Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Cult of Perfection Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever by Cooper Lawrence Fox News' Expert Backs Down From Xbox 'Mass Effect' Sex-Scene Attack. Nearly a week after slamming the Xbox 360 role-playing game "Mass Effect" on Fox News for its sexual content, author and psychology expert Cooper Lawrence backed down on some of her comments and took gamers to task for their chosen method of revenge. Lawrence's response followed several days of Internet frenzy that made her the most disliked person in the video game blogosphere and resulted in several hundred scathing reviews of her newest book on Amazon. While Lawrence hasn't completely retracted her comments, she has offered some clarification. "In hindsight, I would have liked to have had the opportunity to play this game before appearing on the program," Lawrence said in a statement released to MTV News by her publicist. "As a developmental-psychology expert, I was asked to appear on this particular show to discuss the broader issue of video games and their impact on developing adolescents, not as an expert on 'Mass Effect.' " Lawrence had earned gamers' scorn because of her appearance on Fox News' "Live Desk With Martha MacCallum" on January 21 opposite game journalist Geoff Keighley to discuss the report that "Mass Effect" allegedly features "full digital nudity and sex." Keighley — and later, thousands of gamers on message boards — said the report was inaccurate, that the M-rated game was not filled with sex, just one network-TV- friendly sex scene late in the 30-hour game. Electronic Arts, which owns the studio behind "Mass Effect," called upon Fox News for a correction. On Saturday Lawrence told The New York Times that before the Fox News report about the game's sex scene began, she "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." In her statement provided to MTV News, Lawrence didn't back down completely. She said she recognized she misspoke when she had said the game involves a man "deciding how many women he wants to be with." But she said, "I firmly stand by the research I cited that violence and sexual content in video games has a desensitizing effect on young developing minds." Among her research was a University of Maryland report that found male gamers more willing to accepting stereotypes in games than female gamers. Lawrence's comments were only part of the story last week. Gamers took matters into their own keyboards by attacking her where they thought it would hurt — on the Amazon.com listing for the book that was plugged during her Fox News appearance, "The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever." Within a few days, the listing featured more than 400 scathing user reviews, many by gamers who admitted to not reading her book but said they should be allowed to lambaste it anyway, as they felt she had done to the video game. As of today, however, most of those reviews have been deleted, and Amazon now only lists 52 reader reviews. They still have a negative slant: There are 45 one-star reviews; seven two-star review, all written after Lawrence's Fox News appearance. But any reviews that mentioned video games or "Mass Effect" by name are gone. Typical of those that do still appear is a review that states: "How can you judge something, without ever doing it? Well, this woman seems to make a living off it. Please do not let yourself be wrapped up in this woman's shenanigans. You will save yourself the headache." In her statement Lawrence, whose name was dragged through the mud for days, addressed the review-revenge strategy. "I believe that the customer-review feature on Amazon.com is not the appropriate forum to discuss an unrelated news segment. I appeared on a news program that provides an opportunity for debate on topics that have been previously covered by the media. Amazon's customer-reviews feature functions as a platform to review a product sold on their site, in this case my book, the topic of which does not relate to video games and/or 'Mass Effect.' " An Amazon spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment about the removal of the reviews by press time. But a debate about their removal has already stirred in the message board attached to Amazon's "Cult of Perfection" listing. The Amazon page in question also reveals insight into just how gaming-focused the people visiting Lawrence's listings are. After viewing the listing for "Cult of Perfection," customers typically don't buy a book. They buy the video games "No More Heroes" or "Advance Wars: Days of Ruin." Fox News has not offered a correction to the piece. A spokesman for the company told MTV News last week that the outlet is offering representatives from EA an opportunity to come on-air and say their piece. The Cult of Perfection. For some women, success is a relative term. One in six women is an overachiever, constantly striving to do more, better, faster, and look fabulous at all times--so if you are looking around the room at your five closest friends thinking they're all slackers, it's you! You know who you are: the successful woman who feels competitive with her own friends and family members; the stick-thin athlete who won't stop working out; the guilt- ridden executive who always feels she has to do more than others to stay ahead; the grown-up "Little Miss Perfect" who can't stop being the Stepford wife and mother. No matter how hard you try, no matter how much you achieve, your life remains totally out of balance. Achievements should not be the total measure of how a woman feels about herself. Syndicated radio talk-show host Cooper Lawrence has been there. With humor and compassion, she helps readers assess the overachiever's goals, their states of mind, the pressure from their families . . . and lets them know it's not a bad thing to be an overachiever--some people are just born that way! Cooper's book defines the physical and emotional effects of someone who suffers from the big "O," explains why she does it, and offers a reality check and advice on creating balance. With common sense and "Tales from the Treadmill" case studies, this book explores the best ways to do it all and still achieve real success--self-acceptance. Cooper Lawrence: Radio Personality, TV Chick, Author,Irritant. Cooper Lawrence is an accomplished radio veteran grabbing headlines and boosting ratings in radio for almost twenty years. As a multiple Gracie Award winner, Cooper and her partner of 11 years, Anthony Michaels have relaunched their successful syndicated radio show through VirtualJock/Key Networks. To find a station or listen now, go to. Cooper Lawrence is an accomplished radio veteran grabbing headlines and boosting ratings in radio for almost twenty years. As a multiple Gracie Award winner, Cooper and her partner of 11 years, Anthony Michaels have relaunched their successful syndicated radio show through VirtualJock/Key Networks. To find a station or listen now, go to CooperandAnthony.com. Recently, Cooper co-hosted nights at 710 WOR in New York for iHeart, took Long Island's 106.1 BLI to #1 hosting The Cooper Lawrence Show at mornings, and had one of the top rated syndicated radio shows in the country. Cooper knows that her listeners are always the most important part of her show. "I started at the top. First at Q104.3, then Z100, soon co-hosting mornings with Scott & Todd at WPLJ while also doing Dish Nation . But it was hosting my own syndicated show on 180 stations that I learned the real secret to amazing radio. It's all about the listener. They let me share my crazy life, they get my brutally honest, self-deprecating humor and they never judged me. Our listeners are everything. I love them and am super grateful to every single one of them. They are my family. " Author. Radio. Currently, Cooper can be seen on the 2021 E! True Hollywood Stories about Brad Pitt and the Victoria's Secret scandal. Last year, Cooper was featured on CNN's American Dynasties: The Kennedys and MTV's latest reboot of TRUE LIFE called, " True Life/NOW," giving advice to people who risked everything trying to become a Kardashian. Cooper. Currently, Cooper can be seen on the 2021 E! True Hollywood Stories about Brad Pitt and the Victoria's Secret scandal. Last year, Cooper was featured on CNN's American Dynasties: The Kennedys and MTV's latest reboot of TRUE LIFE called, " True Life/NOW," giving advice to people who risked everything trying to become a Kardashian. Cooper can also be seen on FX's FOSSE/VERDON and HBO's Mrs. Fletcher. More famously, Cooper hosted a TV show on VH1 with Scott Baio and Jason Hervey called Confessions of a Teen Idol., she was an original cast member on Dish Nation and worked for two years on The Tyra Show as the relationship expert. You've also seen Cooper on Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Showbiz Tonight, HLN, CBS, The Today Show, CNN, The O'Reilly Factor, Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox & Friends, The Insider, CBS Evening News, ABC’s 20/20, Good Day New York, Dr. Drew , plus many VH1 and E! Entertainment specials. Click on "TV Appearances" and see for yourself. Author. Author. Author. Cooper is a prolific author with a Ph.D in Psychology. Her seventh book , CELEBRITOCRACY (PostHillPress) is available NOW on AMAZON and Barnes & Noble and was featured in PAGE SIX , The BBC News , and The Federalist. Previous books include, the best-seller The Cult of Celebrity: What our Fascination with the Stars Reveals About Us ( skirt!) , Cooper is a prolific author with a Ph.D in Psychology. Her seventh book , CELEBRITOCRACY (PostHillPress) is available NOW on AMAZON and Barnes & Noble and was featured in PAGE SIX , The BBC News , and The Federalist. Previous books include, the best-seller The Cult of Celebrity: What our Fascination with the Stars Reveals About Us ( skirt!) , The Yoga Club, (Simon & Schuster; Gallery Books) . The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever (skirt!); The Fixer Upper Man : Turn Mr. Maybe Into Mr. Right (Polkadot Press) ; Been There, Done That, Kept the Jewelry (Polkadot Press) ; and CosmoGIRL's All About Guys (Sterling) . Cooper Lawrence Is Sorry, Mass Effect Not Porn. She checked the game and decided: she had no idea what she was talking about. This whole Fox News vs Video Games scandal started when the news network made some rubbish reports regarding Mass Effects and its pornography - everything by some folks that have never played the game. EA Sports issued a response, Fox responded to EA's response since all these happened and gamers all over the world searched for revenge on Amazon . Cooper Lawrence, psychologist and author, was the one who said some crazy things about the game: "Here's how they're seeing women: They're seeing them as these objects of desire, as these, you know, hot bodies. They don't show women as being valued for anything other than their sexuality. And it's a man in this game deciding how many women he wants to be with." She had no idea, of course, that gamers can choose to play as a female character. Whatever. The fact is that she was the one that met the fury of the gamers: she had over 400 one-star ratings on the Amazon for her book "The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace With Your Inner Overachiever", and over 900 "ignorant" tags. This means that her book dropped to be the 346,106th best-selling book on Amazon. What happens when your books start to receive the same treatment you have applied to some video games? Well, according to Cooper Lawrence, it's time to say "sorry". So, in an interview with New York Times, she admitted that she did a mistake when she said crap about the game without having any idea what it is about. So she took about two and a half hours from her time and took a look at the game. This is what she said afterwards: "I recognize that I misspoke," she said. "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," she added. "But it's not like pornography. I've seen episodes of 'Lost' that are more sexually explicit." At least this is a leap forward. Cooper Lawrence will now keep her eyes open and she will probably stop talking when she has no idea what she's talking about. Hopefully, there will be no other people to take her place and do what she did with Mass Effect. Anyway, apologies accepted, Mrs. Lawrence! Assassin’s Creed fans pummel author who claims Ubisoft stole from him. Start transforming your game’s economy and increase your bottom line. Get the free guide now. Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021 . Sci-fi author John Beiswenger recently filed a lawsuit against video-game publisher Ubisoft. He alleged that the French company stole the story for its blockbuster Assassin’s Creed video game series from his novel, Link. The 2002 book features a device that allows characters to relive their ancestors’ memories, which is similar to the function of the “animus” used by the main characters in the Assassin’s Creed universe. Justice has yet to be served in this case, but a group of vigilante gamers have taken to their digital steeds to rustle up some ol’ fashioned internet justice. The punishment took the form of over 100 one-star reviews on Link’s Amazon product page from a group of what are apparently very devoted Assassin’s Creed fans. Some of the reviews attempt to criticize the content of the book: “This is the worst book I have ever read in my life! Do not buy this book! Never ever buy this product,” reads a review from Amazon user Katniss_Everdeen_65. While others seem to have taken it a bit more personally: “You sue one of my favorite game series[sic], you’re going to get payback. I hope that all of the fans do the same,” reads FatleBoo8’s thoughtful critique. Angry fans continue in that vein in dozens of single-star reviews. Although, as Amazon user Robert Weinhold points out: “Ugh,unfortunately zero stars was not an option….” This isn’t an isolated incident. Mobs of fans have rushed to the defense of other games that they perceived to be under attack from outside aggressors before. In 2008, self-help-book author Cooper Lawrence suffered a similar series of attacks for her remarks about the original Mass Effect. On Fox News, she inaccurately described that role-playing game’s sex scene as pornographic. Within a week, her book The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever was slammed with over 400 negative reviews. Amazon tried to remove all of the customer comments that talked about Mass Effect, but that left 166 single-star reviews that live on today, compared to only six positive reviews. It’s hard to blame people for defending something they love. Especially if they believe they’re protecting it from someone who is attempting to make a quick cash grab. This isn’t based on any deep understanding of copyright law, but it doesn’t seem like Beiswenger has much of a case against Ubisoft. In 1965, Dune featured Bene Gesserit characters who could access the memories of their predecessors. Quantum Leap is similar enough in structure that if Beiswenger wins, Ubi and the author will both owe Scott Bakula some cheddar. Whether Beiswenger will prevail in court (or whether Ubi will settle just to put this behind them before Assassin’s Creed III comes out) is up to the lawyers. However, the mob will see to it that this author suffers financially for daring to exploit something that they love. Which is kind of scary. GamesBeat 2012 is VentureBeat’s fourth annual conference on disruption in the video game market. 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