12:27 PM on 10.31.2007
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Nex
Mainstream news wouldn't exist without fanning the flames of controversy, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a more adorable set of billows than Katie Couric. In the above clip, Ms. Kittenpuff Couric -- or, more specifically, her underlings -- takes a look at the controversy surrounding Manhunt 2, and shockingly they manage to avoid the typical mainstream news gaffes. No one refers to any system or game using the catch-all term "a Nintendo," there's very little sense of condescension (at least in the reporting), and overall, the tone seems evenhanded, if slightly cliché (cue soothing British Ph.D. at 1:32).
Of course, this sort of coverage is not aimed at gamers. According to traditional Hollywood wisdom, if it were, Katie would be half naked and the Master Chief would be standing behind her grilling a hamburger and wearing a backwards fluorescent baseball cap with the words "Sit On It" scrawled across the front. Sadly it seems there is no happy middle ground between pandering to middle America and pandering to concepts of cool from a decade ago, at least as far as gaming in the media is concerned, so I suppose we have to make a choice.
Well, at least Katie is adorable ...
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that bow down to talking heads cause they are on tv.
i would say
"hey its a fucking game you whore.
what about talking about Iraq?
or
the Cheney administration?
or
the end of the world in 2012 according to Nostradamus?"
"I am going to lure him out into the open, and then chop him up." As he says this his character is getting beaten and he is jerking his right up and down and looks absolutely retarded. That is total immersion.
System-based parental controls are always always ALWAYS ignored by Thompson and his ilk, and it's great to see that a reporter can actually do a bit of research and realize that yes, these functions are here and that yes, parents SHOULD utilize them, but not only do the research, but also INFORM people that these systems have these controls and that they can use them for the benefit of their children.
Basically, he's saying that parents should take responsibility for their children, and take an active roll in what they can and cannot watch or play. It was refreshing.
hopefully now that someone in the mainstream pointed out there is
a parental lock and code on all 3 consoles we will start to see this spreading a bit more.
just have to sugar coat it for the parents. its not like they have to actually physically be around their kids or interact they can still sit them in front of the television and let that baby sit the monsters.
/flicks wii remote around lazily
ahahahah needs moar stabbing motion pls.
Non of them used the safety strap!
Also, why do they all have creepy skin?
Things like that make me so very happy I'm 4000 miles away from America. God bless the Queen.
Go fuck yourself.
I'm running a caravan to drive over to that news station. I've got a few fishes in the back. I'm going to slap her with one. Any of you guys care to join?
A child should never play this game unless the parent thinks there is some sort of lesson to be learned by playing such a game. At least they did actually say that there is no proven link between games and violence, but they sure as hell implied it in the dialogue.
I'm also glad they went into the Wii menu and showed that parents can do something about kids trying to play games rated higher than their parents would like behind their backs. That was a classy move IMO. Overall, I'd say they spent too much time on unproven theories about games and violence and not enough time on what parents should be doing.
Now if we could only get an AO game in the US. That would be something.
Nex, please say "half-naked Katie Couric" again, kthx.
the only people who actually watch the CBS Evening News are AARP eligible...
This is the best televised report on games that I have ever seen.
It's still not perfect, but as far as middle ground goes, as far as rational, logical, unbiased common sense goes, it's getting there, and that's what we should be focusing on. In a perfect world, we'd all be totally understanding of everyone's point of view, we'd all be loving and comforting to all of our fellow conscious entities, and news broadcasts would give glowing reviews of every game that pushed the medium as an art form. As it is, however, I'm happy to settle for a game broadcast that isn't a pile of alarmist wank.
Let me just recap some of the things that set this aside from other such broadcasts:
- An expert in psychology who doesn't exaggerate the negative effects of games.
- A person showing how to enable parental controls.
- A description of how the game works as well as story exposition and a video demonstration.
- An explanation of the ESRB rating system.
- A heavy weight on the fact that PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR KIDS.
I hope you enjoyed my opinion. If you didn't like it, then you can screw it up, form it into a barbed 3 dimensional ellipse and apply it the function of an anal infiltration device.
The Darkness! You eat cops hearts and impale pedistrians from a first person view!! That's sick.
Right after Katie wondered why anyone would want to play that creepy, disturbing game would have been perfect.
Kids can easily get their hands on a lot of things they aren't supposed to have: porn, alcohol, drugs, guns, R-rated movies...
It's not the games fault, it's yours that you haven't used parental control and won't take 5 minutes in a month to check your kids room for such games, don't blame someone else.... you're the real problem!
USE THE BLOODY WRIST STRAP!! YOU'RE GIVING GAME PLAYERS A BAD NAME! :D
They clearly weren't game players if they can't follow the clearly stated instructions at the start of every Wii game.
although the dude playing the game made me lol