I love it when mainstream media dips its toe into the video game pond. It’s virtually always ill-informed, off target, and about a year late in reporting on things.
Today, Fox News took that to a whole new level as it reported on the “Brand New” Army recruiting tool, America’s Army.
Share your thoughts and hear mine, after the jump.
I really don’t care about America’s Army. It’s a shitty game both in its free and commercial offerings. It used to be fun, and I have to admit I spent many an hour waiting silently for my next kill. I loved the cross-platform play between PC and Macs, but the game has been left in the dust by games like Call of Duty 4. There’s no keeping up for AA.
What I do care about is how horribly misinformed and uninformed these professional journalists are about the fastest growing and highest grossing form of entertainment in the world. At what point are news organizations going to catch on and stop assigning the guy who stands in hurricanes to talk about how the wind is blowing really hard, to cover a story about gaming?
America’s Army is OLD NEWS. VERY VERY OLD NEWS. There are probably kids that weren’t born when the game came out who are now playing it (you know there’s at least one out there)
Sorry big boys, but you’re missing the boat and numerous chances to be hip… with it.
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