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| | (Post a comment) » EA Attacks Fox News Over Mass Effect StoryKotaku reports that Electronic Arts, the new parent company of developer BioWare, has sent a very stern letter to the Fox News cable TV network. Fox News did a story and panel discussion of BioWare's acclaimed sci-fi RPG Mass Effect earlier this week but decided to attack the game for a brief (and optional) sexual scene. The Fox News story made the scene sound like it contained full frontal nudity and graphic sex (it doesn't of course). EA's head of Corporate Communications Jeff Brown is asking for Fox News to correct the factual errors in the story. Here is a snip:
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? |  Previous news article | Back to main news | Next news article  |
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 BPrince6 (5)  Jan 28, 2008 - 04:08 pm
| | I expect reporting like this from the NY Times, LA Times, The Village Voice, moveon.org, misc. Liberal Blogs, ect. I am dissapointed in Fox for that report, but it's not like the Liberal Media has always printed retractions. And besides, I'm reminded of the times Hillary Clinton and the democrats have attacked the video game industry!! » Login to reply to this |
Kayden (11) Jan 24, 2008 - 12:23 am
| my god ea did u actually grow some balls and get some common sense?
well that was short lived there's still going to be another madden next year» Login to reply to this |
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