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11/15/09
Great interview...it makes Fox almost bearable. #modernwarfare2
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Fox News is far more biased than any other news network. CNN may be liberal slanted but not as far slanted as Fox News. #modernwarfare2
11/15/09
Its pretty hard to prove which one is more biased. #modernwarfare2
11/15/09
Tell me about it.. You need to know things and pay attention if you want to prove something like that. And then you need people who are interested in the subjects instead of just interested in drama, and who can hold a thought for several minutes at a time.
It's difficult, all right.. #modernwarfare2
11/15/09
I detect sarcasm on my sarcasomiter good sir. #modernwarfare2
11/15/09
Sadly, no. It would be sarcasm in 2001. Now it's just a practical observation. #modernwarfare2
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Ah, i guess i should go have it checked. #modernwarfare2
11/15/09
The fact is, many, many people turn to Fox News or CNN to learn what's going on in the world, and the possibility for having an informed opinion is wounded by partisanship.
Do I think there's room for opinions? Absolutely. Who doesn't love freedom of speech? My issue with these stations is, they bill their opinions as facts. #modernwarfare2
11/16/09
But anyway, they're both insanely biased, everyone, chill. #modernwarfare2
11/16/09
Yeah. And go blast some virtual bad-guys (..who are certainly not based on insane stereotyping in the first place) instead. #modernwarfare2
11/14/09
Shit makes me laugh everytime people say it. These games are made for one reason only: Accessibility. Gears of war 2 did it, and it was why the hardcore gears players stopped playing. The game emphasized situation over player skill allowing any player regardless of skill level being able to kill even the best player out there. Aim-assist, one hit kills and other ridiculous things add to this. Game devs have realized that so called hardcore and casual gamers alike will play games like this because anyone can pick up a controller and do well. What happened to games that respected the hardcore players and rewarded good game mechanics?
A lot of people say that hardcore gamers are still fine because there are competitive groups that play against each other. That is a laugh in itself, because the player skill levels aren't any higher than normal. 95% of competitive gamers just play the game to win, meaning they find the most unskillful and easy/cheap was to take down enemies. Competitive gaming doesn't mean you will get your head shot off a million times, it means you will get shot in the body a bunch and people don't really try to do advanced techniques, instead they just do whatever they can to win, regardless of how cheap and easy it is to do. It's a true shame that gaming is becoming more about accessibility and less about content and skill based rewards.
The reason video games are still alive as a medium is because of the hardcore players that built it up. It's this same group of players that devs are now turning there backs on to get more little kids and mouth breathing frat boys to play their games. I understand completely that devs make video games to make money, I am not naive. I just don't think gamers should put up with shit like this anymore. #modernwarfare2
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Oh and lol @ Shigeru Miyamoto akward silence at the end of his little chat. #modernwarfare2
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And then O'Reilly would have his mic cut off. #modernwarfare2
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11/15/09
You're right. It's the steady stream of non-news that culminates into an internally built social conscious, which they pretend is nation and world wide, that has most of us is having a problem with.
If you'd like a good example of how this actually works, one of the news-anchors have written a book about working in FOX during the Bush-administration. It's called "Great Presidents" or something like that.
Basically, they're doing two things - they're aiming for the "part of the American home" appeal. You know, like Star Wars. And then there's the politics. The problem is that they don't see the difference between the two. They make politics being about which figure can pretend to fulfill the mythical American image the best. About who has the best haircut. About the most tasteful tie, and ceremonious voice.
And that's just a different way of saying that 99% of the people working at FOX are not actually journalists at the present. Instead, they're in showbusiness. #modernwarfare2
11/14/09
He should take kotaku reign, over that Crecente guy.
there... I said it. #modernwarfare2
11/14/09
Although, yes, I agree, grabbing Totilo as an editor was a hell of a move by Kotaku. #modernwarfare2
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Totilo, fantastic job as always. #modernwarfare2
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Fox News gets a bad rap from dudes like O reilly and beck. The channel is not so bad really. #modernwarfare2
11/14/09
Really Fox News deserves all the bad publicity they get. First of all they're the only idiots dumb enough to provide a viable outlet for Limbaugh and his nonsensical rants. And secondly, the only real news they discuss spurs from views provied by Beck and Hannity and O'Reilley. Very rarely if ever do they provide a real unbiased viewpoint as the news should be reported. #modernwarfare2
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MSNBC and CNN throw bitch fits over games too. It's all bad, because you are always dealing with rich people, and folks who still see games as Mario bros stuff.
"Where do I put my Quarter?"
"It's a console, here, watch."
"... Did you just shoot that man?"
"Yes."
"In the face?"
"It would appear so?"
"WHAT IS ALL THIS NONSENSE!" #modernwarfare2
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Also your comment reminds me of all the politicians who said things like. "I know what being a gamer is like I played Donkey Kong!" #modernwarfare2
11/14/09
I almost did. Really. #modernwarfare2