It’s always nice to hear mainstream media reference the video game industry positively, but Fox News took it a step further when Alexis Glick affectionately cited Guitar Hero’s projected profits as proof of an economically healthy holiday buying season. Click through for the video.

Earlier in the segment, Glick was discussing how the coming drop in gas prices may make people feel better about the state of the economy and more willing to spend on holiday gifts like Guitar Hero, which would help produce the 40% increase Activision Blizzard is predicting over the game’s previous year end sales.

Regardless of whether Guitar Hero pulls in that much paper (1.4 billion! omg), it feels good to see an industry expert using an example from the gaming industry as evidence of why we can still have hope for our economy.

Tags: fox-news, gas prices, Guitar-Hero, huh?, projected profits, projections, Video games saving the economy

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1 Comment » Chad Lakkis on October 28, 2008 8:46 pm Dude, someone needs to introduce Alexis to this thing called food. Has that lady ever seen fried chicken? Sheesh. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.