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- theaceoffire, on 03/06/2008, -1/+113Its not a holiday until Jack gets disbarred.
- ChinezePanda, on 03/06/2008, -3/+91Today has just become a National Game Industry Holiday.
I await Jacko's ***** up and childish response... in 3.... 2.... - sathias, on 03/06/2008, -1/+83"We feel that your past statements - including false claims about content in our games - make any collaboration with you impossible."
haha thats going to eat him up when he reads that :) I'd put money on an EA game getting into JT's sights in the near future. - ntlpunk, on 03/06/2008, -1/+56except most (if not all) retailers won't sell an M rated game to anyone under the age of 17 without a valid ID or if a parent is present, so no, you're post is a joke.
- xBBx, on 03/06/2008, -2/+51What an awesome response from EA to JT. I think the only thing missing from that letter was "FUUUUUUUUCCKKKK NOOOOO!", but I guess EA has to uphold some kind of professionalism. But it really would have been the icing on the cake.
- DeathJux, on 03/06/2008, -0/+43"The argument that "parents control what kids play" falls flat on its face in the USA because parents don't need to be there when a child buys a game. If it's legal for a kid to buy Manhunt 2 then they could buy it and play it without their parents ever knowing a thing about it."
If this is the case, the parent(s) failed at parenting. The child is completely their responsibility until s/he turns 18, with few exceptions. - lexington86, on 03/06/2008, -3/+45Mr. Thompson,
We have received your letter to EA's shareholder site. In response to your offer to assist in the proposed acquisition of Take-Two, we would strongly prefer that you not get involved in this matter. EA is a strong supporter of creative freedom for game developers. We feel that your past statements - including false claims about content in our games - make any collaboration with you impossible.
Sincerely,
Mariam Sughayer
Sr. Manager Corporate Communications
Electronic Arts, Inc. - Nikole, on 03/06/2008, -0/+42why would he even think he could be in anyway helpful?
- stalefries, on 03/06/2008, -0/+42Hey, if any game developers are reading this, here's an idea: take one the characters that you're supposed to kill in your up-and-coming game, and replace him with Jack Thompson. Just reskin it. People who don't know won't care, but gamers will absolutely love your game, just for that.
- LordEsoterica, on 03/06/2008, -0/+41You know any kid can buy legally an R-rated movie from a store, and movies get to be more violent and sex filled than M-rated games. Any kid can buy a book with absolutely depraved content and no one would give a damn. Videogames are unfairly singled out. In fact, I can't think of a single study that proves a conclusive cause and effect link between violent and sexual content and malformed psychological development, at the most a moderate correlation, which statistically speaking, don't tell you much. And Britain sucks because your BBFC is a government censorship board, and that's illegal in the US because we have full rights, and when the government does violate them, then at least the government itself is breaking the law. Do they even have an analog to the bill of rights in the UK?
- vervalsing, on 03/06/2008, -1/+41It's called parenting, and it is not the job of anyone other than, and this might come as a shock, parents.
- theaceoffire, on 03/06/2008, -1/+40Yeah, I heard about the wonderful safety system you guys have.
Firefighters can't climb ladders to take down decorations (Not safe), kid had his trampoline dismantled (Might fall out of the safety net in back yard), and every corner with cameras.
I would rather be less safe than that, thanks. - inactive, on 03/06/2008, -0/+37Why is Jack Thompson STILL in the news? I mean, there's no way people take this dude seriously.
- lukeydukey, on 03/06/2008, -1/+35Wow. I never thought I'd say this but...
EA made a good decision. - ggping64, on 03/06/2008, -1/+28EA - 1
JT - 0 - krische, on 03/06/2008, -3/+29"EA is a strong supporter of creative freedom for game developers. "
Some reason, I think of the creativity in Madden 08, 07, 06, .....
But still, props to EA for telling Jack like it is. - rogersj3, on 03/06/2008, -0/+25Will his name be Tom Jackson? Cause that would be awesome...
- krische, on 03/06/2008, -0/+23I believe rockstar is sort of doing this in GTA IV. I thought I remember hearing JT was suing Rockstar because of it. I guess one of the first missions is to kill a lawyer who is blaming violence on video games or something of that sort.
- kevinkitching, on 03/06/2008, -2/+24For those of us unschooled in corporate-speak, please allow me to translate...
Dear *****,
Are you out of your *****' mind? You've lied about ***** which you know next to nothing about, and tried to run us out of business based on your ***** 'statistics', which are nothing less than science fiction. Now you want to 'help' us? How, precisely, do you propose to help? Never mind, we don't want to know.
We are real people with real jobs. You, sir, are a banana head which FOX News drags out when they want to scare people with your ignorant *****.
Kindly go ***** yourself.
Sincerely, EA - DeathJux, on 03/06/2008, -0/+22Two words:
Crack pipe. - Failchan, on 03/06/2008, -0/+21Paradox...EA has actually done something well.
- str1fe, on 03/06/2008, -1/+20There's a point where you're protecting your nation's citizens and there's a point where your just going over the top. Britain can't even see the top any more, it's so far up.
- seanthebond, on 03/06/2008, -1/+19I didn't know Jack Thompson's son is on Digg!
- souljaboytellem, on 03/06/2008, -0/+17Too bad John Madden isnt here to explain it "Well Jack came in the office and I mean hewasalloverthem and he went up to them and EA was like Nowayimnotgiving my company to you! (Draws and circles) I mean Come on!"
- inactive, on 03/06/2008, -0/+17And thats why the rest of the world laughs at you and calls you the Nanny State.
- gr0ss, on 03/06/2008, -0/+16EA has made a ton of good decisions in their choice of company buyouts... the fact that their games aren't as good afterwards is a different topic. :P
- crichton101, on 03/06/2008, -1/+17Cause he's Jack ***** Thompson. What video game company doesn't wouldnt his expert opinion?
/Sarcasm - wellyuk, on 03/06/2008, -0/+15If we did value our children's welfare in anyway, shape or form, then how do you explain:
13 year old kids raping 12 year old girls (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manches ...
16 and 14 year old kids raping women
(http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,2204 ...
Girls aged 17 and 19 mugging pensioners
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/ ...
Teenagers running rampage in nursery
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/taysid ...
Obviously, we're doing a cracking job of looking after our kids! - chinpo, on 03/06/2008, -1/+16I think "with all due respect, you can SUCK MY BALLZ" was missing as well.
- bossm4n, on 03/06/2008, -0/+15This is the first thing that EA has put out in years that is worth a damn and that did not require a series of patches for everyone to enjoy.
- str1fe, on 03/06/2008, -0/+14He's still in the news because we the gamers enjoy making fun of his entirely off-the-wall "ideals" when it comes to gaming.
- cygnus2112, on 03/06/2008, -0/+14You don't actually believe that load of bollocks you just spewed, do you?
- dinostabOMG, on 03/06/2008, -1/+15Ha, yeah. Did they really have to be so polite?
- KingPsyz, on 03/06/2008, -0/+12enjoy your nanny state
- Ender008, on 03/06/2008, -1/+13Don't feed the troll.
(*****, I hope they're just trolling, rather that actually being that stupid) - milkmage, on 03/06/2008, -0/+11call him Tack Johnson - and yeah, we need a new hotcoffeegate.
- krische, on 03/06/2008, -0/+11Okay, big surpise, I guess it's not as dramatic as I or Jack Thompson thought. I guess the lawyer just says "Guns don't kill people. Video games do."
http://kotaku.com/gaming/phantom-jocks/lawyer-want ... - KingPsyz, on 03/06/2008, -0/+11but which can't beat out websense
- dafragsta, on 03/06/2008, -0/+11no sense in fueling his death rattle into a feigned second wind. He doesn't need the credibility of being acknowleged. Make it sound as boring as HR calling to say you didn't get the job and why. (Though that rarely happens.)
- DenTPuzz, on 03/06/2008, -2/+12Jack Thompson should be put against the wall and shot with a blunderpus loaded with his own *****. Actually, EA should make a game of it...
- rogersj3, on 03/06/2008, -0/+10Oh, you saw that too? At the end of the article we all just read?
- rogersj3, on 03/06/2008, -0/+10Dugg for blunderpus; I can only image what that would be like!
I assume you meant blunderbuss, a primitive muzzle loading firearm, rather than some hideous screwup involving pus. - MasterCPO117, on 03/06/2008, -0/+9First EA takes it to Fox news for that Mass Effect story, now this. Perhaps I’ve misjudged this company.
- MacEnvy, on 03/06/2008, -0/+9And then discretely leak it to the media, making you seem like "the good guy" to your customer base, but still putting forward a professional edge that your stockholders will appreciate. Sounds like a good plan to me.
- YellowSnowDemon, on 03/06/2008, -2/+10Just because you said "With all due respect" doesn't mean you can say whatever you want about me.
- GregIsLegend, on 03/06/2008, -0/+8I have this very unhealthy love hate relationship thing going on with EA right now...
- Scheissen, on 03/06/2008, -0/+8"Any likeness to any real person is purely coincidental."
He's going to sue them for giving a character the same name of an old neocon white lawyer? - inactive, on 03/06/2008, -0/+8Jack Thompson secretly gets off to WoW
- str1fe, on 03/06/2008, -0/+8There's plenty of other ***** America needs to work on before we start "fixing" our video game ratings.
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