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

6:45 PM on 01.24.2008, Jim Sterling 279 comments

Karmic retribution: Fox psychologist gets a taste of her own ignorant medicine photo
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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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loki d20's Avatar
loki d20 at 01/24/2008 18:44
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
the GAMEGOBLIN at 01/24/2008 18:45
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.
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FrozenSpaceMonkey at 01/24/2008 18:46
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
PsychoSoldier at 01/24/2008 18:46
What goes around comes around.
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loki d20 at 01/24/2008 18:46
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!
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Spartacus at 01/24/2008 18:47
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.
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Spartacus at 01/24/2008 18:49
Hey, I just found a review by one of Mass Effect's art designers. Which is awesome.
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Coonskin05 at 01/24/2008 18:50
The word pwned comes to mind.
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Baron Calico at 01/24/2008 18:51
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
loki d20 at 01/24/2008 18:52
Spartacus, can you link to it?
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 01/24/2008 18:55
It's funny and all, but this just gives her a reason to call gamers immature jerks.
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NihonTiger90 at 01/24/2008 18:58
Way to go, Internet!
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morolen at 01/24/2008 18:59
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.
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Jchobot at 01/24/2008 19:00
I rate this woman completely un-lickable :(

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

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Sam Spectre at 01/24/2008 19:03
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.
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mix at 01/24/2008 19:04
This is nothing short of fantastic.
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JTHM87 at 01/24/2008 19:04
I have to admit I was among the first 20 reviewers.
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Novakaine at 01/24/2008 19:05
Goddamn beautiful.
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Spartacus at 01/24/2008 19:05
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.
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ZeroTolo at 01/24/2008 19:07
Gotta love the wrath of 4chan.
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Tino at 01/24/2008 19:08
She deserved it.
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dethrock at 01/24/2008 19:11
*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.
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smellyelite at 01/24/2008 19:11
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.
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Riser Glen at 01/24/2008 19:18
She had it coming. Especially if her act on Fox News reflects her true nature.
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---AMARU--- at 01/24/2008 19:19
haha
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Shin Oni at 01/24/2008 19:19
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.
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nosinging at 01/24/2008 19:19
Bad journalism is bad journalism, and barraging her with sincere but misinformed reviews is really just very, very funny and appropriate. Yep
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Zersturer at 01/24/2008 19:19
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).
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The-Excel at 01/24/2008 19:20
Get a load of the tags:


@ZeroTolo:
I didn't see any links to Goatse in those reviews. Stop giving them so much credit.
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Origim at 01/24/2008 19:21
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.
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BlackDove at 01/24/2008 19:22
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.
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Orionsaint at 01/24/2008 19:24
This blog is almost as cool as that Hologram Lochness monster
that attacked Tokyo Harbor
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manta at 01/24/2008 19:25
"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.
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grrza at 01/24/2008 19:26
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.
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Im OK at 01/24/2008 19:28
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.
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The-Excel at 01/24/2008 19:29
@Im OK:
Not me.
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king3vbo at 01/24/2008 19:30
This is fucking hilarious
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FrozenSpaceMonkey at 01/24/2008 19:30
12 tags of the exact phrase "cooch smells like rotting intestines"?

BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 01/24/2008 19:31
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.
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Clockwork at 01/24/2008 19:33
If Geoff Keighley was on for any longer, he would've torn the shit out of that bitch.
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Krayven at 01/24/2008 19:34
Karma is indeed, the harshest of all mistresses.

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

Epic review is epic.
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DeusPayne at 01/24/2008 19:36
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.
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JohnnyWadd at 01/24/2008 19:37
Well deserved.
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FinalFist at 01/24/2008 19:38
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.
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Aksumka at 01/24/2008 19:39
All of this really makes me want to play Mass Effect. And maybe buy a 360.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 01/24/2008 19:39
It's official, internet. I love you again. Don't screw it up this time.
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