Why Epic Games Should Thank Fox News For Bulletstorm Controversy

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The video game community is buzzing about Fox News reporting that playing Epic Games’ Bulletstorm will make cause  kids to become rapists.  They interviewed a pyschologist and she said the following “The increase in rapes can be attributed in large part to the playing out of [sexual] scenes in .”  Fox couldn’t really prove that were were rape scenes in the game but instead started complaining about the sexual lingos used for kill combos such as “gang bang.”

Rightfully so, gamers are livid with the ignorant statements from Fox but Epic Games, the team behind Bulletstorm should personally thank the conservative news outlet.  By Fox asking the readers in the title “Is Bulletstorm the Worst Video Game in the World?”, this only creates buzz that no marketing team could achieve.  Look, we’re talking about the game right now that doesn’t come out for another two weeks (Feb 22, 2011 is the release date) and by the time it’ll be out, everyone and their grandma will know about the game. 

With parents not letting their kids play the game because of the Fox article, Bulletstorm will be the game that every kid in school will be talking about.  The more the kids can’t play it, the more they’ll want the game.  And those sneaky kids will find a way to purchase the game. 

Another reason for the hype is that the Fox News article will be shown on your local news channel as well and that’ll just create more awareness for the game.  Now, we’ve heard of Bulletstorm for a while because we’re into games but for the casual gamers, they’ve just been introduced to the game.  It’s free publicity for Epic Games just like what the media did for GTA and Mortal Kombat in the past.  Those games were “controversial” when it was first released but they became more succesful thanks to media calling them “shocking” and “degrading.” 

From what I’ve seen with Bullestorm it seems to be fun but time will tell whether it’s worth buying.  But Cliffy B, from Epic Games should send a big ass thank you card to Fox News for creating  hype for the game. 

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