Fox News and Gaming- It doesn't make any sense!!!

I thought the people at Fox News lost their minds when they bashed "The Sims." Then, they complained about "Flower." Now, they're accusing the media of marketing "Bulletstorm" to young children claiming that the game is "corrupting minors." The full story is in the link below.

http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/09/23/gamers-stop-watching-fox-news/

Some of the other websites want to boycott Fox News for their ignorance towards video games. I think we should boycott them because of their overall ignorance.

..................can you tell me which newscaster said all this? it doesnt say.

If you are going to bash on fox news like the rest of the folks here, you should at least have a reliable source. i want to see a film clip of a actual fox news newscaster saying this, or have direct quotes with the newscasters name attached to the quote from a reliable source.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/bulletstorm-worst-game-kids/

The title is what you'll find on most American propaganda so you'll need to get used to that anyway. All in all the article is fairly pointless ranting. The reporter constantly nags about the use of sexual terms which I will admit are disturbing, but all the while seems to forget that that is all fairly negated by the fact that kids shouldn't be playing these games in the first place.

Maybe if he argued about how there needs to be stronger measures put in place to keep these games out of kids' hands there would actually be something tangible here but all we really get is complaints aimed at random subjects. There just doesn't seem to be a real underlying point here. It almost sounds as if he was made to write this article when he really didn't have much knowledge of what he wanted to complain about.

While this article does bring up some good points about the dangers of children playing M rated games there really just isn't any sort of clear argument here.

I'll have to give this aritcle a 5.5

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/bulletstorm-worst-game-kids/

The title is what you'll find on most American propaganda so you'll need to get used to that anyway. All in all the article is fairly pointless ranting. The reporter constantly nags about the use of sexual terms which I will admit are disturbing, but all the while seems to forget that that is all fairly negated by the fact that kids shouldn't be playing these games in the first place.

Maybe if he argued about how there needs to be stronger measures put in place to keep these games out of kids' hands there would actually be something tangible here but all we really get is complaints aimed at random subjects. There just doesn't seem to be a real underlying point here. It almost sounds as if he was made to write this article when he really didn't have much knowledge of what he wanted to complain about.

While this article does bring up some good points about the dangers of children playing M rated games there really just isn't any sort of clear argument here.

I'll have to give this aritcle a 5.5

anthonycg

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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/bulletstorm-worst-game-kids/

The title is what you'll find on most American propaganda so you'll need to get used to that anyway. All in all the article is fairly pointless ranting. The reporter constantly nags about the use of sexual terms which I will admit are disturbing, but all the while seems to forget that that is all fairly negated by the fact that kids shouldn't be playing these games in the first place.

Maybe if he argued about how there needs to be stronger measures put in place to keep these games out of kids' hands there would actually be something tangible here but all we really get is complaints aimed at random subjects. There just doesn't seem to be a real underlying point here. It almost sounds as if he was made to write this article when he really didn't have much knowledge of what he wanted to complain about.

While this article does bring up some good points about the dangers of children playing M rated games there really just isn't any sort of clear argument here.

I'll have to give this aritcle a 5.5

ristactionjakso

He is a columinst for Fox News. All news doesn't end up on TV y'know...

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/bulletstorm-worst-game-kids/

The title is what you'll find on most American propaganda so you'll need to get used to that anyway. All in all the article is fairly pointless ranting. The reporter constantly nags about the use of sexual terms which I will admit are disturbing, but all the while seems to forget that that is all fairly negated by the fact that kids shouldn't be playing these games in the first place.

Maybe if he argued about how there needs to be stronger measures put in place to keep these games out of kids' hands there would actually be something tangible here but all we really get is complaints aimed at random subjects. There just doesn't seem to be a real underlying point here. It almost sounds as if he was made to write this article when he really didn't have much knowledge of what he wanted to complain about.

While this article does bring up some good points about the dangers of children playing M rated games there really just isn't any sort of clear argument here.

I'll have to give this aritcle a 5.5

anthonycg

You actually gave that thing a positive grade? Has the inflated video-game grade system done that much damage already?

[QUOTE="anthonycg"]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/bulletstorm-worst-game-kids/

The title is what you'll find on most American propaganda so you'll need to get used to that anyway. All in all the article is fairly pointless ranting. The reporter constantly nags about the use of sexual terms which I will admit are disturbing, but all the while seems to forget that that is all fairly negated by the fact that kids shouldn't be playing these games in the first place.

Maybe if he argued about how there needs to be stronger measures put in place to keep these games out of kids' hands there would actually be something tangible here but all we really get is complaints aimed at random subjects. There just doesn't seem to be a real underlying point here. It almost sounds as if he was made to write this article when he really didn't have much knowledge of what he wanted to complain about.

While this article does bring up some good points about the dangers of children playing M rated games there really just isn't any sort of clear argument here.

I'll have to give this aritcle a 5.5

Cataclism

You actually gave that thing a positive grade? Has the inflated video-game grade system done that much damage already?

Haha well the article wasn't 100% crap. Media can screw kids up. Just look at rap music... And a little kid learning about gangbanging in video games is likely to lead them to finding such terms elsewhere. One only needs to play some Halo online to figure that out. And there were some good suggestions about making it harder for little kids to get their hands on the violent stuff.

The rest of the aricle was just opinions based on horrible conclusions. I really think that someone made him write about this at the last minute.

I have a great idea for keeping games like Bulletstorm out of the hands of kids, parents just stop buying it for them. How many kids do you know who have the money to buy games these days? In most cases, the parent is doing the buying, so all the power to keep these games out of the hands of people too young to play it, is in the parents hands. They just have to look down at them and see it.TransFishers

All I see is a reporter posting about something that other people are saying as in these two:

"If a younger kid experiences Bulletstorm's explicit language and violence, the damage could be significant," Dr. Jerry Weichman, a clinical psychologist at the Hoag Neurosciences Institute in Southern California, told FoxNews.com.

"Violent video games like Bulletstorm have the potential to send the message that violence and insults with sexual innuendos are the way to handle disputes and problems," Weichman said.

Carole Lieberman, a psychiatrist and book author, told FoxNews.com that sexual situations and acts in video games -- highlighted so well in Bulletstorm -- have led to real-world sexual violence.

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

Nancy Grace, from CNN is simply repulsed by video games no matter what kind of or lack of content. She gets her panties in a wad about anyone who plays video games.

Haha good ol Fox News. Those people are morons.

I thought the people at Fox News lost their minds when they bashed "The Sims." Then, they complained about "Flower." Now, they're accusing the media of marketing "Bulletstorm" to young children claiming that the game is "corrupting minors." The full story is in the link below.

http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/09/23/gamers-stop-watching-fox-news/

Some of the other websites want to boycott Fox News for their ignorance towards video games. I think we should boycott them because of their overall ignorance.

Fantasy721

FOX News panders to christian groups and republicans. So of course they are going to bash the gaming industry whenever they get the chance.