First off, BWU HAHAHAHAHA .......ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.....HAHAHAHHA!
Ahem, ok heres what happened. Fox has a round table discussion show, and a Game, Mass Effect came up. Its been critically acclaimed, and has a very deep game play. Part of the game is a romance sub plot. This can involve a sex scene, that I have read is safe enough for TV. Oh well.
On the show the game was blasted for being part of the evil alliance of games that is the cancer of the electronic age. Well, in particular one of the commentators expressed how she thought the game was all about portraying women as sex objects(its not. When asked, she said she hadn't played the game.
This is where it gets funny. The commentator, one Cooper Lawrence recently wrote a book, titled The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever, this happens to be sold on Amazon.com, and well... gamers tend to internet connection. Her book's rating has tanked... badly. A lot of 1 stars, about 400+ out of 470... Yeah...
Recently she actually watched a few hours of the game, and realized that it isn't Porn, which someone had told her it was. Oh well, damage done. Here is some articles about it. The first one is from a gaming site, and came out first, the second is from Time, and has her paradigm shift. TV commentary is fast, and a bit knee jerk, but my cynism does come through on this.
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8837&Itemid=53
Time Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/arts/television/26mass.html?ref=arts
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