Poll: Do you cringe when a Video Game name is in the News?

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SargentToughie

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Yeah... having a game in the news is never good, you never hear

"Video game saves an orphanage: tonight at 9"

it's always

"Violent video games, could they cause your kid to turn into a killer? find out at 9"

... *Sigh*
 

meatloaf231

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Only if it is a poorly directed advertisement about a game, especially if the game in question is anything like Gears of War. This is added to if any non-gamers are in the room.
 

Syber_Sid

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I remember, once, when the news people were interviewing someone via secondlife about pedophilia groups (flavour of the month here). I died a little inside when I saw the guy had a tigeress avatar ;_;

Not really a videogame, but worth mentioning.
 

Flos

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I cringe whenever video games are blamed for certain things. It's uncomfortable.
 

the monopoly guy

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I don't cringe, just sigh, shake my head and change the channel.


However I did cringer after reading every option in the poll after "depending"
 

Jamash

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I can't really think of any example of video games in the news which would cause me to cringe. Maybe I'm just made of sterner stuff.

The only situation I could imagine would be in a week of nothing happening anywhere in the world, at all, my bedroom bedroom being infiltrated the world's media & the story being about me cracking one off as Niko gets a lap dance or uses a prostitute in GTA 4.

Breaking news. British man, 28, pleasures himself to Rockstar's crime & sex simulator. Film at 11.

Watching video game programmes can be pretty cringe-worthy though.
The presenters are usually trendy geeks with a terrible sense of hurmour & poor presenting skills, who make you feel bad about playing the same games they do.
Also when they show an example of them playing the game, they're usually really bad at the game. It's even worse when they're playing a game that you're familiar with & you can tell how crap they are & that they're only using one button.
Plus when you see an adult reviewer playing a blatant kids game, (or just a game which is poor) & pretending like it's really fun, you die a little inside.
 

OverlordSteve

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One time I was watching TV with my Dad, then that Mercenaries 2 ad came on. Afterwards he looked me in the eye and said "You play that kind of stuff?"
 

ElephantGuts

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Yep, I hate it when the media tries to mention something about video games. And then of course I have to watch what they say and further prove that the media knows nothing about video games and all they can say about it is useless fear-mongering. I hate the media.

And the whole Mass Effect sex thing is a perfect example of the worst. I mean not knowing what they're talking about and exaggerating the violence and influence on children is one thing, but complete lies? Where do they think they get their information from that they can start saying all these things and criticizing them when they dont even exist? Disgusting and painful to watch.
 

Eiseman

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A lesser acknowledged relationship between games and the media is the one that comes Christmas time, or whenever a new console is being released. The hype and buzz itself can sometimes reach nation news, which almost always has some ditzy news anchor going "Oh wow, my son wants (insert game) so bad, tee hee hee!"

Bleh.
 

DeadlyYellow

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SargentToughie post=9.70726.700763 said:
Yeah... having a game in the news is never good, you never hear

"Video game saves an orphanage: tonight at 9"

it's always

"Violent video games, could they cause your kid to turn into a killer? find out at 9"

... *Sigh*
I remember hearing a long while ago about an America's Army player helping some victims in a car crash. Says the game's medical training helped him.
 

thePyro_13

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americas army training is awesome. i learnt so much from the medic training.

a few days after getting it i had a blood test and the doctor put a turnicket(meh i cant spell when im sick) on my arm and i knew what it was and why she was doing it. it was awesome!
 

Beowulf DW

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I don't cringe, but I might snear a bit. The media definitely has something against videogames, and I saw that reflected in my parents' view of videogames. They thought that I was an exception to the videogames=violence "rule."

Fortunately, I was able to refer them to some of the articles on the Escapist that deal with that issue, and they began to revise their stances.
 

neocenturion

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SargentToughie post=9.70726.700763 said:
"Violent video games, could they cause your kid to turn into a killer? find out at 9"

... *Sigh*
Close, but its always more mysterious and scary.

"Is your kid turning into a killer? Find out at 9!"