GTA IV backlash already…
*sigh* what’s a gamer to do when ‘news’ channels start knifing gamers in the back by preying on the fear (and stupidity) of the the non-gamer human?
So here’s a story (it’s FOX.. what do you expect?) with the nice bold headline of: [Cop Killing Video Game Makes Big Debut], by Sharita Hutton posted just this morning for the Kansas City News.
Where as nothing was said about the record sales, nor about the spammers trying to steal your pre-order copy, or anything about store (like EB) funking up your pre-order and store sale-outs… Nope this is all got to be about the violence of the GTA series.
The whole news story starts off with such a negative overtone that you wouldn’t like the game before you even knew anything about it. However, even WAL-MART the king of ‘you will like what we give you’ is selling the game. I guess money does talk.
Though a couple of things about this article struck me as funny: “An online preview of the game describes the game, saying its as violent as the past three versions and more realistic, with 1080p resolution.”
So this tells me Sharita got all her information by looking at the web site. Didn’t FOX already get into trouble for pulling this kind of BS? And if 1080p makes pixels look more realistic, then watch out Microsoft paperclip! you’re heading into the real world!!! (you know since, Computers can produce higher resolutions then the Xbox 360, or the PS3)
She also states: “the game is only for X-Box 360 and PlayStation 3 games. “
Well we know they are games.. perhaps you mean CONSOLES? So what’s this also tells me is that Ms. Sharita doesn’t know her ass from a C Prompt. My advice? report on what you know. You obviously don’t understand Gaming.
And reporting on a 3 year old bill, where as there have been multiple attempts on the same type of bill across America ALL of which have failed, is moot, a waste of space, and just prays on the peoples un-founded fear of technology.
