Fox & Friends gets 'fair and balanced' with Modern Warfare 2 discussion


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Did you know that there's a murderer in your house ... right now? It's sitting there on your coffee table, in your Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or PC. It's name is Modern Warfare 2, and it lets your eight-year-old child become a terrorist and kill people. Our pals at Fox & Friends got together for a "fair and balanced" discussion about the game's controversial airport scene, with the show's host Steve Doocy inviting Common Sense Media's Jim Steyer and /gamer's Jon Christensen into the fray.
Unsurprisingly, Steyer makes the oft-cited connection between violent games and real-life violence. And when Doocy gives Christensen the final word, he cobbles together an anecdote about his friend the retail manager not selling copies of Modern Warfare 2 to underage consumers, which is met with, "You bring a game into a house, nothing to stop an eight-year-old kid from becoming a terrorist and shooting people" from Doocy. So far, we haven't received any reports of the game sneaking its way into people's homes or making parents blind and unaware of their children's actions, but we'll keep our ears to the ground via Joystiq

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waterboy122Posted:

if you play a game you would really have to mentally fit. if you arent they might try to re-do a mission or something. so about 95% of the world it good

SewerWastePosted:

Pretty sure the age is 17, my bro is 17 and he picked it up with me.



How would a kid get it without his parents knowing. Unless he is 17 its pretty tough.

TTG_NasherPosted:

The game is rated 18, if kids play it then their parents are to blame for letting them get the game. In the uk apparently any shops selling it to under 18's will face prosicution

theartftwPosted:

If you become a terrorist over a video game Im gonna say playing violent video games is the least of your issues.



don't ruin the world for those people who watch stupid stuff and know better than to go try it :l

mraustin2000Posted:

OMFG! it even asks if you want to skip the mission because of gore...Damn retards

TTG_NasherPosted:

I don't know why people are so bothered

GreenbirdPosted:

There is a skip button! and if they dont want their kids seeing it then dont buy them a game thats higher age than them. And if its dads game then dad needs to buy a safe.xD

SewerWastePosted:

They even have a warning letting you skip the mission. And its also rated M so they cant even get the game without being over 17 or having a parent.

SewerWastePosted:

They even have a warning letting you skip the mission. And its also rated M so they cant even get the game without being over 17 or having a parent.

TTG_STRAWZYxPosted:

oh my god!!!!!!! Why the hell are people like the government want to get kids off this mission, when they should be focusing on getting the REAL troops out of the war...


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