GamePolitics readers will surely recall numerous incidents of the mainstream media getting its undies in a twist over some video game issue or another.
GamesRadar has a roundup of some of the more memorable dust-ups between the game sector and T.V. talking heads.
The Top 7 Hated Habits of the Mainstream Media is worth a look and will probably be familiar to GP readers since some of the source material for the piece originated here.
E. Zachary Knight: If the videos are of sufficient quality that people subscribe and watch regularly, then those let's players are providing a service that people want. That is the heart of capitalism. That is not something that should be shamed.05/17/2013 - 8:06am
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E. Zachary Knight: I have no idea who either of those people are. However, I still don't see why making a business out of creating let's play videos is somehow evil or wrong.05/17/2013 - 8:04am
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MaskedPixelante: It sure is if you're just doing it for the money. See Tobuscus and/or Pewdiepie for what happens when people get into it just for the money.05/17/2013 - 7:30am
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E. Zachary Knight: Why is it wrong to make money doing LPs? Why should that be something that should be shamed?05/17/2013 - 6:20am
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MaskedPixelante: https://twitter.com/PsychedelicSA/status/335183893214924801 Now here's an interesting, glass half full thought about the Nintendo LP thing. It outs the people who are just doing LPs to make money.05/17/2013 - 5:56am
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E. Zachary Knight: I responded in writing to all this "let's play" stuff Nintendo Started. No need for my permission, I won't give it. It's not mine to give. http://divineknightgaming.com/?p=29205/16/2013 - 2:21pm
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E. Zachary Knight: Lars Doucet of Levelup Labs has a Reddit going on game companies that allow monetization of Let's Play videos. http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1egayn/lets_build_a_list_of_game_studios_that_allow/05/16/2013 - 1:04pm
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Sleaker: @Imautobot - yah I wouldn't use an emulator as a good first run test of how stable the console is, haha.05/16/2013 - 11:47am
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E. Zachary Knight: The 50th person to jump off a bridge is just as dumb if not dumber than the 1st.05/16/2013 - 10:03am
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MaskedPixelante: Yeah, let's all jump on Nintendo for doing this, even though they're hardly the first company to do this...05/16/2013 - 9:47am
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E. Zachary Knight: Wow Nintendo, this is wrong. http://kotaku.com/nintendo-forcing-ads-on-some-youtube-lets-play-video-50709238305/16/2013 - 8:44am
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Imautobot: @Sleaker, further gameplay has revealed that the controller button do stick under the faceplate. Also, The NES emulator (Emuya)keeps crashing on me, though I think a bad ROM is causing it.05/16/2013 - 7:10am
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Papa Midnight: AE: I wonder if any other publishers will follow suit.05/15/2013 - 8:12pm
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Andrew Eisen: EA is ditching Online Pass. http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/15/ea-kills-its-controversial-online-pass-program/05/15/2013 - 7:20pm
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Avalongod: @Zach and quicnkold...I've read the bill and the intent of it is to fear-monger. It's not a balanced message. I don't recall the ESRB being mentioned at all. It's more "keeps your kids away from these movies/games or they'll become violent"05/15/2013 - 4:35pm
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E. Zachary Knight: quiknkold, The big problem with that legislation is the amount of misinformation out there. Who is going to ensure that the information in the pamphlet is accurate?05/15/2013 - 3:25pm
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quiknkold: REBeardogg : I'm on the fence about this. on one side, I want parents to be aware of the ESRB, and even Movie Ratings. On the other hand, I feel this will be used for nothing but Propaganda. The ESRB does a good job.05/15/2013 - 3:07pm
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IanC: Frostbite is coming out on iOS devices. Yet the Wii U cant handle it? *coughbullshitcough*05/15/2013 - 2:31pm
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BearDogg-X: http://www.politickernj.com/65515/lesniak-ruiz-bill-limit-children-s-exposure-media-violence-clears-senate - Bill requiring schools to publish pamphlets with anti-fake media "violence" propaganda clears NJ Senate05/15/2013 - 2:03pm
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quiknkold: I am thinking of writing a musical about videogames, violence, and the first amendment. Would need a collaborator though and would kickstart it after the script is written. was thinking off broadway.05/15/2013 - 2:00pm
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Re: Tracking the Mainstream Media's Video Game Frenzies
In the "Top 7 hated habits of mainstream media," they have the tag, "how videogames turn respectable journalists into raving lunatics."
But they used a picture of Glenn Beck. He was never a "respectable journalist."
Re: Tracking the Mainstream Media's Video Game Frenzies
After reading all that stuff I can't help but think ...
Why the fuck doesn't Rockstar sue these people? They went after the Simpsons game for a parody poster of GTA why the fuck don't they go after the mainstream media for talking bullshit about their games?
I now have lost all respect for Glenn Beck and most mainstream media.
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ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
10G - Nice E.T. comparison
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
-100G - Owning E.T. for the Atari
Personally guilty of the latter.
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"Killing eachother is not a natural human instinct" - Glenn Beck
This man is so full of gold nuggets that I could make every sig I have a quote from him.
"I am not blaming all of societies problems on videogames. That would be stupid to do. It's the entire pop culture!" - Glenn Beck
Wow, I almost thought he was going to say something intelligent there. Darn. Well, I'm sure it'll happen one of these days.
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Believe in something! Even if it's wrong, believe in it! -Glenn Beck
Re: Tracking the Mainstream Media's Video Game Frenzies
Did Glenn Beck actually say "Believe in something! Even if it's wrong, believe in it!"? Is it in that clip the piece linked to (I didn't see the whole thing)? Because that is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. It sounds almost too idiotic to be true.
I've heard the other two lines though, they sound like something you would hear from a satirist.
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Re: Tracking the Mainstream Media's Video Game Frenzies
Absolutely first-rate article.
Re: Tracking the Mainstream Media's Video Game Frenzies
I love Gamesradar. They make such awesome Top 7's.
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@insanejedi
They have the site blocked here, A proxy wont even let me see it, Can i get a description of the site? or anyone?
Re: Tracking the Mainstream Media's Video Game Frenzies
Just reading this article on wikipedia and thinking just how appropriate it is to this.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deviancy_amplification_spiral
Moral panic is probably a more correct term but who here isn't SLIGHTLY turned on by the idea of being in a Deviancy Amplification Spiral?
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That's the first time I've heard JT's voice. Did not sound how I expected at all, I'm kind of dissapointed.
Re: Tracking the Mainstream Media's Video Game Frenzies
Yeah, he always did sound like a dweeb. Somehow it serves to make him even more annoying.
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It's mainstream news media. Instilling unjust fear and panic is par for the course.
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The points issue is particularly true (although all are). Nearly every game you earn "points" for more extreme behaviour is a point that comes up everytime a violent game is "investigated" by the press but simply isn't true, although Achievement Points are now meaning that lazy journalists can actually be correct in their "well researched" articles.
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I know for a fact that San Andreas has points. Not just rewards or something like that, but actual numerical points that serve no purpose other than that of being points. I wouldn't be surprised if 3 and Vice City use the same system, but they probably nixed it for 4.
Edit: Of course I'm not suggesting that these news outlets actually know this. It is important that we get our facts straight though. Lots of gamer insist that GTA games don't contain points at all. It would be embarrassing if the news outlets actually learned that gamers are wrong about this. They would probably try to play it off like they knew all along too XD
Edit Edit: Actually, can somebody who really knows GTA IV confirm that it has no points. It may be hard to find them if they do exist. I know that when I found the points in San Andreas, I had already completed the game 100% twice over, and had like 300 hours of playtime, not even counting when I was just screwing around. They are buried so far down in the menu system that most people will never even know they're there.
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Believe in something! Even if it's wrong, believe in it! -Glenn Beck
Re: Tracking the Mainstream Media's Video Game Frenzies
Aye San Andreas does have a point system, I don't know what makes it go up and down precisely (except I know that inputing cheats lowers the score), but from what I've gathered it goes up when you perform criminal acts, it also has a ranking that it gives you, when you get to certain level. However the points accumulate extremely slowly and serve no gameplay purpose.
I think 4 has them but I'm not sure, I do know that IV has an insane amount of statistics like San Andreas (and yet surprisingly still no 'cops killed' statistic) and it has a ranking for addiction level but as for general points ... I'll have to check again.
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