Sensationalism strikes again.

Jan 10, 2006 02:41

http://www.livejournal.com/users/gamepolitics/174414.html

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060107/NEWS01/601070319/1010

Sensationalism in journalism strikes again. A link made to video games where none exists. It is a shame that people feel that they need to lie to generate news. Reading the article from the Tallahassee Democrat the flier in question appears to be from "The Zombie Survival Guide", a humorous parody written by Max Brooks, son of Mel Brooks. There is no link to video games, but somebody, whether it was one of the officers or the journalist herself, decided to try and make one where one does not exist.

And then we have more from Jack Thompson:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/columnists/story/5446063p-4916552c.html

In it, Jack claims that the terrorists that hijacked the planes on Sept. 11 "trained" using the Microsoft Flight Simulator. However it is proven fact that while the hijackers did play flight simulators, they trained at real flight schools in Arizona, Oklahoma, Florida, California, and Germany. Some of them also took classes at colleges in regards to aeronautics and airplane construction (source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/683026/posts This is a time line of the hijackers. It is very well put together with links to show their proof.) Once again your lies are debunked. Also, you claim that Malvo (one of the D.C. Snipers) "trained" playing Halo. Again I ask you, have you forgotten that his partner was John Mohammad, a military trained sniper. It's not hard to formulate from there that more than likely it was Mohammad that trained Malvo, not Halo. And as far as Bully goes. I have been trying to follow this game quite a bit. There has not been much released on the game, other than your releases. And just because you bought stock in Take-Two Interactive, doesn't mean that you know either, nor does it make you an expert on video game and video game content. In fact, the very fact that I have been playing games since I was 5 years old, plus that I read the trade magazines and visit numerous trade sites (including gamepolitics.com), makes me more of an expert on video games and video game content than you will ever be, and I'm not even an industry insider.
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