Fox News is at it again. This time the network incurred the wrath ( more like ridicule) of video game fans everywhere. The morning news show Fox and Friends recently used a graphic about homeland defense that looked suspiciously like the logo for BioShock Infinite. When we say it looks like, we mean that there is little question that it was inspired by the game logo. Now fans are commenting on the irony of the “right wing” news corp using the logo and tactics of the video game’s villains.
Recently Fox News's morning show Fox and Friends featured a new segment called "Defending the Homeland." The graphic for the segment looked very familiar to fans of the BioShock video game series. The logo is basically a copy of the logo from BioShock Infinite, a game where villains use patriotic imagery to start a war.
Sam Barsanti of A.V. Club.com commented on the irony, via his report titled, “Fox News rips off BioShock Infinite logo, irony ensues:”
"The funny part here isn’t that Fox News copied it -- which it totally did -- it’s that it apparently copied it without recognizing what the logo represents: A violent video game about killing right-wing crazy people"
The creator of the Bioshock video game series, Ken Levine, has since commented on the controversy, Tweeting:
“Glad to help, Fox. Glad to help.”
Levine went on to comment further on the issue of irony, addling via Facebook:
“It's not the irony of that Fox news thing that bothers me so much. It's the typesetting.”
What do you think of the logo controversy? Do you think Fox News should change it? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
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