Videogames and the Media

I know this topic has been beaten to death but even months after FOX News aired its "SE"XBOX piece, I can't help but to cringe at the voice of people that talk like this.

Cooper Lawrence has already experienced first hand the the effects of upsetting the videogame community, via Amazon bashing and countless blogs before me, but she is still an ignorant bitch. Even though Darwin recanted evolution on his death bed, millions of people still believe everything he ever wrote or said. Likewise, (and not to compare Darwin to Cooper Lawrence, that would be just plain mean to him) the damage of that newscast and Lawrence's loosely flapping lips is done, reguardless of what she has admitted was inaccurate. On a side note, we all know the only reason she apologized to Microsoft was to help the sales of her own piece of shit, one-star-rated book, which basically teaches people to pretend everything is alright. She is right up there with a flathead and a wrench. Oh, and her book teaches you how to suck dick, too - it doesn't? Sorry Cooper, I must have gotton my facts mixed up!

You have to hand it to Geoff Knighley - he looked like he was about to jump through the camera and tear off the bitch's head. But he remained calm, kept his composure and pointed out every flaw in her argument. Too bad he was given a total of 20 seconds to defend ten minutes worth of inaccurate stabs at the game by people who never played it (eight minutes of which occured after his short, short statement).

First off, the opening debate, if you can even call it that, was pitiful. I was under the impression that debates were formal, organized and impartial. This was enough to anger anyone with an open mind. Then Geoff is tuned out and they bring on a panel of people twice as stupid and half as informed as Cooper Lawrence. Here's an example:

"Who could argue, possibly, that, uh, you know, Luke Skywalker meets Debbie Does Dallas is a good thing? It's not, it's just not and I'm definitely not gonna let Mass Effect into my house."

Um, I could argue that it's a good thing. Star Wars was a great fucking movie and the only thing that could have made it better (aside from altering history and never allowing Lucas to make three prequels) is Debbie. Or Jenna...or whomever is showing some skin. Let's not forget that just because one set of parents don't allow their kids to see R rated movies doesn't mean that all parents mind. My parents forbid me to see plenty of movies when I was a kid but did that stop me? No. And do you know why? Because that's what kids do - shit they shouldn't! So what are parents to do? Mine spanked the shit out of me, and it worked. I suggest all the parents out there stop insisting that the neworks and companies do the parenting for them.

Here's another quote from one of FOX's highly intelligent professionals:

"We live in a day and age where our children are not always supervised. It's not the days of the Playboy magazine where a lot of moms were at home during the day."

Last I checked Playboy was still releasing magazines and they are still carried on shelfs low enough for ten-year-olds to reach in stores understaffed so that whoever runs the goddamn place can make a few extra bucks. Not to mention, the porn industry has what could possibly be the strongest online presence out of all industries and considering the fact that most kids know better how to navigate the internet than their parents, it's not that hard for a kid to find smut. A Google image search will pick up porn if you type in anything from "teen" to "balls deep". Hell, i've done searches for videogame sprites from Metroid and on the very first page of results were pictures of anal penetration.

One more, for the road.

"...at the end of the day...it's up to parents to control what their kids are seeing."

Perhaps the only decent thing to come out of anyone's mouth in the six minutes between the last word Geoff got in and now, to which the host of this newscast responds, and thus forfietting all hope:

"It is, unfortunately."

How is it unfortunate that parents should PARENT THEIR KIDS!? Honestly, when I heard this, I nearly pissed my pants in a fusion of laughter and crying. Then I quickly regained my composure and looked at some porn.

Let's face it parents, there is only so much censoring you can petition for. There always has been and will always be objectionable material out there because there will always be someone like Cooper Lawrence who lies to themself daily about the way life is. Then when they catch a glimpse they freak out and the only way to make themself feel better about life again is to ruin it for the rest of us by going on FOX news and inaccurately representing a game so she can lie to herself about how many more people think the way she does. Isn't that right? You can justify anything if you get a bunch of peope to share your opinion, but when you can't find enough people you misrepresent the facts, call yourself a specialist, when you're not, and prey on the foolishly placed trust of the American public.

Cooper, you are a horrible human being.