News

How The Mainstream Press Fails At Covering Video Games

It’s been evident for a while now that the many in the mainstream (read: non-gaming) press maybe don’t quite know how to cover video games. Evidence of this is in every well-meaning but ill-informed radio segment and every weird newspaper column. Gaming has been A Very Big Deal for a long time now, so why should it be so hard for the mainstream press to talk about games in a thoughtful, critical way?


September 8, 2011
News

Oh, Fox News. Will You Ever Not Suck At Talking About Video Games?

Yesterday, several of my friends emailed me links to the video clip above, a “Fox and Friends” segment that aired a few days ago. In their accompanying emails, each person voiced similar sentiments of pissed-off frustration.


May 22, 2011
In Real Life

Fox News Debate Of Federal Funding For Games Goes About Like You’d Expect

This video is uncomfortable to watch on two levels. The first is that I feel terrible for Brian Ambrozy, the editor-in-chief of Icrontic, who is appearing on Fox News to try to explain why video games – more importantly, what kind of video games – are now eligible for federal arts funding. The second is the nonstop assault Fox and its counterpoint ringer make on one’s intelligence.


February 24, 2011
News

Psychologist Clarifies Bulletstorm Comments To Fox News

One of the two experts quoted in Fox News’ notorious hit-piece on Bulletstorm has clarified his remarks, and while he stands by them, says their presentation lacks context – and that he enjoys playing Mature-rated shooters in his free time as well.


February 10, 2011
News

How FOX News Gets Video Games So Wrong

Yesterday, FOX News ran a story on Bulletstorm and got pretty much everything wrong. That’s not the real story, though. They real story is how they got everything wrong: they did it on purpose.


February 4, 2011
In Real Life

Three Hours Or 30 Minutes, What’s The Right Daily Dose Of Gaming For Kids?

In one frame, a mum who cut her kids off from video games and other electronics for six months. In the right frame, a game designer who says kids benefit from up to three hours of gaming a day.


August 16, 2010
News

Inevitably, Someone’s Mad That You Can Be The Taliban In Medal Of Honor

I must be inside the bubble, because the idea of playing as the Taliban in Medal of Honor multiplayer didn’t hit me as particularly controversial. Fox News noticed. Though it did treat the subject reasonably, the woman they interviewed doesn’t.


November 15, 2009

Totilo, Talk-Show Star, Visits Fox News

This doesn’t qualify as shameless self-promotion because, well, it’s not about myself. Kotaku’s own Stephen Totilo went on Fox News’ “Strategy Room” on Friday to discuss Modern Warfare 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and other hot topics.


August 2, 2009
In Real Life

Here We Go Again: 7-Year-Old Drives Car; GTA Blamed

In Utah last Sunday, young Preston Scarborough took the family sedan for a spin. Instant media sensation, of course. A Fox News anchor was bold enough to ask did teh Grand Theft Auto do it?


June 12, 2009

Fox And Friends Finally Addresses Fallujah Game

Despite the odd leading questions and attempts to evoke emotion in a mother who lost her son, today’s Fox and Friends roundtable debate on Six Days in Fallujah wasn’t much of a debate at all.