Friday, August 26, 2005

Bull F***ing Shit.

CNN's Hack Journalism team takes on Bully.

(the thing in question is a video of a CNN report on Bully, which currently is on the front page of CNN.com. Title of the report is "New 'Bully' video game sparks controversy", in case you need to search for it)

Wow. I mean just, wow. Completely and utterly one sided, making no attempts to be balanced in any way, shape or form. They dismiss the M-rating of the game, saying that "because the industry is self-regulating, there is no way to prevent retailers from selling the game to minors."

Yes. The industry is self regulating.

Just like the Movie industry. And the Music industry. And Literature.

Self-regulating Media industries ARE THE STANDARD, NOT THE EXCEPTION!

They also bring in two anti-gaming people to interview, while the only contribution actually from the industry is in the form of a press release from Rockstar about Bully.

By the way: Jack "F***ing Asshole" Thompson's opinion on Bully? Columbine Simulator.

Columbine Simulator.

This is just not right.