If you frequent video game blogs or boards, you've probably heard about the Fox News debacle that was sparked by the "pornography" in the game Mass Effect. Wired decided to poke fun (or jab sarcasm) at the alarmist network, pointing out a few other games that should raise hysteria among the stick-up-their-butt crowd.And no, we're not talking Manhunt 2 or the newly announced Saw games. We're talking about the really dangerous games, like Super Mario Galaxy, Endless Ocean, and Geometry Wars (as well as some games from other consoles).
We won't spoil the whole feature, but to steal an excerpt, this is why Fox News should fear Geometry Wars: "Geometry is math. Math leads to science. Science leads to lies. Thus, Geometry Wars directly indoctrinates our children into the evolutionary lie that we're all descended from homosexual monkeys. Naked homosexual monkeys. We recommend instead the game Intelligent Design Wars, which is just like Geometry Wars, except that the credits read, "We don't know who made this. (But it was probably God.)"
We couldn't agree more. Won't someone think of the children?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-30-2008 @ 7:17PM
Perverted said...
For a moment there i thought that was a serious comment.....Probably by some red neck(do you guys still call idiotic Americans that? or has it lost all meaning now?)
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1-30-2008 @ 7:39PM
jughead789 said...
Now we just call idiotic Americans the majority
1-30-2008 @ 7:45PM
hvnlysoldr said...
It was really funny how they used screens and videos from IGN. I mean they're owned by the same company why wouldn't they cross-promote? Oh that would mean asking the video games team...
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1-30-2008 @ 10:10PM
TriptychR said...
That's kind of a stretch for humor.
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1-30-2008 @ 11:37PM
pastakeith said...
Come on... keep it a-political. This is wii fanboy, not huffington post or the drudge report... they talk about news... they make news... who cares?
For a usually fantastic blog... this was a little off kilter.
I love the site. thank you! leave the politics out.
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1-31-2008 @ 1:28AM
TD said...
Agreed.
2-01-2008 @ 10:19AM
Candace Savino said...
@ pastakeith (and anyone else who found this to be political biased)
I apologize, I really wasn't aiming for a political bias here. What I was aiming for was a critique of so called "journalists," reporting false information about a video game and setting it up to be crucified, which is what Fox News did. Perhaps it was an overarching complaint about video game critics in general, but we've also expressed anti-censorship tendencies when it comes to the banning of Manhunt 2 in the UK.
Since we are Nintendo Wii Fanboy (a video game blog), we most likely *will* be biased when it comes to the issue of video games press and politics. What we want is for video games to be treated fairly, like other types of media, and not misrepresented to the public via the news or some sort of political agenda, or whatever.
This post was *not* meant to be anti-conservative ... as we've seen, liberals can be just as harsh when it comes to issues like video game censorship. If a network like CNN had done this report, we would have been just as critical/biting/sarcastic in our remarks. I'll apologize for making the post sound politically biased, but I *won't* apologize for presenting Fox News in a negative light. In my eyes, they deserve it.
1-31-2008 @ 2:13AM
Jay said...
I'm tired of ignorant conservatives trying to make judgments on media they don't understand. Keep the politics out of it? Why should we shrug this kind of stuff off? That's how these injustices keep happening. Someone needs to bring them to light so that we can do something about it. Like it or not, politics affect games, therefore game sites should cover politics.
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1-31-2008 @ 2:51AM
Spencer said...
And I'm tired of liberals while they lump all conservatives into brain dead idiots who mindlessly follow someone else's orders while they whine and whimper and promote mindless causes they don't actually believe in.
Political sweeping generalizations are bad, mkay?
(No the previous statement was not my personal opinion.)
The fox news story is the epic of non-stories. Fox News pointed out that the game was adult themed and potentialy being marketed out of it's demographic. (it is, and it could be interpreted as such). The problem is, the chick that they brought on had no experience with the game (and has since retracted her statements.) Fox New's anchor didn't say anything you wouldn't expect from someone that isn't familiar with the industry.
The hand ringing over the issue comes from way too many repressed impassioned people trying to find some common foe to hate ever since Jack Thompson disappeared into oblivion a few months ago and spend their days re-watching the same 5 minute throw away story and finding every line and letter that seems off and finding as many "wrongs" committed in a sentence as possible.
So, lets just keep the politics out of the forums. This kind of story makes gamers look bad. (not the original one on that transparently biased medium, but our bitter, rage filled response to it.)
1-31-2008 @ 9:17AM
Rocketboy said...
Yes, it's SOooo cool to have "Faux" news. Because NO OTHER news agency has any sort of spin, or mis-reports stories. Certainly not CNN that reported that solders in Viet Nam used chemical weapons against deserters, and then quietly retracted the story. Never happened. Nor were documents made up before an election to try to discredit a standing president. Naa... never ever ever. Just like Clinton was impeached for a bj, and not for Lying in a court of law (which caused him to be disbarred from being a lawyer for some time after he became the ExPresident). Face it, news is entertainment. When you realize that, you'll be better off.
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1-31-2008 @ 12:13PM
gevenstaines said...
lol, nice blog. btw did u see the recent boondocks with ann coulter? hilarious.
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1-31-2008 @ 2:54PM
Lars said...
Too funny.
You know, there's more full-frontal nudity in Zelda TP. Those little bird things with the saggy tits and huge nips.
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1-31-2008 @ 3:29PM
MMLgamer said...
I'm not really sure what it matters what TV news says anymore. Though I am a conservative, I really don't see the big deal that FOX is bringing up. The game is rated, and it certainly won't be touched by people like me who don't play such "Ma-too-re" games. Games like that are not played by mature people.
Maybe this makes me a "kiddy gamer" but then again I don't play video games in order to impress the likes of you, now do I?
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2-02-2008 @ 12:29PM
JKAntwon said...
Wow I Watch Fox news a lot, and I never saw this segment. It must of been reported once then forgotten after they knew it was wrong. I'm assuming this whole event is being exaggerated on both parts.
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