“Did computer games make you turn to a life of crime?”
That is the heading of a job listing on Star Now a British job listing site which deals with newspapers, actors and more.
The job listing at hand contains the following information;
A national newspaper wants your story and will pay hundreds of pounds to the right person.
Write a few lines about how computer games turned you to crime and if it’s something we like, we’ll call you straight back.
While there is no mention of paper running this advert it is very convenient that the job listing appeared on the 27th of March. That was the day that the Byron Review was published.
This is highly disconcerting that a newspaper, regardless of quality, is willing to advertise so blatantly for people to send in stories which will most likely be false, of how computer games turned them to crime. This is easily something which can be used to create an alarmist, over the top headline that will target and damage the reputation of the gaming industry.
Disgusting to see this kind of thing occurring even though we all know it happens. If anyone sees a headline about ‘Games turned me to the Mob’ or such like in any British papers then it should be considered with the utmost caution.
via Kotaku.
Tags: British Press, Crime, Games, Lies
March 31st, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Some of the responses in the Kotaku thread are genius. I hope most of the people posting there have actually submitted their stories, pity the poor sap who has to sift through them all.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Haha I know, they are great :D
If we see anything published in a big paper then we know it is going to be lies >:D
March 31st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
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