This AMAZED me...
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/21/keighley-takes-on-fox-news-sexbox-sexpose/
So, the story behind it - summarized - Fox news wanted to be "down with the kids" and decided to look at Mass Effect. They saw it as "an ultra-realistic sex romp" and as such decided to get Cooper Lawrence - apparently she thinks she's a developmental psychologist - to come on the show to tell about the disastrous effects this game will have on the fragile child psyche. But, they didn't count on how competent game writter Geoff Keighley - of gameslice.com - was on the subject. Long story short, Fox New got knocked down a peg. Greatest part, they had to cut of Geoff because he was in the process of verbally owning "Ms." Lawrence and then cuts to a round table of ignorance that talks about "gaming and whatever happened to games like Pong." The industry evolved, get with the program Fox News.
Now, I had written up a whole long post about how this was wrong, how uniformed the anchors were (they learned about the game by only watching the trailers on the site), and how i genuinely believe that this "psychologist" Cooper Lawrence should crawl under a rock till the flames stop hitting her; however, I don't even think that Fox News deserves my time. I lost respect for them LONG ago and this merely solidifies the fact that they are biased, uniformed, and greatly ignorant of anything of importance.
Btw, the great masses of game enthusiasts everywhere have...reviewed..."Ms." Lawrence's book on Amazon: Read them here. Do me a favor: Read how many negative reviews she has spawned and then look at the customer photos (Also, I love how you talk about this Mass Effect sex romp negativity and yet you try to pose like a Playmate on your cover...very classy). Now, I have never read this book, but if the author thinks she can talk ignorantly about a subject she knows nothing about, then her "book research" could be the same. And yes, I have played through Mass Effect many times and, in fact never knew of the "sex scene" - if it can even be called that.
So kudos Fox News and Cooper Lawrence! You get my first ever EPIC FAIL! congratulations! you should feel proud :)
EDIT: Just found this; EA I love you even more!
http://kotaku.com/348187/ea-calls-fox-out-on-insulting-mass-effect-inaccuracies
your an angry elf!! but like I said you are cute when your mad!!this is my favoritely site. Looks lik fox news had a mass effect on you...because of their munipuliated misinformation. Fox is a very biased news station! its cool how passionate you are about gaming! its refreshing to see someone love what they do for a living. If I owned a video company such as BLIZZARD..i would hire you in a second. You are intelligent and passionate about your work!
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