After her quasi-apology in an interview with the New York Times, Cooper Lawrence is back with some more clarification on the Mass Effect controversy that she will forever be a part of. In an article on MTV.com, the “expert” has clarified her thoughts on the issue and also stated how she feels about the revenge exacted on her by the gaming community.

Link: Fox News’ Expert Backs Down From Xbox ‘Mass Effect’ Sex-Scene Attack

If you have been following the Fox News/Mass Effect controversy over the past couple weeks, you must read the Alt Text commentary written by Lore Sjöberg over on Wired.com. The article mentions several other “filthy” games that Fox “News” can use to further their anti-games agenda. It’s well worth the read.

Link: Alt Text: More ‘Filthy’ Games to Drive Fox News Crazy

Adam Sessler of G4 has chimed in regarding the Fox “News”/Mass Effect fiasco. This guy knows how to rant and it’s awesome! And yes, I will continue to put “news” in quotes whenever I mention Fox.

Update: YouTube has pulled the video citing copyright claim by G4. I will be sure to put the video back up, should I find another copy somewhere.

Update #2: Thanks to Stephen Przybylowski from G4TV, we now have the video once again.

Yeah, I just made that word up. Cooper Lawrence, the now infamous author that appeared on Fox News to bash the game Mass Effect for it’s sexually explicit content, has now apologized for the remarks she made, stating that she was uninformed about the game.

Shortly after the original “news” piece aired, Amazon was flooded with negative reviews of her books. Many people admitted they had never read the book, a direct reference to Lawrence’s admission that she had never played the game. Amazon has since removed the negative reviews, which is disappointing. It’s not like Fox News can simply “remove” the damage that they have done to the reputations of Mass Effect and Bioware.

Lawrence has now apologized for her remarks in a New York Times article published today. In the article, Lawrence says the following:

“I recognize that I misspoke. I really regret saying that, and now that I’ve seen the game and seen the sex scenes it’s kind of a joke.

“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.”

It’s a nice gesture, however, one wonders if it was only done to subdue the backlash that she would inevitably continue to receive. Also, where is the apology from Fox News for airing completely false information? I believe the word is “slander?”

Link: Author Faults a Game, and Gamers Flame Back [Via Joystiq]

In response to the recent Fox News segment regarding Mass Effect (cleverly named SeXbox by Fox News), EA has written a letter to the news corporation asking them to correct the gross inaccuracies that plagued the news broadcast.

I’m so glad that EA stepped up and said what all of us have been saying the past two days. They have the media presence to actually get a response from someone as big as Fox News. I only wish they had demanded an apology instead of asking for it, but I guess we can’t have everything we want.

Hit the jump for excerpts from the letter and video of the Fox “News” segment that sparked the controversy.

[Via Kotaku]

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