Is Bulletstorm the Worst Video Game in the World?

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According to this article it might well be!

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/bulletstorm-worst-game-kids/

Parents had better beware: There's a Bulletstorm on the horizon.

In the new video game Bulletstorm due February 22, players are rewarded for shooting enemies in the private parts (such as the buttocks). There’s an excess of profanity, of course, including frequent use of F-words. And Bulletstorm is particularly gruesome, with body parts that explode all over the screen.

But that's not the worst part.

The in-game awards system, called Skill Shots, ties the ugly, graphic violence into explicit sex acts: "topless" means cutting a player in half, while a "gang bang" means killing multiple enemies. And with kids as young as 9 playing such games, the experts FoxNews.com spoke with were nearly universally worried that video game violence may be reaching a fever pitch.

“If a younger kid experiences Bulletstorm's explicit language and violence, the damage could be significant,” Dr. Jerry Weichman, a clinical psychologist at the Hoag Neurosciences Institute in Southern California, told FoxNews.com.

“Violent video games like Bulletstorm have the potential to send the message that violence and insults with sexual innuendos are the way to handle disputes and problems,” Weichman said.
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It gets worse. Apaprently sexually explicit games such as this lead to an increase in rape according to one "expert":

Carole Lieberman, a psychiatrist and book author, told FoxNews.com that sexual situations and acts in video games -- highlighted so well in Bulletstorm -- have led to real-world sexual violence.

“The increase in rapes can be attributed in large part to the playing out of [sexual] scenes in video games,” she said.
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EA have repsonded to the ludicrous Fox article:

http://www.technobuffalo.com/blog/gaming/ea-responds-to-fox-news-bulletstorm-accusations/

As you know, Bulletstorm is a work of entertainment fiction that takes place in the 26th century on the abandoned fictitious paradise planet Stygia, where our heroes fight mutants, monsters, flesh-eating plants and gigantic dinosaurs.

Epic, People Can Fly and EA are avid supporters of the ESA and believe in the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) rating system. We believe in and abide by the policies put in place by the ESRB.

Bulletstorm is rated M for Mature for blood and gore, intense violence, partial nudity, sexual themes, strong language and use of alcohol. The game and its marketing adhere to all guidelines set forth by the ESRB; both are designed for people 17+. Never is the game marketed to children.

Epic, People Can Fly and EA support the right of artists to create works of entertainment fiction for consumers of all ages, including adults who enjoy action adventures like Bulletstorm. Much like Tarantino’s Kill Bill or Rodriguez’s Sin City, this game is an expression of creative entertainment for adults.
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Its almost laughable how sensationalist these news reports can be without having any actual factual basis.. I suppose any sort of free advertising for the game is a good thing and might make more people aware of the game but these news reports just try to whip up a frenzy and seem to blow things out of propotion in my opinion.

They should do some tongue in cheek "news report" parodies to advertsie the game - would be quite funny if you ask me!

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Calami posted some links to reports taht FOX actually selecitvely MIS QUOTED some of the articles which the initital report was based on:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/09/churnalism-fox-news-selective-quoting/

While digging into the remarkable story on FoxNews.com, in which it was claimed that games like Bulletstorm cause rape, I got in touch with each of the contributors quoted in the article. Neither of the two doctors have yet got back in touch, but Billy Pidgeon of M2 Research responded with a detailed explanation of what he’d really said to the news outlet. And would you believe it – it has little in common with how their selective quoting made him appear. Quite how little is striking
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http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/10/the-fox-news-debacle-techsavvy-update/

Here’s an update to my investigating the story Fox News printed in which they astonishingly suggested that Bulletstorm would cause rape. Scott Steinberg, CEO of TechSavvy Global, and all-round industry guru, got in touch with me to show me the answers he submitted to Fox when they approached him for comment. The full answers are reproduced below, because what results is a fantastic interview on the subject of adult game content and regulation.
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LOL if this game gets into the hands of a minor then blame the parents or the retailer, but not the developer/publisher

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
TBH though EA/Epic must be loving this - whatever the publicity, this is gonna make additional sales. Lets hope they fight in a church at some point or jump in a car with a hooker :p

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
Energizer Bunny said:
Nice response from EA. The first paragraph just was owned written all over it.
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The whole response from EA basically owned that ridiculous article.
This is a game for adults. Until adults stop their children from playing these games then this whole farce isn't going to go away.
 
They did this with Mass Effect as well - some stupid author said it was like a cross between star wars and debbie does dallas because of the "pornographic content" (where Shep gets freaky with one of the romance options) - she then said she hadn't played it so hundreds of Mass effect fans rated her book badly on Amazon saying that they hadn't read it but it was awful - haha totally owned.
She retracted her opinion not long after that. Can't remember her name but a google search will get it.
I'd like to say that it's typical Fox news but to be honest, it's typical of ALL news providers.
 
I think it's fair to say people should just dismiss any article where it's about somebody moaning about kids playing adult games.
 
Hah Fox News, what a load of bull****. As said above, blame the shop or the parents if this game falls into the hands of kids, not the game developers or publishers. And besides, you have to be pretty twisted in the first place to go around raping people and a videogame, book or movie will have nothing to do with it.

I had the original GTA for my birthday when I was about 13, I didn't decide to steal cars, kill people and deal drugs in real life. :rolleyes:
 
I played the demo and thought it was rubbish! I noticed that when I shot someone from behind I got a "rear-entry". I thought it was just an over-sight:p didn't realise the game was full of them.
 
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