So, maybe 'games encourage rape' psychologist Dr Carole Lieberman was right - there was a conspiracy between Electronic Arts and Fox News.
The head of EA Games, Frank Gibeau certainly isn't adding water to that particular fire when he tells Industry Gamers, " I loved it when Fox News did the lesbian aliens on Mass Effect. I love when they covered the Taliban; I loved it when they covered the Bulletstorm stuff."
He chucks some more fuel on the conspiracy pyre with, "Look, when you’re building new IPs and you’re building games and you’re looking at an entertainment audience, they see a lot of messages. Controversy isn’t a bad thing. I personally believe you should court controversy.
"You should do it in a way that matches the creative integrity of the game. You shouldn’t do it in a gratuitous way, but if it matches the creativity of the game…"
Full thing here.
The head of EA Games, Frank Gibeau certainly isn't adding water to that particular fire when he tells Industry Gamers, " I loved it when Fox News did the lesbian aliens on Mass Effect. I love when they covered the Taliban; I loved it when they covered the Bulletstorm stuff."
He chucks some more fuel on the conspiracy pyre with, "Look, when you’re building new IPs and you’re building games and you’re looking at an entertainment audience, they see a lot of messages. Controversy isn’t a bad thing. I personally believe you should court controversy.
"You should do it in a way that matches the creative integrity of the game. You shouldn’t do it in a gratuitous way, but if it matches the creativity of the game…"
Full thing here.
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