Fox News weighs in on America's Army, the video game... About five years too late and Sarcasticgamer.com calls them on it.
From the article: "What I do care about is how horribly misinformed and uninformed these professional journalists are about the fastest growing and highest grossing form of entertainment in the world. At what point are news organizations going to catch on and stop assigning the guy who stands in hurricanes to talk about how the wind is blowing really hard, to cover a story about gaming?"
Propaganda. It's that thing that's all around us and is probably bad for you, but no one gives a shit, except for one man because he's all out of gum: [audience laughs]. Okay, that probably wasn't a John Oliver-worthy opening, but propaganda in video games is real and has influenced many a game since the inception of the industry itself.
Ah, America. I hear it’s the land of the free and the home of the Whopper. Sure, it’s in somewhat deep shit over PRISM and several other scandals, but you can’t help but respect it for at least trying to make those scandals possible.
With that out of the way, it’s Independence Day here in the United States. You’re more likely to find a barbecue than productivity this time of year, so in the spirit of things, our reviews editor Andrew Esposito and I have decided to compile our top 3 patriotic games. These are games that will make Lady Liberty herself blush with shame for her relative lack of patriotism.
Freedom Fighters says hello! Such a short sighted list. It should be at least number 3 on that list. Metal Gear feels a lot more Japanese than American.
Notable mention for the most American games ever:
- Ford vs Chevy
- Assassin's Creed 3
- Counter Strike
- Scarface: The World is Yours
- Cabela's franchise
- Saints Row the Third
- Mortal Kombat
- Call of Duty franchise
P.S. Murica!!!
Freedom Fighters was on the list. Fantastic game! It was 2, top 3 lists. Freedom Fighters came in at #2 on one of them :)
Most gamers are quick to ridicule unfair game design situations, but why have we allowed this boom to continue anyway?
Hahaha Fox is almost as bad as Sony when it comes to gaming!
SG screwed up here. This report is about the "Virtual Army Experience" tour - http://vae.americasarmy.com... - that is going on right now.
Pot calling the kettle black if ever there was eh?
Watching news in general is totally useless. They hardly ever report on anything that really matters and when they do they are grossly misinformed about the subject at hand. I'm not just referring to gaming here. Almost everything has this problem. The reason we call out news stations and such is that we are gamers and we call BS when they don't bother putting effort into covering a subject that we care about.
I don't watch news and I don't remember a time in which I did as there is really no point. I know where to go to get the news i need to know and that's how I do it. I feel sorry for people who tune into the news each day.
The home of fair-and-balanced "video game expert" Jack Thompson.