Hordes have you have been left fuming by the claims of actress-cum-'sexpert' Julie Peasgood on the Alan Titchmarsh Show last week - on which CVG editor Tim defended the games industry.
She's the one who said video games were "addictive" and "promote racism", remember? Oh - and we quote - was "categorically against violence for entertainment".
And yet a bit of digging... and hey presto. There's the credit for Julie's appearance in survival horror video game Martian Gothic: Unification.
According to Wikipedia: 'In Martian Gothic, the player is able to assume the roles of three characters sent from Earth to a Martian base called Vita 1 to examine why it has been silent for 10 months, after a base member broadcasts a final message of "Stay alone, stay alive."
'Upon arrival the player finds that all the residents are apparently dead and must gradually uncover the secrets and nature the last undertaking by Vita 1's crew; the discovery of ancient Martian "Pandora's Box" which, when opened, started a chain of chaotic events that led to the base's downfall, and death of all almost its inhabitants.
'However, during the player's progress of uncovering the truth, searching for any possible survivors, and solving Vita 1's many mounting problems, the player finds that the dead crew have become re-animated like zombies who wish to feast upon the team of three's flesh.'
'Feast upon flesh'? Julie? Julie?
Gobsmacked, people.
Cheers to the Twitterati.
And just for fun... 6.16 exactly.
Comments
46 comments so far...
NorthyMark2 on 22 Mar '10 said:
And that is what I call hypocrisy.
OfCom might definitely get an e-mail now, as that undermines her completely.
Focker420 on 22 Mar '10 said:
LMFAO thats so awesome!!! The game sounded pretty good as well.
Peasgood
Tonyb on 22 Mar '10 said:
Before you claim the moral high ground Julie, make sure you haven't sold out to the very industry you're criticizing in the past!
Two-faced biatch!!
A_Fish on 22 Mar '10 said:
Haha, imagine if CVG had found out about this before the show, and taken a copy of the game along
wrightandrewjame on 22 Mar '10 said:
You lie! Why you lie?
I think she's become two faced because her last job in the games biz was back in 2000.
Understandably upset considering she hasn't had a callback.
ricflair on 22 Mar '10 said:
I'm not sure Ofcom can do much with this, someone quoted Ofcom's regulations about news. Titchmarsh isn't news.
Although Live From Studio Five is classed as part of Five's 'news output' public service obligations. Hilarious. But probably no more hilarious than Sky, Fox etc.
NorthyMark2 on 22 Mar '10 said:
@ricflair
But we can at least get noticed by OfCom and the programme makers. I think we gamers and the industry have taken so much stick over the years, this "debate" is so unbelievably biased and lacking that we have the weaponry to shoot this sort of crass programming down.
altitude2k on 22 Mar '10 said:
If only this had been known earlier. If only, if only, if only. I would love to have seen her face.
WHERESMYMONKEY on 22 Mar '10 said:
It all depends whether ITV are claiming Titchmarsh's show is part of their public service remit that they have to do or not.
optimus1976 on 22 Mar '10 said:
Didnt she also star in a certain soap opera a few years ago that had a story line of someone being murdered and then being buried under a garden patio
lashed on 22 Mar '10 said:
Brilliant, f**king brillant even!
Makes you laugh she claims videogames are this that and the other, and yet she used it to make money for her self. Hypocrit.......
duncanskuse on 22 Mar '10 said:
This is a bit petty. I'm all for calling her a moron but googling up her past jobs to find a contradiction? I think if she wants to think that gaming makes people bad this isn't the way to prove her wrong. Nor is mentioning the sex toys all the time.
SICARIUS1 on 22 Mar '10 said:
I just watched that and was surprised how well Tim handled that idiot woman's blathering. He did a good job overall. Well done.
lordirongut on 22 Mar '10 said:
I have found the real threat to our children, right here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1905 ... 1905151748
What ever will we do? I myself am categorically against this filfth.
It's also interesting to note that she doesn't credit herself with this game on her website - it's like she wants to erase her past!
Also, full kudos to Tim for dealing very well with what was essentially designed to be a public flogging.
ricflair on 22 Mar '10 said:
I'd assume not, but you never know. They're struggling for cash.
My post wasn't to say people shouldn't complain. We just shouldn't be too surprised with the rubbish they put out. ITV is a joke and has been for years. They broadcast Jeremy Kyle for God's sake!
Going on a show like that and trying to argument your point civilly was always going to be a losing battle. Thank God they didn't have a look at some of the forums/comments on here before the show, that really would've given them some ammunition - printing tabloid style headlines in order to encourage strangers to tear strips off each other via the internet day after day!!
I think Tim did brilliantly, by the way.
Sleepaphobic on 22 Mar '10 said:
You know what? I'm done arguing with these fools. I'm just gonna live my life as it is until these ass munchers die off and voila, no more problems. Let's just hope England doesnt become the next Germany or Australia until then. If it does for whatever reason I'll just pack up and get the f**k out of here and watch how parliament single handedly f**ked up their economy even more.
Zabba 2 on 22 Mar '10 said:
That would've been gold to take into that interview.
"Categorically against violence you say? Hmm, quite, *pulls out copy of game*, what do you make of this? Let's have a read, ooh, credits, voice over, Julie Peacegood, rating on game? 18/Mature"
Awkward silence
Tim grinning with highest form of smugness.
alexkidd on 22 Mar '10 said:
Don't quite know why they got Dildologist Peasgood on anyway, perhaps just to fill the Daily Mail quota.
Ingham "valid point"
audience "silence"
Peasgood "inflamatory generic statement with no backing"
Audience "boooooo games, yay ill informed and non contextual statement."
hate those discussions, when the inanity drives me to murder, my suicide note will read "Titchmarsh made me do it"
h3r3tic666 on 22 Mar '10 said:
Played it on my PS , it was s**t ! no wonder she hates gaming
chunkyboymania on 22 Mar '10 said:
You know the whole Titchmarsh fiasco rather reminded me of the Nick Griffin witch hunt on Question Time. Apart from the fact that Tim isn't a bog eyed, racist knobhead who needs a good smack in the gob.
*Low buzzing noise emanates from the background.
SORRY JULIE YOU'LL HAVE TO TURN THAT OFF... I CAN"T HEAR YOU!!
*Buzzing intensifies and begins to echo.
NO DON'T STICK IT UP THERE!!!
*Buzzing reaches a violent crescendo followed by the unmistakable shriek of a Rampant Rabbit taking it's own life.
Right.. yeah I'll let them know you just get yourself cleaned up.
Erm well apparently I got Tim all wrong. A very reliable source has informed me that Tim is in fact a racist. Not only that but he's also a socially inept wife beater, serial masturbater and statistically has had an inappropriate relationship with an N64 rumble pak(Pot calling the kettle black there Julie).
Just remember in the words of Dr Fox "That is scientific fact. There's no real evidence for it, but it is scientific fact".
logan13607 on 22 Mar '10 said:
Julie Peasgood is a f**kin Horror!!!!
I cant believe any self respecting game development company would employ that useless sodding hypocrite,washed up bitch of an actress.
She deserves a good hard f**kin slap(with a cock).
Rothepony on 22 Mar '10 said:
What a delightful find. I have no more words.
Texamon on 22 Mar '10 said:
I don't know what makes me say this, but I knew it. There, done.
Focker420 on 22 Mar '10 said:
But then the desperate b*tch would try and suck it... eeeewwwwwwwwwwwww
gideonseer on 22 Mar '10 said:
Right, head above the parapet...
First, Julie Peasgood was ill informed re her research and lacked enough knowledge of the subject in question.
Second, alot of the comments here (though not all) are displaying precisely the same lynch mob mentality that the tv audience was accused of by some of those posting cvg comments.
Third, she is being criticised, or frankly ripped to shreds, for her part in a video game which was, according to the cvg article, made, or released, in the year 2000...10 years ago! That's not to say it isn't relevant, it is, but to criticise on the basis of evidence from 10 years ago, without giving her the chance to answer, isn't very good journalism. If she can't give a decent answer then fair enough, accuse away. But isn't it possible for someone to have done something 10 years ago, and between then and now have changed their mind? I held a fair few views 10 years ago which, in light of greater research, experience and thoughtful debate, I would not do or believe now. Her participation in this game may well be legitimate criticism, but IMO, its poor to attack quite so vehemently without asking her to respond.
Fourth, someone commented that she was so fired up in the show that she wouldn't have changed her mind if she'd been presented with cast iron proof to the contrary. Fair comment. That said, Tim, it could be argued, might be the same. One might ask, and it would be good to hear Tim respond, whether he could be presented with any evidence which might lead him to acknowledge a strong link between violent video games and real life violence etc. Works both ways.
There was error on all sides in this debate, though it was too short to be a proper debate, and although Tim's was by some distance the best informed and most rationally argued position, I did agree that if you are against censorship, as Tim stated he was, then you do open yourself up to the very slippery slope that 'anything goes'. I know Tim didn't go that far but that's the logical result of the anti-censorship position. Setting boundaries is a nightmare then.
Right, I'm off for a holiday...
angrygeometry on 22 Mar '10 said:
in her defence, games have become a lot more realistic and graphic since 2000.
not that i would ever defend her or anything, i utterly despise her and her backwards thinking, but i did feel the need to throw that out there.
chunkyboymania on 23 Mar '10 said:
Fair enough to the above two posters for being so open minded. However I don't think anyone,including Tim, would have a problem with a well structured and knowledgeable argument against gaming. The point of the matter is that the arguments used against gaming were just ill conceived propaganda. Not only that but Tim's arguments were ignored by Peasegood why she spouted one liners to get the crowd on her side. As for being in a game 10 years ago, regardless of how violent or not it may have been, she should of acknowledged this before taking the moral high ground.
nj_holly on 23 Mar '10 said:
How dare that Kelvin McKenzie drag up the horrific Bulger case just to make a point about videogames?
As far as I remember, it was violent FILMS that was blamed in the media (most notably Child's Play 3)Idiot. As for Peasgood - 
Fair play to Tim though. He's the only one who comes out of the whole shambles with any kind of pride.
Focker420 on 23 Mar '10 said:
Thats like being a fall down drunk or a drug addict, that gets sober for ten years, then acts all high and mighty towards all other alcoholics or drug addicts. One of my friends recently quit smoking cigarettes, after smoking for years, and now hes down on everyone else cause they still smoke. You just can't do that. Its just makes you look like a complete asshole.
Darkxaur on 23 Mar '10 said:
The BBC being uninformed and biast? Now there's a suprise....
gideonseer on 23 Mar '10 said:
I agree, her arguments were emotive rather than constructive. It was very notable that Tim's points that games are given certification, and that parents should be more responsible for what their kids play, were virtually ignored. The gaming industry can't be blamed for parents who don't care what their kids play, whatever the multimedia genre.
Wednesday on 23 Mar '10 said:
Errr, Focker420, this was ITV.
apolloa on 23 Mar '10 said:
Purely the definition of hypocrisy.
Just makes me feel even more speechless.
errant82 on 23 Mar '10 said:
That. Is. AWESOME!!! BTW, I complained to Ofcom about that segment...everyone on the CVG forums should! I fact, every gamer should!
Keep up the great work Tim!
Random Hangman on 23 Mar '10 said:
With that name she has probably also appeared in something with a name like "Golden Showers IV - Pass Me a Towel"
A HERO EMERGES on 23 Mar '10 said:
titter the b***h lol
everyone puts up about what she said and what JULIE PEASGOOD really is a lying "i hate violence in horror games, but PLEASE contact my agent for voice over work" it will get noticed around the world in hours.
Exitalterego on 23 Mar '10 said:
As sickening as what I'm about to write is, I should point out that at the time of her voice over on Martian Gothic, games in the UK and Europe were rated by a body known as the ELSPA. They game the game an 11+ certificate, unlike the US based ESRB who gave the game an M (mature) certificate.
I was really hoping I'd find that it had been rated more equally across the board to provide us with more concrete ammunition against her statements
logan13607 on 23 Mar '10 said:
But then the desperate b*tch would try and suck it... eeeewwwwwwwwwwwww
Theres a fair chance she'd even f**k that up,
Snap it off or some s**t!!!
I hope she's reading these messages.
Obscure_Metaphor on 23 Mar '10 said:
oh who cares, anyone who watches that show will die of old age within in 5 years anyway.
EddieStobart on 23 Mar '10 said:
It's true you are influenced by violent computer games. I played Super Mario for a couple of days and the next thing I know I'm being thrown out of Morrisons for stamping on the mushrooms. What makes it worse is that I'm a vegetarian.
ewko117 on 24 Mar '10 said:
Just watched that again and would just like to state, again many people have said it but, respect to Tim for having the Brass set to face that and still retain his dignity.
Shame the same cant be said about other critics of the industry, and if julie Peesgoooood is so disgusted by the industry as a whole she may want to ask why the government has just included games industry tax breaks to aid in its growth????????
As for her role in that game, hahahhahahhaha
I believe that is called selective memory
On a plus note though, I must say, and I include myself here, I always like news threads about people slagging us gamers because you never find fan-boys flame baiting each other, you just find general agreement, constructive remarks from both sides defending our passion, which ever console you happened to plump for...
Now I think we should all hug and go round to Tims house to smack some f**king bitches teeth in with a severed babies arm.....(on the xbox not the ps3 that machines wank) I bet you really would let us play 18's Tim
almightybob on 24 Mar '10 said:
I dunno about you guys, but I've had enough of this hypocrisy. We have a petition for an apology going over at Playstuff.net, pop over and sign it if you're as annoyed as we are.
http://playstuff.net/showthread.php/2125-Petition-for-a-public-apology-from-The-Alan-Titchmarsh-Show-and-Julie-Peasgood?p=29179
cally76 on 27 Mar '10 said:
so sick to death of this debate for years people who have never played anything since pong have been calling for a ban on video games saying they are to violent but i don't see anything being said about the gore and violence of the saw and hostel films heck i have even watched simpsons episodes with plenty of violence in them i mind one where the family go to a museum lisa believes it will be an educational day for the family it turns out to be a weapons exhibit and at one point homer puts on a bullet proof vest and runs around whilst bart blasts him with a shotgun and in another scene from the same episode baby maggie holds up her mum with a knife in return for candy don't see them saying anything about that eh the real prob is weapons are to easy to get hold of and schools and the law are to soft and if a person is going to commit a terrible crime they will do it anyway blaming it on video games is just a lame excuse (and a downright two faced one from peasgood in light of her videogame past) i have played some of those most violent video games ever but i would never dream of killing anyone heck if the army of daily mail readers and titchmarsh viewers are to be believed anyone that plays video games for long enough will end up with a pot belly a handlebar mustache dodgy italian accent addiction to bright yellow pills carry around a shotgun pistol chainsaw and gatling gun and be running themselves head first into brick walls believing it will give us gold coins
scritty on 28 Mar '10 said:
No-one should get worked up about this.
Alan Titchmarsh and Julie Peasegood are not policy makers - they aren't even opinion formers.
The AT show preaches to the converted. Daily Express and Daily Mail readers. An audience so dumbed down by the "racist and biggotted" newspapers they read that they are primed for a knee jerk reaction against anything they don't understand."Daily Granny Frightener" would be a better name, and the AT show is right along these lines as well. (his constant references to "The Mikado" and other Gilbert and Sullivan opperettas teally gets on my nerves - they are CRAP)
Both he (and and his audience) are entrenched in a 1980's view of videogames
He talks about Tim "watching" the game.
He doesn't even understand what a game is for goodness sake.
The most telling point (that should perhaps have been echoed back) was that the average age of gamers is 33 THIRTY THREE.
And this average climbs by about 7 months a year. In ten years time the average gamer will be 40.
The word "game" is synonymous with "kids". This is the one error that needs correcting, because it is very wrong
adamp105 on 29 Mar '10 said:
Just thought I would post the complaint I made to Ofcom up. I would emplore people, if you make a complaint, not to fill it with bad language and hate filled words! Different words can make the same statement, but be taken completely differently, and if you swear a lot it just sounds like your moaning because it doesn't comply with your world view which is exactly the problem with these people! Please be civil or we're just as bad as the ones we're fighting against!
My post reads:
On Friday 19th March, Alan Titchmarsh held a discussion about videogames wherein the topics of violence and the supposed influence it can have on children where debated. Let me make it clear that whilst I disagree, I would not be complaining if I didn't think that the discussion was unfair and biased and that Tim Ingham (computerandvideogames.com, Editor) was bullied and backed into a corner by Alan and the other panellists despite being the only person on the show who made an intelligent and defendable argument. In my opinion, the debate seemed to be little more than fear mongering and a chance for the other panellists to insight the crowd by shouting their unfair criticism despite not having enough knowledge to form a coherent rebuttal.
EddieStobart on 29 Mar '10 said:
And I never thought there was a racial angle to it.
http://www.destructoid.com/watch-some-h ... 8784.phtml
It must be in our genes.
Still it looks like Julie Peasgood is getting more international PR than ever before.
http://www.gpara.com/kaigainews/eanda/2010032601/