how many nine year olds buy themselves their own games? Kinda in the parents' court there. I thought conservatives were against excessive government regulation, but apparently they make exceptions if it can get them out of raising their own children.

Man, I can't even do this right now. It's just too easy.

I do like that seeing the word "Topless" is considered significantly worse than "body parts that explode all over the screen." Priorities!

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

And with kids as young as 9 playing such games...

FAIL!

If a parent lets their kids play this game, then they are asking for what effects it has on the child. This game is rated M for a reason. You don't take your kids to see R rated movies, you don't give them guns or alcohol, you don't let them buy porn, and you don't buy them M rated games. If you decide to give them any of those then all effects they have on your kids are your fault. End of story.

About half their arguement from then on out is nullified by the paragraph I posted above and the rest is just wild claims about video games affecting the real world because people play them.

Seriously this entire "arguement" is laugh-worthy.

 

[pretentiousname01]

I for one cannot wait to be "damaged" by this game.

 

[newfoundsky]

Anyone else seriously confused as to what a fever pitch is?

 

[Dfskelleton]

That was the only reaction I could think of besides facepalm.

 

[X10J]

They just practicaly liabled the entire video game industry without knowing how the ESRB works. Brilliant.