Fox News says Gaming makes you a rapist.

-gets on the ground, looks up at sky-

GOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDWWWIIIIIINNNNNNNNN!!!!!

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edited 8th Feb '11 7:13:45 PM by Chagen46

But this one didnt involve Hitler.... until now

Let us Hitler the shit out of this thread so that it will get locked and the pain will end, shall we?

/takes massive crap on the floor and smears it into a Swastika

The problem is that Nazism cannot reflect this since news media making incorrect claims preexisted Hitler.

So I could say that this is older than Nazism.

Seriously, yellow journalism.

What's Wolfenstein about? I never played it...why are you attacking the Nazis? are you from the future or something? What's going on?

I can't believe I didn't get the StarFox joke until someone brought up Fox's dad

edited 8th Feb '11 7:17:38 PM by NULLcHiLD27

Although the News being incorrect about things isn't anything new. See NY times and Wolfenstein

The problem is that Nazism cannot reflect this since news media making incorrect claims preexisted Hitler. So I could say that this is older than Nazism. Seriously, yellow journalism.

Godwin's Law.

^^^^You play an American Spy in WWII who thwarts any Nazi plan that involves any of the following: Cyborgs, Powered Armor, Ghosts, Zombies, Parallel/Alternate Dimensions, Holy Relics, and Mutants.

edited 8th Feb '11 7:20:01 PM by RocketDude

Why are there supernatural creatures in the games?

edited 8th Feb '11 7:21:33 PM by NULLcHiLD27

It deals with the occult since the Nazis love occult.

And I was arguing against Godwins law by saying it had nothing to do with nazism.

^^Because just shooting Germans isn't enough, you have to shoot the walking corpses of their ancestors. That's the B.J. Blazkowicz way.

edited 8th Feb '11 7:25:25 PM by RocketDude

The bottom statements of the article actually has a person say there's nothing wrong with video games. I am shocked. No, really.

We can definitely agree the first couple of people were speaking out of their large intestine, though. Not to mention the article arguably far more takes the side of the first few speakers.

"Arguably"?

Well, they do actually give something on the other side. It makes it less clearcut.

Arguably.

I too can't believe that it took me more than 10 minutes to figure out the Star Fox joke. I would shoot myself for being stupid, but I'm too busy hugging Longfellow. No homo.

Anyway, Fox News idiocy strikes again I suppose. Goddammit, sometimes that research paper I did on the CCA (Comics Code of Authority) pays off a little too much.

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Seriously, did any of them even bother to look on the friggen box? Far as I can tell, they do give a summary of what you'll be seeing in the game on the back of the box.

Of course, it is Fox News. They've repeatedly shown to be completely ignorant as to how games work. Almost to a "fucking magnets" level.

I can almost imagine the fucking magnets clown narrating this article.

"Fucking ESRB ratings, how do they work?"

Indeed, because playing a game where a spiky-haired kid wielding a giant key fights off dark forces beside DONALD AND GOOFY, AKA TWO GODDAMN AMERICAN ICONS will make little kids sex-hungry predators.

Or how about that game with two Italian plumbers that jump on mushrooms and fight a giant lizard to save a princess? That'll definitely will make a rapist!

edited 9th Feb '11 6:14:49 AM by Ari1991

Can I say Super Mario will instead encourage you to take drugs, or is that joke overplayed yet?

To be fair to Fox, they weren't promoting this about kid-friendly games like Kingdom Hearts and Super Mario Bros. They were talking about something that was specifically extremely violent and has references (but as far as I can tell, no actual depictions) of sexual acts...which should never end up in the hands of kids anyway, and arbitrarily throwing that reasoning out because "retailers don't enforce it" is terrible justification for making blanket statements like Ms. Lawrence or whatever her name is.

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which should never end up in the hands of kids anyway, and arbitrarily throwing that reasoning out because "retailers don't enforce it"

They don't? That's news to me - I can't remember the last time I bought an M-rated game from any retailer without being asked for photo ID at the checkout.

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edited 9th Feb '11 6:38:01 AM by Reflextion

Me either, but I'm guessing since California's law got so much traction, it must be an epidemic somewhere. Still, I don't really think that's the answer either. I'd elaborate but I've got a quiz in about two minutes.

R-rated movies are not censored legally. Why should M-rated video games suffer alone?

edited 9th Feb '11 7:54:40 AM by Scardoll