[MisterBiggler]

I just heard about this story tonight, so for those that haven't heard, Fox News recently did a story on Mass Effect and some questionable material in the game. Apparently Mass Effect features "graphic digital nudity" (in the form of an alien side boob, I hear), and this game runs the risk of violating the minds of America's youth, or something similar.

Video of Fox News segment

During the segment, Fox's expert on psychology that day, Cooper Lawrence made some seemingly irresponsible comments on Mass Effect, bashing the game for allowing youth the access to user controlled graphic sex, with no evidence to such. Due to this, folks have fired back by tanking the rating of her latest book posted on Amazon, leaving some pretty harsh comments in the process.

Follow up post on Wired
Lawrence's Book on Amazon

I thought the response was pretty damn hilarious, but as I've been browsing various forms, lots of folks feel that this helps argue the point that the gaming community is full of immature individuals, etc. Thoughts anyone?

[Dhsu]

It's a good thing she didn't play Conan.

[Hum4n After All]

"Fuck em."

[Binjovi]

People have been making too much of a ruckus over this game and games with mature content in general. I did however, like the fact that they mentioned how parents should be present in their kid's lives and try to censor the things they don't want them exposed to.

One woman mentioned how kids would want to play dad's video games when no one's around, but the Xbox 360 (and the Wii even) does give you control over what you're allowed to play without a password. Make one that's extremely difficult to type in, and your kid can't play it. Lock your bad video games away like you would your guns or whatever. Instead of trying to play those games, they'll just get on the web and watch worse stuff.

Then there was the lady that said it deserved an AO rating. First off, the part of the scene that shows the most is the one quick clip of the arse and the side of the breast. An M rated game is basically like an R rated movie. I can guarantee you there are plenty of R rated movies that have worse stuff in them than Mass Effect.

The guy that they got to fight for the game could have done a better job.

[LongeBane]

I thought the response was pretty damn hilarious, but as I've been browsing various forms, lots of folks feel that this helps argue the point that the gaming community is full of immature individuals, etc. Thoughts anyone?

IS it even necessary to get thoughts about this? I mean, this is like, the INTERNET

[Antipode]

Part 2: EA retaliates!

Seriously, EA gets brownie points for this. Check it out:
http://news.filefront.com/ea-request...t-mass-effect/

[I-n-j-i-n]

I love it. I love how the internet community is getting on those other media's nerves like this.

And I don't know about Mass Effect. It's for the most part, just not worth criticism at all. So you can choose to kill a few criminals if you're evil (where was the outrage when you can massacre innocents in Baldur's Gate for no reason at all?) or let them go if you play a good guy.

It's not exactly Disney, but the story isn't anything different than something like Star Wars. You can be Darth Vader. So what?

[Fenrir]

Holy fucking shit, does nobody remember God of War?

[Moseph]

I stopped paying attention to Fox "News" after a story they ran last December which implied that Christians maybe ought to be offended by the Archbishop of Canterbury's (correct) assertion that the Bible doesn't support every detail of the popularized Christmas story.

They want controversy. Controversy sells news. If they have to manufacture that controversy, they'll do it. I've neither played Mass Effect nor seen Fox's take on it, but I would bet money that they've blown it far out of proportion because it's the kind of thing that sells news.

[megadave]

Only idiots buy into Fox News, and their controversy is probably going to make people want the game more. It's also good to know that we can fight back some how, and seeing these shoddy "journalists" get hit in any way makes me feel a little better.