Phil Migrowen says:
“All she admitted was that she was misled by her source, and she regretted that she misspoke, which is neither an apology nor an honest admission of the situation.”

I couldn’t agree more.
She was nether honest nor sincere with her words.
She was only using the situation to further her own myopic ideas about the world,
while shamelessly promoting herself at the expense of people and experiences she knows nothing about.

A big shame on Fox News.
Their commentary is not only hurtful it damages the credibility of those involved in making the game.

They also hurt real people for their own selfish gain.
They obviously have no shame in what they do.

For instance, I still think this woman is a pompous, uninformed person who jumped at an opportunity to plug her book, knowledge of the topic notwithstanding. Of course, I also think that every gamer who posted a ridiculous comment on Amazon is no better than she is, as they engaged in the exact same behavior.

But anyway, I digress….

interesting journalism team you have here..

Cooper didn’t misspeak. Misspeak is what occurs when you know the right information or answer but say the wrong thing inadvertently. Here, she spoke correctly based upon what she knew. The problem was that what she thought was the truth was far from it.

“now that I’ve seen the game and seen the sex scenes it’s kind of a joke.”

If by “it” you mean “you,” then yes, you finally got it right.

“I have to respect Cooper Lawrence for admitting she was wrong and changing her opinion of the game.”

Judging from her explanation above she didn’t admit she was wrong. All she admitted was that she was misled by her source, and she regretted that she misspoke, which is neither an apology nor an honest admission of the situation.

I think my description fit just fine. She was talking about something she knew nothing about just like I know nothing about rocket science. The real problem is that too many people go on television and pretend to be experts. I wish more people would be called out. It’s also kind of odd that this happens on Fox News more than any other news channel. Their quality of news has progressively gotten worse and worse over the past 7 years or so. I think their special interest agenda shines through in pieces like the SexBox fiasco.

Now I will try to explain to them that I am an active parent who tries to be aware of everything my kids are doing. However, when they ask if I own any “adult” games and I say yes, they immediately assume that I am either lying or am completely ignorant about what they do. I will admit that it is becoming increasing difficult to monitor what my kids do. But because this female can go on a TV show and spout off nonsense, my kids are denied playing with other kids they really like, including a girl who lives just around the corner from us.

So yeah, it kind of hurts, just a little.

You know, perhaps I am being a little too sensitive. I only work in the gaming industry and have worked in it for the last 15 years. I’ve done just about every type of job from QA to Producer to ESRB submission manager and now I work in mobile. Everytime someone like this moron opens their mouth it hurts. And it doesn’t just hurt sales, but I can only imagine that this is a similar pain an artist feels when people completely misinterpret their work.

But you know if someone wants to hurt my ability to make money, I should just sit there and take it…douche bag.

“the pain that it caused our community.”

Were you really in pain? Did it hurt real bad? You need to get a grip. There will always be people who don’t take our hobby seriously. Guess why. Because its PLAYING GAMES! It’s NOT a serious hobby. Its about fun. Its about playing pretend. Its about fantasizing that we are big tough space marines shooting aliens and saving human kind, and this case it was about getting to pretend to have sex. “pain”. I’ve heard it all now.

“Before the show I had asked somebody about what they had heard, and they had said it’s like pornography. But it’s not like pornography. I’ve seen episodes of ‘Lost’ that are more sexually explicit.”

At no point does she say that she is sorry for her remarks or the pain that it caused our community. So I say that until she comes out with a real apology, I don’t feel that anyone needs to ease up on anything anyone decides to do to her.

not that i respect her for it, though.