I've gotten to cringe when a Video Game's name is in the news, minus the Wii

Yeah... having a game in the news is never good, you never hear

"Video game saves an orphanage: tonight at 9"

it's always

"Violent video games, could they cause your kid to turn into a killer? find out at 9"

... *Sigh*

Only if it is a poorly directed advertisement about a game, especially if the game in question is anything like Gears of War. This is added to if any non-gamers are in the room.

I remember, once, when the news people were interviewing someone via secondlife about pedophilia groups (flavour of the month here). I died a little inside when I saw the guy had a tigeress avatar ;_;

Not really a videogame, but worth mentioning.

I cringe whenever video games are blamed for certain things. It's uncomfortable.

I don't cringe, just sigh, shake my head and change the channel.

However I did cringer after reading every option in the poll after "depending"

I can't really think of any example of video games in the news which would cause me to cringe. Maybe I'm just made of sterner stuff.

The only situation I could imagine would be in a week of nothing happening anywhere in the world, at all, my bedroom bedroom being infiltrated the world's media & the story being about me cracking one off as Niko gets a lap dance or uses a prostitute in GTA 4.

Breaking news. British man, 28, pleasures himself to Rockstar's crime & sex simulator. Film at 11.

Watching video game programmes can be pretty cringe-worthy though.
The presenters are usually trendy geeks with a terrible sense of hurmour & poor presenting skills, who make you feel bad about playing the same games they do.
Also when they show an example of them playing the game, they're usually really bad at the game. It's even worse when they're playing a game that you're familiar with & you can tell how crap they are & that they're only using one button.
Plus when you see an adult reviewer playing a blatant kids game, (or just a game which is poor) & pretending like it's really fun, you die a little inside.

One time I was watching TV with my Dad, then that Mercenaries 2 ad came on. Afterwards he looked me in the eye and said "You play that kind of stuff?"

Yep, I hate it when the media tries to mention something about video games. And then of course I have to watch what they say and further prove that the media knows nothing about video games and all they can say about it is useless fear-mongering. I hate the media.

And the whole Mass Effect sex thing is a perfect example of the worst. I mean not knowing what they're talking about and exaggerating the violence and influence on children is one thing, but complete lies? Where do they think they get their information from that they can start saying all these things and criticizing them when they dont even exist? Disgusting and painful to watch.

A lesser acknowledged relationship between games and the media is the one that comes Christmas time, or whenever a new console is being released. The hype and buzz itself can sometimes reach nation news, which almost always has some ditzy news anchor going "Oh wow, my son wants (insert game) so bad, tee hee hee!"

Bleh.

SargentToughie:
Yeah... having a game in the news is never good, you never hear

"Video game saves an orphanage: tonight at 9"

it's always

"Violent video games, could they cause your kid to turn into a killer? find out at 9"

... *Sigh*

I remember hearing a long while ago about an America's Army player helping some victims in a car crash. Says the game's medical training helped him.

i lol at gta4 copy cats

americas army training is awesome. i learnt so much from the medic training.

a few days after getting it i had a blood test and the doctor put a turnicket(meh i cant spell when im sick) on my arm and i knew what it was and why she was doing it. it was awesome!

I don't cringe, but I might snear a bit. The media definitely has something against videogames, and I saw that reflected in my parents' view of videogames. They thought that I was an exception to the videogames=violence "rule."

Fortunately, I was able to refer them to some of the articles on the Escapist that deal with that issue, and they began to revise their stances.

SargentToughie:

"Violent video games, could they cause your kid to turn into a killer? find out at 9"

... *Sigh*

Close, but its always more mysterious and scary.

"Is your kid turning into a killer? Find out at 9!"

"Halo 3 makes $175 million in first 24 hours" fine by me.

I cringe when the journalists act like they know what their talking about.

Fire Daemon:
I cringe when the journalists act like they know what their talking about.

Aren't the staff here at Escapist journalists?

I usually laugh, cause it's usually some BS thing.

shatnershaman:

Fire Daemon:
I cringe when the journalists act like they know what their talking about.

Aren't the staff here at Escapist journalists?

No way!

I cringe. Especially when it has parents saying how "confusing" the rating system is. Adam Sessler put it best, "Let's see what the GTAIV label says: 'Rated M, 17+'. Let's see what the back says, 'Intense violense, partial nudity, drud and alcohol use, (etc).' Where's the fucking mystery?"

If it's in a negative light, I cringe with enough force to scare away small animals and scatter paper.

Yes, because the media has yet to understand two facts:

1. Games are not all for kids. That big black M has a deeper meaning to it (note: will actually play certain M games with my younger brother...after I have decided if they have anything that would ruin his psyche at all)

2. They (the reporters) most likely heard the same things growing up listening to rock and roll, with apparently no mental harm. Therefore, what are the chances that the new scapegoat will actually have an effect?

On a little side note, am I a bad brother for letting my brother play/watch me play M games if I have played them first to decide if there is anything that he shouldn't see, instead of just forbidding him from all M games?

I heard the media once using the argument "In videogames, you are in control of who to kill, you can look at someone and say 'im going to kill them'" This apparently, is wrong and causes you to be violent in real life

But putting in a Rambo DVD whilst thinking "I cant wait to watch all of those gory deaths" is A-OK!

Najos:

shatnershaman:

Fire Daemon:
I cringe when the journalists act like they know what their talking about.

Aren't the staff here at Escapist journalists?

No way!

This is a magazine, most of them are editors and journalists. Only they know what the are talking about, as they most likely play games.

I voted "lols :)" for no reason. I actually think that it depends if it's praise, accomplishments, tragedy or a parody of the game in question that motivates my opinion.

SargentToughie:
Yeah... having a game in the news is never good, you never hear

"Video game saves an orphanage: tonight at 9"

it's always

"Violent video games, could they cause your kid to turn into a killer? find out at 9"

... *Sigh*

*Looks at Today Tonight with resentment*

Same here.

I actually role my eyes and "Here we go again"

I want to say something but the people already say it

Isn't it fun when uninformed people start pointing the finger? I can't believe they've started to blame Metal again, what a bunch of butt. People are just afraid of the unknown or something that is new, if it's incredibly popular there has to be aspects of it that are totally bad for you. It's a load of rubbish.

To answer the thread, I not only cringe but I shift in my seat uncomfortably each time I see anything game related on the news. Though when I heard that Halo 3 was outselling pretty much everything when it came out, I have to admit I was proud of the games industry that day even though I don't really care for the Halo franchise.

'Here we go..again" *sigh*