(Fox News) "Is Bulletstorm the Worst Video Game in the World?"

Nope they still want to fight the culture war. It failed the first time they want a round two. In case you haven't notice parents seldom blame themselves and would rather have a scape goat.

That's why this kind of debate persists.

Parents too damn lazy to take responsibility for their own children.

The RPS shows some pretty questionable journalism, but with the marketing for the game they're probably happy about this at EA HQ.

Better than their Dead Space 2 campaign.

I don't actually know anything about it beyond a demo I saw on YouTube. I'm a bit nonplussed as to why Fox News have singled out this game in particular.

It's bloody and gory and silly and while you wouldn't let a nine year old partake of it's over the topness your innEr9 year old will enjoy it the most. Demos okay, but I sunk more time into the Crysis 2 demo.

Can't possibly be worse than the Dante's Inferno ad campaigns...

I'm surprised there wasn't a bigger shitstorm about those. Or maybe they knew it was a ruse to get attention and didn't bite?

Or maybe I just missed the shitstorm.

edited 9th Feb '11 9:08:34 PM by deathjavu

Its selective bs at its best. The dead space 2 commercials feel to fake for some reason.

Bulletstorm is so over the top as to be deliberately invoking as many action tropes in the course of the game as possible and then some.

its kind of like the Army of Darkness Movie. Deliberately over the top. Hammy action.

Really its not that horrible for those the M Ature M title indicates the game is for. I don't know about you guys but every time I buy a M rated game even from vendors who know me I get carded.

More noise from the peanut gallery is what this sounds like.

The fact that the local Gamestop cards people for M games is probably the only nice thing I have to say about Gamestop.

They are just scared, since the internet will kill the video star.

We can only hope. Unfortunately, it hasn't finished off newspapers yet.

edited 9th Feb '11 10:14:13 PM by Deboss

Hey, I like my local paper. There's something nice about sitting down with some coffee and just reading my paper.

The tactile sense of a dead tree copies is something that is indeed special. Game Stop, Gamers, EB Games, Walmart, Target, and Best Buy have all carded me for buying R rated or M rated material.

I got carded for M rated games until I turned 18. I usually go to Best Buy, but I remember one time when I was 17 my mom was buying the game and they actually asked her if she was aware that it was rated M and what that meant.

She hadn't scrutinized the box, so she was a little surprised, but she was still cool with it.

I think that any time an M-rated game is being purchased they should have to read the reasons to the person and tell them that it is not designed for younger audiences. That I would support legislation for. Informing parents, instead of doing their job for them.

The law is far too much of a blunt instrument to get involved here in my opinion.

My post left for Fox News... I'm guessing it will not make it past the mods...

"Hey idiots — Try this:

How about advocating some responsiblility for the parents that need to be watching what their kids are buying? Yes, there should be some accountability laid on the game retailers themselves, but, also, parents should be going with their children to purchase these games, if they're so damned worried about what their little snowflake is going to be mentally conuming for 5 hours a day for the next 6 weeks.

And stop trying to make the ridiculous connections between video games and violence. It just doesn't work. Sure, you all had your laugh back during Columbine when you pulled one over on the public by claiming that the shooters there got their ideas from playing Doom, but now I think the public knows better.

We get it — you get better ratings so long as you keep your 40 to 75 year old demographic in constant fear of that damned, evil new media that's brainwashing our youth and making the streets dangerous. "Better stay inside with Fox News, where it's safe!" say all the old, scared conservatives.

Hopefully, one day, Fox News, the new generations will be brought up knowing how ridiculous your news claims are, and your current, weak-hipped viewers will eventually die off of old age or starvation because their live-in bunker ran out of victuals and finally your disingenuous brand of "news" will finally be taken off the air in place of something more enlightening... Perhaps another show about competing for a date with Tila Tequila or something with a catchy title like "Ow My Balls"."

Probably not.

^If it gets through, make sure to post some of the more interesting responses. I wonder what a burning Fox smells like.

What this fellow troper said, dammit!

Dude, the comments on that article are almost 100% (well-deserved) outright flames. One wonders why they bother to even keep the section, but I doubt they'd single yours out unless you started making threats.

edited 10th Feb '11 10:35:39 AM by Pykrete

Yeah, looking at the comments myself, I see absolutely no one defending this crap.

Maybe THAT is their plan: rather then kicking up a Moral Guardians shitstorm, they simply try to aggravate absolutely everyone, who will then link to their site on other sites just so that others can read it, pass it on more others, and eventually everyone will have left a flaming comment that are so hilarious that people just keep going back to read them.

They are making shittons of advertisement money by being the shittiest journalists ever!

...and it seems to be working. Negative attention is, when you think about it, attention.

Also: I agree with the sentiment that violence in TV is rampant. I saw a rather shocking video clip (few years ago) on Ebaumsworld about the stuff that airs on the primetime slots. Stuff that little kids might end up watching. Ho boy. Just another grain of sand on the beach of reasons why I do not have a TV.

edited 10th Feb '11 11:48:08 AM by pvtnum11

Most tv's and game systems now a days have parental control options add in you have surprising amount of control over your electronics and your child's interaction. I think this is pretty much a forgone worry.

Hooray for technology!

Yeah, I almost forgot about that-with every major game system having easy-to-use parental controls, the only excuse for a child playing a game they're not fit for is lazy (read:bad) parenting. Same with TV programs.

Reminds me of this graph I saw once...

I lol'd. Methinks they plotted it upside down or something.

How's the saying go? Lies, dammed lies and statistics?

I love how the picture they use is an "artist's recreation" (from the "Last Call" trailer, I think), rather than, say, a screenshot from the game.

Edit: Aw, crap, I thread necro'd.

edited 20th Feb '11 9:51:42 AM by Pannic