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Fox News is at it again. This time they held a "fair and balanced" debate on whether or not the terrorism level in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was going too far and whether the game itself is too violent.
[Discuss in the Modern Warfare 2 forum]
For more Fox silliness, take a look at their Mass Effect report, their America's Army: Special Forces report, and their report that blames a baby's death on video games.
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Speaking of which, what the hell is slashgamer.com?
"It's not real! It's not real! It's not real!" isn't exactly the most compelling argument. It just made the slashgamer guy sound like a crazy man.
Lol, who knows? Fox probably picked the most violent-sounding game site they could find.
• The whole mission itself is optional.
• Your character is doing it as an undercover operative for the CIA. If anything, this mission brings into question what government agents can and cannot do when they're undercover.
• Modern Warfare 2 is rated M for a reason. An 8-year-old shouldn't be playing this game in the first place.
"...Yeah"
"Its pixelated violence"
"Its violence"
That news guy kinda just shut that dude down. WTF? Are you *bleep*ing mental? HellO!
By that logic, porn lets 8 year olds be porn stars.
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Edit: Did Fox talk about this game? CNN did; pinned it on gaming in general like Rape Lay was the norm or something.
lets all remember context here - read my comment, and the comment i was replying to. good day sirs, and madam.
I'm...pretty sure they're comedians.
So yeah...there I was, playing through the game waiting for this "explicit...zomg...mind blowing sex scene"...25 hours...25 hours with tissues at the ready to find a blue blurry humanoid shape flashing about on the screen for a few seconds...I mean...if that's a definition of a sex scene then by god a movie premiere must be a god damn orgy to these idiots
Who, by the way were pissed at Sesame Street for having a Pox News reference on their show. How anyone could possibly listen to anything at all that they have to say after all these things, is quite beyond me.
Like, things called 'facts' and 'common sense'....I'd probably confuse the people at FOX though, they probably would need a dictionary to figure out what that means....Speaking of which, they really ought to look up "quality" and "reporting" and find a way to apply the two together.
Listen. I'm not a Neo Con. But that mission was a very graphic one. It may be emotional and bring up deep thoughts of morality to me and others who play it, but to an 8-year-old? I'd actually be slightly disturbed seeing an 8-year-old orgasm throwing grenades at and headshotting civilians in a game like this.
I'm just a sensitive person, though. The host certainly could have done better representing the game, but when you compare it to the Mass Effect bullshit, he DEFINITELY could have done worse. It's a controversial part of the game and to not acknowledge WHY that is and see the validity to the other side, to me, seems like an odd thing to do.
However if a child is supervised then I can't see a problem and it is up to the parent to state what their child can and cannot play, no one else.
For me...my personal view is that this world as it is today has too many rights and has allowed political correctness to rule the way we live. This goes to prove it...yes IW are close to the knuckle on this one but...come on! When will people realise that it isn't a game that makes people do crazy stuff but the person themselves?
Of course it's not something for 8 year olds and of course kids are impressionable and shouldn't be playing the game. The point is, the game has an age rating so it's the responsibility of the parent or guardian to make sure an impressionable 8 year old who may become affected by the scenes doesn't go near it.
It's as simple as that. If someone finds that too hard to understand, they have no right to think of themselves as any form of journalist.
*goes off to smoke some shrooms*
Plain and simple, 8 year-olds should not be playing these games.
Stop challenging game developers on their morals and start placing blame where blame is due; the parents.
"Yeah, sure-- Wait, what?"
"Sorry. Can you PLEASE drive me to terrorist training?"
"Good boy, let's go."
And in the end, it's always the parent's fault.
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