teejay Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 ITV documentary can’t tell the difference between gaming and reality; mistakes Arma 2 for secret IRA film | PC Gamer
X-13 Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Words fail. No, ITV fails. I'm pre-emptively calling it. Someone, somewhere will claim the ArmA 2 footage is showing the video game responsible for all the IRA/Libya grief. And they say gamers can't tell fantasy from reality...
Pyroman Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 To be fair the footage is pretty close to being the same 1
DT2 Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Arma 2: The graphics are awesome, the sounds and gampelay are very realistic, but come the #### on..... You're holding a mouse and using a keyboard - if you still can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality at that point then you're probably a butty short of a picnic me old china.... DT
HaleStorm Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 But apparently its the Gamers who cant tell fantasy from reality
tech_guy Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 I would expect the BBC or SKY News to commit a faux pas like this not ITV.........
sted Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 But apparently its the Gamers who cant tell fantasy from reality well itv cant tell a good program from dross (they now make 2 programs worth watching and one of them is on itv4 and the other is off air) so why should they spot anything
Dos_Box Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) If any Minecraft players want to come and dig up the bottom of my garden in spring, please feel free to drop me a line As regards the ITV footage, what an awful fail. I mean, how did the IRA even manage to smuggle in a Russian Urals truck and heavy AA, and then shoot down a helicopter that was not even used by UK forces? Oh dear, I'll bet rival media groups are going to be all over this like a rash. Should be fun. Edited September 28, 2011 by Dos_Box
teejay Posted September 28, 2011 Author Posted September 28, 2011 This is meant to be ITV's new flagship in depth current affairs programme and is produced in house. Not only this major fail, they also showed a clip which was meant to be of recent rioting in Ireland but was in fact from the 1990's! I really do despair at the current state of UK TV output for news and current affairs, you have the BBC with their very biased leftist agenda, Sky with their Murdoch agenda and ITV who couldn't organise a p*** up in a brewery.
X-13 Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 With reports like this, it's no wonder than a lot of people are ignorant with regards to current affairs.
Oaktech Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 i consider myself to be wilfully ignorant of current, current affairs, because it's impossible to get a balanced view. If can't take a balanced view then i will take no view at all.
X-13 Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 i consider myself to be wilfully ignorant of current, current affairs, because it's impossible to get a balanced view. If can't take a balanced view then i will take no view at all. Even if something seems unbalanced, you have to be wary of them using words in a way to envoke meanings which convey their views on the matter without it being overtly noticeable. [i think it has a proper name... but I can't remember it.]
Oaktech Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 yeah, I did psychology for a while (but dropped it for physics) and it does have a name, but i forget what it was... there is no way of being human and commenting on a situation without puting your own views into it... but there is puting your own views into it because the situation invokes an emotional response, and then there is deliberatley sensationalising to some master agenda (daily mail style)!
teejay Posted September 28, 2011 Author Posted September 28, 2011 Even if something seems unbalanced, you have to be wary of them using words in a way to envoke meanings which convey their views on the matter without it being overtly noticeable. [i think it has a proper name... but I can't remember it.] I think the word your thinking of is something to do with male cattle excrement...
Rydra Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 I don't think I can convey in text how much I am laughing smugly about the stupidity of this...
X-13 Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 yeah, I did psychology for a while (but dropped it for physics) and it does have a name, but i forget what it was... there is no way of being human and commenting on a situation without puting your own views into it... but there is puting your own views into it because the situation invokes an emotional response, and then there is deliberatley sensationalising to some master agenda (daily mail style)! For a second I was worried... After I posted I remembered it was mentioned in Torchwood. So I wasn't 100% sure it wasn't made up.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now