Rain of Bulletstorm

For the last couple of weeks Bulletstorm has been wrapped up in so much controversy that even Fox News had to broadcast their 2 cents on the game. Why? Because it's another one in the long line of "violent games that add to the ever growing crime problem that plagues our world".

What more is that psychologist and book author, Carol Lieberman, was quoted by Fox News when interviewed about Bulletstorm as saying:

"The increase in rapes can be attributed in large part to the playing out of [sexual] scenes in video games,"

What??


What evidence is there to support such a statement? What studies have been conducted? Bulletstorm doesn't even have any graphical sexual scenes!

When interviewed by Kotaku, she goes on to try and clarify what she meant:

"The more video games a person plays that have violent sexual content, the more likely one is to become desensitized to violent sexual acts and commit them."

I must say I have never wanted to nor even felt the desire to want to rape someone after shooting a prostitute in the head after banging her in the front seat of my Comet in GTA IV. How about after the infamous sex scene easter egg in San Andreas? Naw still no. And furthermore, when I watch the news and I see the guys that have been arrested for rape, they mainly look like washed up construction workers wearing tracksuits and a massive amount of chest hair poking out the top of their jacket and are mentally disturbed.

Maybe this is why Fox News labeled this game as the worst video game in the world. Why? because they pushed the envelope for adult gamers. Even the other psychologist they interviewed agreed that this game is meant for mature audiences so statements made about increasing violent acts may not apply here. Dr Jerry Weichman stated:

"If a younger kid experiences Bulletstorm's explicit language and violence, the damage could be significant. Violent video games like Bulletstorm have the potential to send the message that violence and insults with sexual innuendos are the way to handle disputes and problems."

"My opinion, as stated in my quote, is that there is potential to do harm, but certainly this is not the outcome for 100 percent of the game's users. And obviously the folks at ESRB agree, since it's rated M for Mature and was not designed for young audiences."

For once an expert analyst has made sense.

Don't let the hype fool you folks. Get the game. It's not your average FPS. It's what shooters have been needing for some time. Right off the bat the game is loaded for fun play. The plot may be serious at times but the gameplay is more forgiving. You get an assortment of skillshots to pull off by shooting people in different parts of the body and for various ways of killing with specific weapons. This game is a highlighted must have for all FPS fans. If you're tired of COD: Black Ops here's your break.