Fox News Says Bulletstorm Could Make You a Rapist

[Luk3us 63]

Fox News is warning parents about the impending release of Bulletstorm in a report alleging that videogames are actually responsible for an increase in the incidence of rape. (No, I am not making this up.)

 

In all fairness, Bulletstorm is not the poster child for videogames that don't make parents nervous. The new shooter from People Can Fly and Epic bills itself as the only game in which you can blow off a man's bunghole, after all. Shockingly, that's what caught the attention of Fox News, which is warning parents that the game's "Skill Shots," with names like "Topless" and "Gang Bang," conflate extreme violence with explicit sex acts that its experts say can cause serious damage to young minds.

 

"If a younger kid experiences Bulletstorm's explicit language and violence, the damage could be significant," said Dr. Jerry Weichman of the Hoag Neurosciences Institute in Southern California. "Violent videogames like Bulletstorm have the potential to send the message that violence and insults with sexual innuendos are the way to handle disputes and problems."

 

And if that's not alarmist enough for you, psychologist and author Carol Lieberman took it one step further, directly blaming videogames for a rise in sexual violence. "The increase in rapes can be attributed in large part to the playing out of [sexual] scenes in videogames," she said.

 

That's right: The incidence of rape is going up and it's all the fault of videogames. The game industry is complicit, according to the report, because of its insistence on the same First Amendment rights enjoyed by other media, which it uses as a smokescreen to sell its products to kids.

 

"The marketing is clearly aimed at children and young adolescents," said Professor Melanie Killen of the University of Maryland. She claimed that the ESRB is a failure because there is no enforcement of ratings, noting that while the FCC monitors television broadcasts and levies fines against those who violate decency regulations, there are no such penalties for selling violent games to kids.

 

"Politicians were organizing efforts to address violent videogames prior to the presidential election but got distracted by the election," she added. "It is time for senators and representatives to come back to the issue."

 

Of course, the truth is that the ESRB can impose fines of up to $1 million on publishers who jerk their ratings process around, but it's probably not reasonable to expect Fox to let facts get in the way of a good story. Like, say, the fact that FBI statistics show that the rate of forcible rape has actually declined over the past two decades (along with virtually all other violent crime rates) or that FTC studies have repeatedly shown that videogame ratings have a significantly higher rate of compliance than any other entertainment medium on the market. None of these facts are in question, yet Fox continues to ignore them. Is it just making this stuff up as it goes?

 

In other news, Bill O'Reilly still isn't sure where the moon came from.

 

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/...ke-You-a-Rapist

 

 

Fox News, don't you just love em'?

[Nmenth 291]

Fox News is warning parents about the impending release of Bulletstorm in a report alleging that videogames are actually responsible for an increase in the incidence of "If a younger kid experiences Bulletstorm's explicit language and violence, the damage could be significant," said Dr. Jerry Weichman of the Hoag Neurosciences Institute in Southern California. "Violent videogames like Bulletstorm have the potential to send the message that violence and insults with sexual innuendos are the way to handle disputes and problems."

I'll agree that it could promote insults with sexual innuendos, but there is a bit of difference between words and actions.

 

As far as sex goes, video games are actually very tame compared to all the other mediums out there.

 

If something like Skill Shots called "Topless" and "Gang Bang" incite rape, then it is already too late for this world. Victims beware.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

This is Fox News we're talking about. They have a tendency to make a mountain out of mole hills. Suffice to say, this is another lame scare story in their zeal to stop everyone from having any real fun.

[Nyerguds 102]

Faux news

[Sonic 296]

I don't give a **** about the news story, but I think I will get Bulletstorm, looks fun

 

Something to fill the gaming void until Crysis 2 in March.

[Luk3us 63]

Speaking of Crysis 2, a leaked copy of the game came out the other day. I've watched a few videos and screenshots, and it looks awesome.

 

But I'll wait till its actually released instead of getting some buggy early copy, plus its illegal!

[Saracen 16]

Did Fox have an Actress for a mother, who then began to spout that after downloading and playing the Bulletstorm Demo on his X-Box 360. Her son decided to go out with a few of his mates at the bar, discuss the game (which they all played), then gang raped the pretty young lady sat across the room in some dark back alley?

 

This of course backed up by reconstructions to portray the fear, and gut-wrenching reality that the American public now face?

 

Such things like that, remind me of that Laugh out loud story they did on Anonymous a couple years back. In fact, certain outlets still go on about how Anomynous is some sort of well organised mafia style cult with leaders etc.... all fuelled by Fox's original claims. One name I have to mention is... Rupert Murdoch, the founder of such crap known as Fox itself.

 

Every paper and media he owns in the UK spouts the most biased egocentric crap. Distorted one-sided truths, political propaganda, illegal activities such as phone hacking, and a whole lot more. He even wished to own Sky over here, which would have meant our Sky News (which for the most part is to try and be unbiased and neutral) into the UK's own Fox news. This is why I really only read papers like The Independant which are free from political bias and government control (The even make that clear on every front coverthey publish). Best to be safe with the truth on these things.

 

Anyway as for the game demo. It was OK at best after I played through it a couple of times. Fell into the very typical trap of limiting players as to what the game offers, so I can't really judge. It'll probably be a game best left to when it comes down in price a bit, then I'll pick it up. Since I'm more looking to Duke Nukem for my next FPS fix.

 

Anyway, since I've played the demo, I'm off to go rape somebody!

Edited February 15, 2011 by Saracen

[Gben 20]

Anyway, since I've played the demo, I'm off to go rape somebody!

 

Anarchist!