Fox News on Mass Effect Sex Scene

manred · 01-24-2008, 12:54 AM

[MEDIA]http://youtube.com/watch?v=DCPXQvdmys0[/MEDIA]

How ignorant can these people be, after seeing the video you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

And this is what EA had to say about it.

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Your headline above the televised story read: "New videogame shows full digital nudity and sex."
Fact: Mass Effect does not include explicit or frontal nudity. Love scenes in non-interactive sequences include side and profile shots - a vantage frequently used in many prime-time television shows. It's also worth noting that the game requires players to develop complex relationships before characters can become intimate and players can chose to avoid the love scenes altogether.

FNC voice-over reporter says: "You'll see full digital nudity and the ability for players to engage in graphic sex."
Fact: Sex scenes in Mass Effect are not graphic. These scenes are very similar to sex sequences frequently seen on network television in prime time.

FNC reporter says: "Critics say Mass Effect is being marketed to kids and teenagers."
Fact: That is flat out false. Mass Effect and all related marketing has been reviewed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and rated Mature - appropriate for players 17-years and older. ESRB routinely counsels retailers on requesting proof of age in selling M-rated titles and the system has been lauded by members of Congress and the Federal Trade Commission. In practical terms, the ratings work as well or better than those used for warning viewers about television content.
The resulting coverage was insulting to the men and women who spent years creating a game which is acclaimed by critics for its high creative standards. As video games continue to take audiences away from television, we expect to see more TV news stories warning parents about the corrupting influence of interactive entertainment. But this represents a new level of recklessness.

Do you watch the Fox Network? Do you watch Family Guy? Have you ever seen The OC? Do you think the sexual situations in Mass Effect are any more graphic than scenes routinely aired on those shows? Do you honestly believe that young people have more exposure to Mass Effect than to those prime time shows?

This isn't a legal threat; it's an appeal to your sense of fairness. We're asking FNC to correct the record on Mass Effect.

Sincerely,

Jeff Brown
Vice President of Communications
Electronic Arts, Inc.

T3kNi9e · 01-24-2008, 01:15 AM

Ooh-rah EA! Ooh-rah!

I saw this yesterday and it just goes to show how many dumb ****s are on TV.

Squall7 · 01-24-2008, 01:18 AM

And the scene in question:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvj6D3HnN_s&feature=related[/media]

Very tastefully done I thought.

Seriously, this is the kind of thing that fuels my hatred for Fox.

Gikoku · 01-24-2008, 01:18 AM

It just goes to show how dumb the guys at Fox News are, they never have their facts straight.

manred · 01-24-2008, 01:19 AM

I love how Keighly just shuts her up with that question, the lame thing is how the reporter stopped him from telling her off.

JAKE196 · 01-24-2008, 01:41 AM

Fox News ownd lol.

dat good shit.

Sovieto · 01-24-2008, 02:30 AM

this is the kind of crap parents hear and they believe it over anyone else because the news said so. horrible, good thing my mom has common sense and knows im mature enough to play anything.

Blue Sun · 01-24-2008, 08:38 AM

Lol, they have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. Ignorance with a capital 'I'.

I've completely finished this game, saw 1 sex scene, which was basically nothing - no nudity. There is way worse stuff on TV, people need to wake up to themselves.

blueovalboy7 · 01-25-2008, 07:43 AM

The "news" as they call it is garbage. I refuse to watch it for more than local sports and weather, none of their stories have any real impact anymore, just trying to get ratings. A load of worthless anal-retentive "news" anchors.

manred · 01-25-2008, 05:49 PM

Just found some more stuff about this.

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This Fox News Mass Effect imbroglio is turning into quite the drama. To bring everyone up to speed: Fox News made erroneous claims about Mass Effect. Game journalist and one-time Kotaku guest editor Geoff Keighley tried to clear the air, but the network's panel and dime store Freud shrink Cooper Lawrence wouldn't listen. The internet got angry and spammed her book's Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble listings. Amazon.com has since turned off the comments and erased user added images for her book's page.

Electronic Arts, likewise, got upset and called out the news network on its "insulting" inaccuracies. The Fox producer of the segment in question blew off Electronic Arts' request for a correction. There still hasn't been a correction or an apology from Fox News. The game publisher added that it won't back down and will continue to "step up when someone maligns our creative teams." According to MTV Multiplayer, Fox News issued this statement:

Fox News Channel has extended several invitations to EA through a company representative to appear on Live Desk With Martha MacCallum to discuss Mass Effect and the segment which aired on Monday. We have received no response.

Hey Fox, the point isn't inviting EA onto your dog and pony show to set the record straight. It's for you to do that yourself. Get a clue. This is libel.

http://kotaku.com/348791/fox-respond...onto-news-show

Bliss · 01-25-2008, 06:30 PM

WOW this complete horse sh*t..i am honestly gettin tired of these corporate, non game playing liberals. Some people are just so quick to judge wat they are jealous of or for wat they dont understand. I mean first the dont want us to grow up then they rush us to. Take for example "yuppies", there damn kids that are like 5 yrs old speak better and proper english then anything, and force them to make choices that a 5 yr old shouldnt make....now ur gonna tell me those same people are gonna cuz a rukus cuz of a damn video game?? I think we as gamers need to STEP UP and let our voices be heard..cuz like in that fox new video it says gamers cant tell a game from real life cuz we havent expieranced it...well sh*t we as gamers have expieranced more then the average american and our minds are more broad as well. and the proof to that is right here on wiichat.com....just have a convo with anyone here and u will find that our maturity surpass wat people reall think of us.

SSBBFan101 · 01-25-2008, 06:51 PM

man, anchor people are so ****ing stupid. i really hated the part where the guy from spike said that "you dont have to choose to have sex" and the woman said "but what do you think they'll choose?" and im like "omg shes ****ing stupid!" because it just depends on what u do in the game, you dont get an option to have sex whenever you want. they are ****ing dumb.

manred · 01-26-2008, 04:48 PM

Here's some updated info on the situation...

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Self help author Cooper Lawrence, along with Fox News came under heavy fire from gamers last week when they mindlessly branded Mass Effect as pornography. While Fox News hasn't come forth with an apology, Lawrence has admitted her mistakes in an interview with the New York Times yesterday after angry gaming fans trashed her book on Amazon.

...Ms. Lawrence said that since the controversy over her remarks erupted she had watched someone play the game for about two and a half hours. "I recognize that I misspoke," she said. "I really regret saying that, and now that I've seen the game and seen the sex scenes it's kind of a joke.

"Before the show I had asked somebody about what they had heard, and they had said it's like pornography," she added. "But it's not like pornography. I've seen episodes of 'Lost' that are more sexually explicit."

While I don't think situations like this will ever change the way Fox News handles its sensationalist stories, perhaps it will send a message to the so called "experts" they bring on the show to do their research before going on air. As vehemently protective as gamers are of their genre, it will only end up coming back to bite these allegedly knowledgeable people in the ass. Hell hath no fury like a gamer scorned.

http://kotaku.com/349296/ea-vs-fox-l...fect-judgement

T3kNi9e · 01-26-2008, 06:26 PM

hehe nice

manred · 01-27-2008, 05:00 PM

Here's Adam Sessler's opinion on the situation..
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBTh1xy5XAI[/MEDIA]

FR. · 01-27-2008, 05:21 PM

I think this Cooper woman should play the game before ranting about it. She's the type of woman who relys on research and statistics for support rather than a hands-on experience.

I'm with Geoff from Spike TV on this one.

manred · 01-27-2008, 05:37 PM

Who isn't with Geoff. That's why I like what Adam said at the end of the video, "Although I haven't read your book, it sucks."

manred · 01-28-2008, 04:59 PM

Even Jack Thompson himself is against Fox...

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Believe it or not Jack Thompson and I email sorta regularly. Granted he usually emails me bizarre, over-the-top press releases (which I often don't post) and I respond with disjointed quotes from movies, which I hope will one day remove that last wobbly hinge of his. (No luck yet).

Last week Jack emailed me a press release entitled "Grand Theft Auto IV to Be Released April 29; Culture War Begins Now" and after my typical poking, I got on to the topic of the Mass Effect controversy and was shocked, literally out of my socks, to find him defending the game... sort of. Apparently, even anti-gaming crusader Jack Thompson found self-help author Cooper Lawrence (who he refers to as a man), uninformed and the entire controversy contrived. Hellooooo kettle.

To: Brian
From: Jack
Immediate News Release - January 24, 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV to Be Released April 29; Culture War Begins Now

To: Jack
From: Brian
I like your new glasses.

To: Brian
From: Jack
Wow, as usual you're grasping the real news here.

To: Jack
From: Brian
I'm surprised you haven't been looking into Mass Effect.

To: Brian
From: Jack
Why would you be surprised. I don't see any problem with it. The guy who shot his mouth off about it had no idea what the Hell he was talking about.

To: Jack
From: Brian
You mean you're OK with mass effect?

To: Brian
From: Jack
Of course. This contrived controversy is absolutely ridiculous. Report that, why don't you?

Consider it reported. Now where did my socks go?

http://kotaku.com/349423/jack-thomps...ds-mass-effect