Masseffect Madness

Fox News did their best to ream Masseffect. EA, who bought Bioware after release of this game, sent Fox a livid letter saying they should clear up the many false claims they made in the piece. A partial list of the lies Fox let out about this game is below.

• The game includes 'full digital nudity'

Nothing in the game is anything that can't be seen regularly on prime-time broadcast TV.

• The player chooses what happens 'between the two people, you know what I mean.'

The 13 minutes of game play that is in the game is a cut scene that probably won't even happen for most players, due to the decisions you have to make to activate the cut scene.

• That 'Princess Enchanted Brides' is an actual game that exists.

Google searches only turned up comments on blogs and Digg about how nobody know what this game is. So far, there's no evidence that the game exists except for that panelist's comment.

• Adolescent males are mostly who play video games.

According to ESA, the average gamer age is 33.

• Adult Only is a viable rating for a game.

AO rated games DO NOT GET SOLD IN STORES. It's essentially an X rating that is only used to ban a game from the market. The M rating includes some sexual content and is similar to an R movie rating. Here's a link to Gamestop's ratings explanation.

The commenter on the left that flamed the game (without even playing it) has had her book on Amazon torn to shreds by the gaming community in response to her comments on the show. Her rating is down to 1 star.

Hat tip to my roommate Ryan.