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The Top 7… hated habits of the mainstream media

See how videogames turn respectable journalists into raving lunatics

Words: Mikel Reparaz, GamesRadar US

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MercurysPhoenix - 8 months 12 days ago

In the UK, I've never seen stories like these in the mainstream news media. The only time there are segments about games are when there's a massive release or when E3 is on and, to be fair on them, they don't do too bad a job of them.

Watched the videos in the artice though - some of the points they made were damn moronic. The Mass Effect one has to be the worst. The panel made me laugh. Its plain ignorance.

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Unoriginal - 8 months 12 days ago

That author on the left in the Mass Effect video infuriated me. No matter what the Spike.com representative said she always responded with: "Yes, I can see your point but you are wrong and you are an idiot"(slight paraphrasing)

Good job Mikel. Now Im a little angry though but that is the point of week of hate, right? Damn media ignorance.

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jdog2491 - 8 months 12 days ago

great article guys, why does the older generation speculate on how games are played in GTA IV you dont have to go and have sex and beat up hoes geez and ask a real gamer to get the facts straight

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harsh83 - 8 months 12 days ago

Jack...Jack...Jack get you fact right before you shout you ill-informed ass off.... the worst school shooting ever was a German guy who played counter strike?? thats odd In Dunbane Scotland Thomas Hamilton Murdered 16 children and 1 adult = 17 in 1996 before games like counter strike were released and this sick man had nothing reported to do with video games he was just screwed up like all these other nutters!!

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MercurysPhoenix - 8 months 12 days ago

Surely if there's a connection between school shootings and anything, its social ineptitude, not gaming. Every time it happens, the shooter is described nonchalantly as 'a loner'.

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x6o29x - 8 months 12 days ago

damn.these people are so full of crap.the biggest shame is that people actually believe these scare stories which just ruins everything for good, non-psychotic gamers like us.

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brazmanoqk - 8 months 12 days ago

The Daily Mail lying about something?! What has the world come to?! I'm surprised they didn't link foreigners to it, after all Niko is. "Coming over here, committing our crime!"

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smallberry - 8 months 12 days ago

Fantastic article. Its really interesting to see what the media in that part of the world is saying regarding video games. Not that India is much better, we're just a little preoccupied with all the shenanigans in Pakistan.

Also, I kinda wish you used that - "They're gonna swing on the monkey bars like the Al-Qaeda!" from T-Dar. I loved that.

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sinkingfeeling - 8 months 12 days ago

I think this problem will persist until a new generation enters mainstream journalism, say in 5 - 10 years. You can see how college courses have been altered to include more game/graphic design and these are becoming more widely accepted and taught.
As for the whole games are for children argument my favorite moment was the guy who said there was no law in New York to stop a child buying an M-rated game???? How about the salesman?? Idiot.

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Chudfiend - 8 months 12 days ago

That mass effect video made me want vomit blood onto my computer monitor.

The irony is everyone one of those people probably have a dvd collection of dozens of rated R movies are 11 gigafucktons more violent/depraved than the pg-13 scene in mass effect or any mature rated game for that matter.

great article. so infuriating.

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Oxfordcomma4 - 8 months 12 days ago

So now if we play ANY VIOLENT GAMES we are going to shoot our class/officemates... Well, 'scuse me, i have to go murder my science class...

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SteelWarhawk - 8 months 12 days ago

Ahh you gotta love what passes as actual news. There was a time where you had to check your facts, do research and present both sides. Now they can make shit up especially about things they dont understand. What a great day in history. Great article cant wait for the next.

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bodysnatcher - 8 months 12 days ago

yeah. excellent article. they're all idiots when it comes to video games i've always thought that.

and now there's a highschool girl petitioning against animal cruelty in video games because of the dogs in COD4...

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kompressorlogik - 8 months 12 days ago

I hope I wasn't the only one who shouted a little cheer when Jack Thompson was disbarred. It should be a day celebrated annually by gamers everywhere. In case you weren't aware, on Sept. 25th, 2008, Thompson was permanently disbarred for consistent misconduct and ordered to pay $43.6k and change to the Florida Supreme Court.

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Snetzl - 8 months 12 days ago

man than video made me hate the Cooper Laurence woman. great article guys.

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Xplosive59 - 8 months 12 days ago

good news everyone Jack thompson was barred for life in 2008 for trying to get manhunt banned

also i found this video about game controversy on youtube ages ago

heres the URL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOx0MEQtDd0&feature=channel_page

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