Luke Skywalker meets Debbie Does Dallas: Fox report on Mass Effect is saddening

fox news will report anything THEY'RE DISPARATE

Geoff put up a good fight, but he was walking into a trap. The panel was horribly biased and the lady he was going againest spouted the same bullshit that people who don't understand video games always do. For once I'd like any news outlet to do their research on a game and have people who know what they're talking about.

Poor Geoff, brought on to the show to be generally ignored and talked over by self appointed 'experts'. We salute his efforts.

Hopefully Fox will recieve as much backlash for this as Kevin McCollough did for his uninformed drivel-spewing outbursts.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

I'm surprised they even had Geoff on there, at least there was one person saying "have you played the game?" That made me smile and angry smirk.

When I first watched this video it just left me feeling depressed. I just can't believe some of the misinformed stuff they spewed out.

I just smacked my forehead so hard that it woke up my dog in the other room.

I can't believe this video. They give Geoff a grand total of maybe 30 seconds to defend his position... Of course, I guess I should have expected this from Fox (Faux?) News

I sent Ms. Cooper an email. I doubt I'll get a reply. I tried to be reasonable.

Ms. Cooper,

I recently watched your interview on Fox News regarding the nude content within the videogame Mass Effect and I was quite taken aback by the level of misinformation that was displayed.

"If you look at the statistics, who is playing videogames? Adolescent males - not their dads."

This was the first statement that caught my attention. It appears that you are unaware that the average age of a videogame player is 33. Only 20% of game players are males under the age of 17 (compared to 31% of gameplayers being females over the age of 18). I'm afraid you have fallen prey to the stereotype that adolescent males are the ones who make up the majority of game players.

Source: http://www.theesa.com/facts/gamer_data.php

"Seeing these women as objects of desire, as these hot bodies. They don't show women as being valued for anything other than their sexuality."

I would agree with this statement to the extent that this is a general trend in the media that is problematic. It gives young men the wrong idea about what to expect from women and can lead them to objectify females. However, this really is not a prevalent theme in Mass Effect in particular, which you might know if you had played the game. As Geoff explained, the partial nudity exists for only a few minutes in a 30 hour game. It seems that some people are unable to see nudity in any form of media without considering it objectifying. It is important to remember that it can also be used to further a narrative of a romantic relationship. The sexual situations come as a result of the relationships you have with the characters.

It just seems to me that any time nudity is in a videogame, the media fails to consider the context. Sexuality is a part of human nature and I don't see a reason why a videogame cannot explore this aspect of humanity without a barrage of uninformed criticism. Notice that we do not see news segments discussing nudity everytime it appears in a film (wherein it is usually infinately more graphic than what is displayed in Mass Effect). The reason is simple - people think videogames are just for kids. This is untrue, but most people refuse to believe it.

A solid effort by Geoff though, the only informed person in the room.

Its a good thing all that partial nudity from the movies that nutjob watched in the 80's didn't make her a wacky repressed cunt. Research also shows that parents don't talk to their kids about sex and they have to figure all that shit out by themselves, or better yet, in college when it's time to get drunk and explore the joys of rape! Research that!

Golgo 13, anyone?

Cooper: “...but if you look at the statistics, who’s playing video games? Adolescent males, not their dads.”

Man, I feel bad for Geoff. He’s absolutely right: the psychologist and the panel were completely misrepresenting Mass Effect, and video games as a medium in general. It seems that any discussion of video games on the mainstream media just turns out to be a way for non-gaming adults to spout fallacies and propagate smear campaigns against video games. So, Martha...parenting is a chore, is it? It’s unfortunate that parents have to regulate what their children have access to? The government should do your job for you? Maybe you never should’ve had kids in the first place, if you weren’t ready for the task of raising them.

As the voice of reason, I think it would be correct to punch Cooper in the ovaries KEEEOOOORRRRR!

The game industry never gives the proper response. They should be releasing a statement to press. That reads. This portion of the game last no less than 40 seconds and is not the main focus of the game.

Fuck her! She's the dirty skank who flamed down Kevin Nash when they were talkin about Benoit's death

"I see dumb people."

That's nice.

@TheBrain:
Awesome work! Hope you hear back from her, although I doubt that shameful fraud will have the guts to say anything when presented with the cold hard facts of JUSTICE!!

I hate that bitch anyone that doesnt take her side she attacks.

"Seeing these women as objects of desire, as these hot bodies. They don't show women as being valued for anything other than their sexuality."

This statement infuriates me to no end. Yes, video games are guilty of doing this... however, FAR FUCKING LESS than most other forms of media, notably movies and television. There are far more respectable women in video games than in god damn television. Look at Super Smash Bros.; Zelda, Peach, Samus... all hardcore badasses.

God I hate people.

And the fact that I'm a psychology major. *spits on myself*

geoff is a thug and i give him a lot of props for going on FOX and actually trying to have a liberal view point on the topic.

that right winged bitch on the left in the beginning can go suck a chode. she has no idea what the research means, so instead she twists the data to represent her side of the argument.

i think i had about 5 "you've got to be kidding me" moments when my jaw just dropped at what these... artards are saying about the game industry.

my dad loves playing video games. LOVES them. and hes fuckin 60. given that he mostly plays gliding and flight simulators, they are video games nonetheless.

kids are NOT the majority gamers for god's sake, they're just blown a lot more out of proportion because it can make bs news.

geoff, again, man props.

@everyone

i am so glad we all have a decently level head about all this crap. i just wish people outside of our community LISTENED.

Coopers response to has she played Mass Effect, Noo(chuckle). As if it's beneath her, like please, like I would play that silly children's game. Someone needs to sit this bitch down in a chair with toothpicks holding her eyelids open and watch 30hrs of Mass Effect.

"Darling, I gotta go with the research from the University of Maryland." The Video Game experts from the University of Maryland? Yeah right.

Dammit, now I'm so angry I can't go to sleep. Damn Fox News idiots!

I need to chime in here. The amount of sensationalism and berating recent games have received is just another nail in the coffin of the mainstream media. Trying to bring down a form of media that directly contests television has become, and will remain to be, a staple until the entire system flips over.

I'd also like to point out that becoming one with the Asari gal (no penetration at any point) requires a powerful amount of thought, rationalization, and just old fashioned flirting. Kind of like a REAL RELATIONSHIP.

Old media is a joke. I expect its death within 15 years.

This Blonde Fox News reporter seems a little surprised and blown away by the game during this report. Unlike cooper who never even bothered to play it. Blondie here did some cute little internet research on the game. At some point she realized, oh shit. This isn't a simplistic video game from the 80's. What I thought I was gonna find. This looks expensive, like a motion picture, with real characters, good acting. You can see it on her face through out this whole report. She almost wants to defend the game. She's seen the reality, while her ignorant panel is still in the dark ages.

Fucking dammit. I read the GamePolitics transcription, and that's why I will NOT be watching this video. I am astounded by the sheer lack of professionalism displayed by Geoff's opponents. They played to the bulk of their audience, at the cost of maturity, rational behavior, and whatever journalistic integrity they may or may not have ever had. It's pathetic and appauling. I'm disgusted.

"Let me at 'em, Martha"? Fuck you. Get your own talk show, if you want to work your own agenda and call in your friends to help you gang up on your guests. You're on a major news network, so act like it.

What the hell are we supposed to do when that's who's against us, people who have no rhyme or reason, who bask in their own arrogance and sense of superiority as they and their cronies gang up on their "childish, game-playing" opponents? I would love to've seen Adam Sessler or Chris Kohler (they originally had contacted him) on there, people who wouldn't have taken any guff and would've talked their asses off.