Fox News Moron Alert - Sexbox

Post by **Trestkon** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:37 pm

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/user ... 63925.html

They probably picked it up from the equally inane article by Kevin McCullough, which seems to have been removed from the townhall.com website...oddly enough.

EDIT: This page quotes the original article in full: http://forums.planetxbox360.com/mass-de ... x-box.html

Deus Diablo · Post by **Deus Diablo** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:53 pm

I read this via Joystiq. At least the Yanks aren't alone with moronic games news coverage this week. The British Telegraph is going over all the same old rubbish we had with Bully again before its Xbox/Wii port. Could they have played it before commenting. No cos research takes time from writing up slanderous journalism.

Post by **Jonas** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:34 am

OH GOD YOU SEE THE SIDE OF A BOOB. CLEARLY THIS IS SO-CALLED "GAME" IS A RUTHLESS DEVICE ENGINEERED FOR THE EFFICIENT CORRUPTION OF THE YOUTH OF THE WESTERN WORLD. BAN IT. BAN IT!

Mr_Cyberpunk · Post by **Mr_Cyberpunk** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:14 am

Jack Thompson wrote:OH GOD YOU SEE THE SIDE OF A BOOB. CLEARLY THIS IS SO-CALLED "GAME" IS A RUTHLESS DEVICE ENGINEERED FOR THE EFFICIENT CORRUPTION OF THE YOUTH OF THE WESTERN WORLD. BAN IT. BAN IT!

Fixed your quote jonas

Post by **Jonas** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:43 am

Ah yes, thank you.

Master_Kale · Post by **Master_Kale** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:27 am

Fuck, not this again! The (wow, can't think of a PC term for "dumb cunt") host of that show and the crackpot "therapist" make points that make my head spin:

Host: Pandora's Box is open, kids have access to these things, and unless you're hovering over them every second they're going to find ways to see this stuff on the internet

I agree with her point that children have access to a lot more information now than ever before. The internet brings everything from cookbooks to pornography straight into your home. Not once does she ever say that PARENTS should take accountability for their children's actions and exercise their right as parents to snoop in on what their children are doing. My parents did it, and even though I felt as though my privacy was being invaded, I had to oblige or go without internet.

You can't control what your children do or see 100% of the time (just as the host's grandparents couldn't prevent their children from going off behind the bleachers and sneaking peeks at bits of pornography), but it IS a parent's responsibility to know what's going on under their roof. If you see the kid looking at something or playing something you don't approve of, TAKE THAT SHIT AWAY. What is your kid going to do, call Child Protective Services?

Therapist: And here's how they're seeing women, they're seeing them as these objects of desire, as these "hot bodies". They don't show women as being valued for anything other than their sexuality

She seems to be missing the point that just about every commercial, movie, and TV show seen today personifies women as "hot bodies". I could come up with a hundred and one different examples of this, but I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about.

The long and short of it is, video games represent a small majority of purveyors of women as sexual objects. Extreme games like DOA Beach Volleyball or Rumble Roses tend to heighten that majority for a short period of time, but in the end video games are not a primary source of sexual material.

Host: I have not played this game. I went on the website today, I clicked on a lot of different trailers, tried to learn as much about it as I could before we do this. It's interesting, when you click on it, it asks you your age, you must go through a scanning process, I thought, "oh this is going to take forever". Ok, so I put in my age, and boom! You're in, no problem, so that is a pretty easy screen to get past.

I just wanted to highlight the point that the only reason you're prompted for your age when viewing these video game sites is to allow the game publishers to cover their asses should the shit hit the fan, much like it did with Mass Effect and the infamous boob shot (seriously, the sex scene isn't even that good =\ )

Black Female Panel Member: We live in a day and age where our children are not always supervised. It's not the days of the Playboy Magazine when a lot of moms were home for the majority of the day. Many kids let themselves in after school, they have time, what do you think a young boy's going to do? "I want to play my dad's videogame while he's not here.

If your child is at home and you're not there, then you need to either enroll that kid in some after school programs or be there with him or her after school. My parents didn't give me a key to the house until I was 16 or 17. Before then I was always near at least one of them, even if I had to drop whatever I was doing to go to the store with them. I hate to think there's a trend arising of parents not giving a shit about anything regarding the fruit of their loins.

Oh, and if I EVER found out that my son or daughter played any of my video games without my permission, their ass would be grass so quickly you'd think that Crayola turned it into a crayon factory for the color "evergreen". I would NEVER tolerate dishonesty in my house, nor would I teach my kids to use something without asking. Are concepts like these so foreign to parents today?

White Female Panel Member: I'm not sure why it didn't get an adult-only rating. That's the highest rating it can have. First of all the board that rates them needs to have their head examined.

If we were talking about a Leisure Suit Larry game, I'd understand this bimbo's "complaint". The truth of the matter is, like the guy from G4 said, the sex scene isn't a required element of play. If the sex scene was a part of the game you just couldn't avoid, then fine, give it an AO rating and be on your way. The game received an M rating for MATURE (18+ YEAR OLDS ONLY PLZ) Audiences; the game isn't intended for 13 year-olds

Non-glasses-wearing White Male Panel Member: At the end of the day, its just like Chet said, it's up to parents to control what their kids are seeing.

This is basically the point I've been trying to make. Parents no longer want to be held accountable for their childrens' actions. Instead, they'd rather exert effort to try and point the finger at companies that are undeserving of their litigation. In order for shit like this to stop, every parent now and in the future needs a swift kick in the ass every so often to remind them to BE PARENTS AND LORD OVER YOUR KIDS WITH AN IRON FIST UNTIL THEY TURN 18. Once they turn 18, if they're ungrateful for the life lessons and well-adjusted attitude you taught them, throw them out on their asses and call it a day. It's just that simple folks, it really is.

Post by **Trestkon** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:43 am

Wow, I just got to the INCREDIBLY SCANDALOUS HOT SEX SCENE this evening, and I have to say it was rather disappointing after all the hype. Seriously, I didn't even *see* the infamous side-boob. Good thing, too, or I may have started to objectify blue mono-gendered aliens

Mr_Cyberpunk · Post by **Mr_Cyberpunk** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:45 am

Mass effect is pr0n? well then Star Trek must be Hardcore then

Jetsetlemming · Post by **Jetsetlemming** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:19 pm

The "Luke Skywalker meets Debbie Does Dallas" line was fucking brilliant.
I don't get why people get so up in arms over this stuff. I just find it funny. It's clear not a single person there had played the game, saw the game, watched the scene, or even talked to someone who had done any of those things. They pretty much admit to exactly that.

Post by **Jonas** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:50 pm

Trestkon wrote:Good thing, too, or I may have started to objectify blue mono-gendered aliens

I thought you were courting Ashley?

Post by **Trestkon** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:16 pm

Jonas wrote:
Trestkon wrote:Good thing, too, or I may have started to objectify blue mono-gendered aliens
I thought you were courting Ashley?

No, she annoys the crap out of me, actually.

EER · Post by **EER** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:27 pm

I fully agree with these 'experts' on FOX. It is absolutely abysmal that a game whose title suggests mass murder actually optionally shows the side of an alien boob.

So I would leave my kids at home, thinking they are off mass murdering aliens, while in fact they are having sex with them! WHAT THE CRAP IS THIS?!

Post by **Jonas** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:33 pm

Trestkon wrote:No, she annoys the crap out of me, actually.

Well she has some issues, but that's what gives her character and makes her interesting. Liara is so... uncomplicated. Where's the drama!? Maybe I just have a thing for tom-girls

JC12 · Post by **JC12** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:28 pm

Master_Kale wrote:If we were talking about a Leisure Suit Larry game, I'd understand this bimbo's "complaint". The truth of the matter is, like the guy from G4 said, the sex scene isn't a required element of play. If the sex scene was a part of the game you just couldn't avoid, then fine, give it an AO rating and be on your way. The game received an M rating for MATURE (18+ YEAR OLDS ONLY PLZ) Audiences; the game isn't intended for 13 year-olds
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Here in the UK it's rated as a "12"

Post by **Jonas** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:54 pm

12 makes sense. There's not a lot of blood in it, the violence is pretty low-key and unrealistic (and "clean" as it were) and the sex is subtler than you might expect to see on certain prime time shows (several scenes in Battlestar Galactica has it beat, for example). I would probably rate Mass Effect 15+, primarily because of the couple of scenes where characters shoot themselves in the head.