JDKJ said:
SenseOfTumour said:
JDKJ said:
Why are all these posters focusing on the Daily Mail? They've only reported what Mediawatch UK had to say. Unless they completely fabricated the statements of Mediawatch UK, then what the Daily Mail has to say isn't the real issue. Rather, what Mediawatch UK has to say is the real issue.
Entirely fair, they .
But I'm not seeing what any of that has to with Mediawatch UK. It seems to me that posters are substituting dismissal of the Daily Mail (easy to do) for squarely addressing Mediawatch UK's position (a much harder task). Shooting the messenger doesn't have much to do with the actual message.
I'm suggesting that, while, yes, they've got a quote from MediaWatchUK, the entire tone of the piece is heavily slanted against the game, as they always do, like an angry chimp, attacking when it doesn't understand something, using a screenshot of a tube train in game, next to one of a real tube train after the 7/7 bombings is utterly reprehensible, and they're doing far more to disrespect any victims by trying to do this, than the game ever managed.
MediaWatch also just seem to be a go-to group whenever a paper needs a quote from someone who's 'outraged' or been 'offended' by something, I think there's a use for someone to keep an eye on TV and the like to make sure things don't get out of hand, I don't think Big Bird should call Oscar the Grouch a c*** on Sesame Street, but they devalue their own cause by getting worked up and submitting official complaints over the smallest things.
If you think it's time to cancel Emmerdale because some joker on the crew wrote the words 'jam rags and pile cream' on a menu board in the background of a shot, it's no wonder you're easy to get crazy quotes from. (Yes Mediawatch noticed this and filed official complaints.)
I wouldn't be surprised if MediaWatch was funded by the Mail, after all, they pay all their other writers, and MediaWatch supply them with a lot of content.
In short, if MediaWatch actually picked their battles instead of marching on Parliament every time they hear the word 'bum' they'd actually have some credibility and use in the world. I'm not going to defend every game out there, but until there's a game more offensive and with less artistic merit than either Hostel movie, I'm on the side of gaming. Games do far less than movies in terms of controversy, yet get judged far more harshly. I do wonder, if Murdoch bought EA, would we suddenly be getting pro gaming news? (It won't happen, he doesn't seem to care so much about profit any more, just spreading his point of view.)
