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Karmic retribution: Fox psychologist gets a taste of her own ignorant medicine photo

Most of you by now should be familiar with Cooper Lawrence, the smug psychologist who grinned and giggled while slandering BioWare's Mass Effect for content she had neither witnessed nor indeed, had any experience with firsthand. Well, it seems that she's now getting a taste of her own medicine, as insulted gamers have swarmed onto Amazon to review her book. The catch? They've not read it, but just like she and Mass Effect, that little detail hasn't stopped them forming a belittling and negative opinion of it.

Of the 442 reviews for The Cult of Perfection, a stunning 386 are one star reviews. A slew of comments spoofing the ones she made herself on Fox's Live Desk segment should spell it out clearly enough for even the ignorant Ms. Lawrence -- she trashed a game based only on hearsay and a desperate need for attention, now she's finally getting a dose of the potential damage her irresponsible behavior causes. Here's a few of the best reviews:

  • If she does have as much "research" as she does for her tv spots you can expect a book full of complete lies at best. Take everything she writes with a huge grain of salt or better yet save your money.
  • Trying to encourage sexual acts in a book made available to young children is unacceptable.
  • There's a new study out of the University of Maryland that says this book sucks.
  • This author does little research yet since she's a psychologist everything she says is taken as researched fact. Don't blindly trust her.
  • Steer clear of this pointless book and save your money, get Mass Effect instead. ;)
  • This book is filled with adult-oriented pictures and stories, yet it is apparently available and marketed towards children. I find this unacceptable. You will never see this book in my house.
  • Sorry darling, I gotta go with the research here, and the research shows - there's a new study off the Internet today that says that middle-aged, attention-craving women writing generic, run-of-the-mill, rehashed self-help books should not be listened to when they offer their opinions about matters they themselves admit they have never engaged or even done any research in.
I fully understand what some of you must be thinking -- that this is "stooping to her level," and potentially making gamers look bad. Perhaps it is and perhaps we should strive to be eloquent and intelligent, but let's face it, that didn't get poor Geoff Keighley very far. This kind of movement is something that these miserable hacks actually understand, and I'm not going to condemn a bit of good old-fashioned karma. Cooper Lawrence deserves this.

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Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:43
Mxyzptlk
Go Go Internet Hate Machine!
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:44
MrSadistic
"There's a new study out of the University of Maryland that says this book sucks."

Quote of the damn year.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:44
loki d20
442? Amazon.com must have removed a lot of those because there were almost 600 by 3PM EST today. And, no, I'm not lying.
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:45
the GAMEGOBLIN
WTF stooping down to their level. She completely deserves it. But watch; she's going to start crying any day now and more and more middle-aged suburban housewives are going to fall into her bullshit.
FrozenSpaceMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:46
FrozenSpaceMonkey
I saw this coming from about a mile away...

Right after the report someone posted a link to her book and I think it had less than 20 reviews.

Karma is a bitch, indeed.
PsychoSoldier's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:46
PsychoSoldier
What goes around comes around.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:46
loki d20
But watch; she's going to start crying any day now and more and more middle-aged suburban housewives are going to fall into her bullshit.

Worked for Hillary.

Oh no he didn't! Oh YES I did!
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:47
Spartacus
She definitely deserves it. There have been more than enough intelligent arguments against her, which she most likely won't mention when she talks about how immature the gaming community is for doing this.
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:49
Spartacus
Hey, I just found a review by one of Mass Effect's art designers. Which is awesome.
Coonskin05's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:50
Coonskin05
The word pwned comes to mind.
Baron Calico's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:51
Baron Calico
So.... uh... are we gonna attack Fox News or what?

Seriously, I've had the pitchfork, torch, and even a villager costume on standby for years. Just say the word and we'll get 'em good!
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:52
loki d20
Spartacus, can you link to it?
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:55
Eschatos
It's funny and all, but this just gives her a reason to call gamers immature jerks.
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:58
NihonTiger90
Way to go, Internet!
morolen's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 18:59
morolen
As if this is going to make people think we are more immature, they are going to think that regardless, we might as well get some lulz out of it.


lulz acquired.
Jchobot's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:00
Jchobot
I rate this woman completely un-lickable :(

http://blogs.ign.com/Jess-IGN/2008/01/24/78126/

Sam Spectre's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:03
Sam Spectre
Bitch got what she deserved. Anyone who thinks this is unfair should gtfo.

@Eschatos: I'm not attacking you but... I could care less what she says at this point.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:04
mix
This is nothing short of fantastic.
JTHM87's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:04
JTHM87
I have to admit I was among the first 20 reviewers.
Novakaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:05
Novakaine
Goddamn beautiful.
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:05
Spartacus
Loki-the review is here. Jeff Brown's message demanding an apology was also posted as a review, but I don't think Jeff Brown actually put it there.
ZeroTolo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:07
ZeroTolo
Gotta love the wrath of 4chan.
Tino's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:08
Tino
She deserved it.
dethrock's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:11
dethrock
*There's a new study out of the University of Maryland that says this book sucks."

I work in a call center and came extremely close to laughing while on the phone when I read that comment.

Anyways, this psycho has it coming. Very funny if you ask me.
smellyelite's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:11
smellyelite
Perhaps it is and perhaps we should strive to be eloquent and intelligent, but let's face it, that didn't get poor Geoff Keighley very far.

Yeah, you got that right.
Riser Glen's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:18
Riser Glen
She had it coming. Especially if her act on Fox News reflects her true nature.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:19
Shin Oni
as we joke about this, this is just giving her more popularity in a sense.

oh hell it was fun readin those comments. Cooper Lawrence 4 PHAIL.
nosinging's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:19
nosinging
Bad journalism is bad journalism, and barraging her with sincere but misinformed reviews is really just very, very funny and appropriate. Yep
Zersturer's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:19
Zersturer
I cried as I read all the amazingly eloquent things people said about her book. The tragedy is that she is the only person to have been so vulnerable to the gaming backlash... we unfortunately can't do this to everyone who uses the subject of video games and violence/sex to gain the attention of the media (because not everyone has published a book for us to trash).
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:20
The-Excel
Get a load of the tags:


@ZeroTolo:
I didn't see any links to Goatse in those reviews. Stop giving them so much credit.
Origim's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:21
Origim
I will always be an advocate for taking the high road and arguing fools like this with logic and fact. That being said most of this stuff is hilarious and are the perfect answer to Cooper Lawrence.
BlackDove's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:22
BlackDove
Much like everyone here, I just gotta chime in to say I love some of the reviews too.

Especially the quotes from the ME interview replacing ME and putting the title of her book in it.
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:24
Orionsaint
This blog is almost as cool as that Hologram Lochness monster
that attacked Tokyo Harbor
manta's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:25
manta
"There's a new study out of the University of Maryland that says this book sucks."

@Mr. Sadistic
Quote of the year indeed. One of the few things on the internet that actually makes me lolz for real.
grrza's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:26
grrza
This is just getting better and better.

Stooping to her level or not, this is what she deserves for being completely unprofessional, sensationalistic, and money-focused in her career as a psychologist.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:28
Im OK
I fully understand what some of you must be thinking -- that this is "stooping to her level," and potentially making gamers look bad.

Yeah, this is exactly what I'm thinking.

Perhaps it is and perhaps we should strive to be eloquent and intelligent, but let's face it, that didn't get poor Geoff Keighley very far.

That's because Geoff Keighley was operating in an environment (that being Faux Noise, of course) that was inherently going to be hostile to his own interests, and if he wasn't aware that this was going to be the case going in, or if he somehow felt that he was going to actually get a fair shake, then he was merely deluding himself.

Honestly, yeah, I do think this is a really dick thing to be happening. I mean, sure, I dislike the bitch as much as the rest of you, and it's funny and all, and the bitch totally deserves it in a way, I guess, but, stop for a moment and think. Why is it somehow better for ignorant gamers who haven't actually read her book to be spamming Amazon site for it with bad reviews than it is for her ignorant ass to be talking shit about a video game she hasn't played? Is the second-grader logic of "well, she started it" good enough for us? It's okay when we do it, but not okay when they do it? Hypocrisy? Double standard? Why yes, indeed.

See, the problem with the whole "eye for an eye" doctrine here is that basically everyone just winds up blind in the end.

Guys, I implore you to stop being assholes about this. This may feel great in the short term, but it's not going to help our cause in the long run.
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:29
The-Excel
@Im OK:
Not me.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:30
king3vbo
This is fucking hilarious
FrozenSpaceMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:30
FrozenSpaceMonkey
12 tags of the exact phrase "cooch smells like rotting intestines"?

BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:31
Orionsaint
I wrote a review for her book at Amazon,

This book makes no sense. I haven't really read it. I looked at the research and it told me it made no sense. The research said it's confusing. Someone asked me the other day, did you read it? I laughed and said, Nooo! Then how do you know it's any good? I told them I did my research. That's good enough.
Clockwork's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:33
Clockwork
If Geoff Keighley was on for any longer, he would've torn the shit out of that bitch.
Krayven's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:34
Krayven
Karma is indeed, the harshest of all mistresses.

LMFAO @ cooch smells like rotting intestines
bigfatton's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:34
bigfatton
Just went and added a 1 star review. Fuck that bitch
Sam Spectre's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:35
Sam Spectre
@Orionsaint

Epic review is epic.
DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:36
DeusPayne
Everyone who still plans on buying Mass Effect should do so on Amazon, after viewing that book, so it will show that customers that viewed that page ultimately ended up buying Mass Effect. That would be epic. Well... more epic.
JohnnyWadd's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:37
JohnnyWadd
Well deserved.
FinalFist's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:38
FinalFist
I would say awesome fight the ignorant neocon bastards.

But I think we would do a great deal better for ourselves by simply refusing to engage with a channel as corrupt, hypocritical, and slanted as Fox News. Geoff Keighley should have saved his time.

Honestly, does anyone who even has a remote possibility of being a reasonable person give FoxNews any thought? I mean, I know it's maddening, but really.
Aksumka's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:39
Aksumka
All of this really makes me want to play Mass Effect. And maybe buy a 360.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/24/2008 19:39
Necros
It's official, internet. I love you again. Don't screw it up this time.
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