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Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect

kotaku.com — Famous anti-gaming crusader Jack Thompson calls the Fox News vs Mass Effect story contrived and self-help author Cooper Lawrence. In other news Hell freezes over.

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  • PropCulture, on 01/28/2008, -4/+596The world as I know it has ceased to exist. Up is down, left is right... Jack Thompson isn't being a douche...
    • cliffhanger407, on 01/28/2008, -2/+121This... this can't be real. Someone tell me that this is a comedy piece and I don't need to re-evaluate all my preconceived notions on how the world works.

      If this is true... that doesn't mean that physics stops working, does it?
      • dafragsta, on 01/28/2008, -60/+3Stammering in a comment doesn't add to it's credibility. I also think people on Digg aren't as smart as they think they are. This guy grandstanded by bashing video games on principle and exaggerated the truth so many times. Only now do Jack Thompson and the clueless soccer mom to be that went on the sexbox tirade on Fox, realize that the video game industry is too big to contain with baseless attacks. Now that the game industry has cruised past the movie industry in cash flow, you can bet their interests are looked after in Washington and elsewhere.

        Don't give Jack Thompson an ounce of credibility for any penance he might pay. He still made his career highlight reel with lies.
        • ThndrShk2k, on 01/28/2008, -1/+19"I also think people on Digg aren't as smart as they think they are."
          Then don't use so many big words in your comment. This prevents confusion, and will make your life easier.
          Also, this quote applies to you too, as you are on digg, and using fancy words like that trying to sound 'smart' and 'better' makes you one of the people you deject
          • sgtbutterscotch, on 01/28/2008, -6/+2He wasn't talking about book smarts in the first place. He was simply trying to convey the feeling that he felt the commenter above him was not formulating a well-thought out point. And he probably gets fed up with bunches of other Diggers for their seemingly dumb comments. And I can see how your comment is very irritating because you are completely misrepresenting what he was implying in the first place.
        • Myst3r1o, on 01/28/2008, -3/+8"Also, this quote applies to you too, as you are on digg, and using fancy words like that trying to sound 'smart' and 'better' makes you one of the people you deject"

          PWNED!
        • cliffhanger407, on 01/28/2008, -0/+25Dafragsta. Hi. How are you. Please, remove the stick from your ass, and make sure that your opinions are what you think they are before you say stupid things. I was making what's commonly called a joke. I understand if that's difficult to grasp, and the stammering was not designed to enhance my credibility, but rather to convey my state of mind. I'm sorry if this is difficult for you to grasp, and wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors.
          Also, please note that I didn't give Mr. Thompson an ounce of credibility ini this new ironic interpretation of what I said.
          Sincerely,
          Cliffhanger
        • dafragsta, on 01/28/2008, -7/+3Ok, it's a hatefest. I get that. The only reason I'm replying is this: "Then don't use so many big words"

          If you want to rail on me for not reading the article, that's one thing, but which words did I use that put people brains under strain. I didn't bust out some Don King stupitasticfaborlucious *****. It only gives more cause for the Digg hate as of late when I see that as a complaint. Should we really devolve into less literate people just to satisfy the dumbasses that can't keep up? I just reread again and I don't think I was reaching for words on the top shelf when the ones on the bottom would've worked, just to hang some big words over people's heads.

          If these are big words, I weep for your kids.
          • ThndrShk2k, on 01/28/2008, -0/+3It was basically
            - If you think people on digg.com are dumb, don't use big words.
            More of a warning, then the rest was a somewhat facetious remark. However with no one else complaining, I would assume that they believed you used fancy wording. Personally I just understood you said just fine :P
          • cliffhanger407, on 01/28/2008, -0/+8Stick. Ass. Pull, don't push. I think you misunderstood what I was saying.
            I like using big words too, man. I really do. I also don't think that any of the words you used were big. None of my words were big either. I was just trying to convey a message which, based solely on the numbers, I think I did all right. It's cool if you're having a bad day or something, but don't come on here and call me "not as smart as [I] think [I am]," you've never met me and don't know what I actually think of myself or how smart I really am. Sure I could go into a diatribe about how you're an idiot and put on a "holier than thou" attitude like you did, but I honestly don't feel like it.
      • norman619, on 01/28/2008, -1/+3No physics still works it's just taking a turn to the strange is all. Don't mind the demons and devils. Seems Global Cooling has hit their world and since we got Global Warming....
      • GrantTheGr8, on 01/28/2008, -0/+19Say goodbye to gravity. I hope you weren't too... "attached."
      • kuzotz, on 01/29/2008, -0/+14 more years until 2012..
    • xTRUMANx, on 01/28/2008, -2/+303....B is A and Start is Select
    • blackbeardtron, on 01/28/2008, -6/+132Dogs and cats living together... MASS HYSTERIA!!!
      • UncleHenry, on 01/28/2008, -19/+3I would normally say no one would get this reference, but this is Digg we're talking about.
        • exomni, on 01/28/2008, -0/+17What the *****? Who the hell hasn't seen Ghost Busters? If you didn't get that reference, you need serious help.
      • Dizik, on 01/28/2008, -1/+8Yes it's true, this man has no dick.
    • Coven, on 01/28/2008, -14/+13Up is down, left is right, white is black, and Jack gets himself killed at the next zebra crossing....
      • Coven, on 01/28/2008, -5/+6no love for a DA reference? and you call yourselves diggers.
      • Aldrenean, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1They probably don't recognize it because in later editions it was changed from "zebra crossing" to be more American-friendly. Can't remember what to, I just remember it being different in the new Omnibus.
        • Coven, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Damn those blasted publishers and their dumbing down everything for us americans.
    • oxdeltaxo, on 01/28/2008, -2/+10This just in JT has hit some acid and began smoking pot.
    • nikkesen, on 01/28/2008, -5/+3There is a simple explanation. This is a parody! :) Or maybe it's not...
    • r3m1x, on 01/28/2008, -2/+30That isn't the only thing bizzare to happen. The RIAA is allowing you to download music for free:
      http://digg.com/music/From_today_feel_free_to_down ...

      Last year's NBA champions are the worst team and the worst team in East last year (Boston Celtics) is the best team this season.

      If I wake up in an abandoned diner to a female cop dressed as a cheezy stripper...I'm running for the hills.
      • Ellipsys, on 01/28/2008, -0/+16You won't get beyond the fog, I'm afraid.
      • simpleblob, on 01/28/2008, -0/+14Don't forget the radio.
      • merripen, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6Let me know if you see a little girl around... short, black hair.
        • GliTCH82, on 01/28/2008, -1/+6...and dead? Yeah, she went down dat road.

          Course I ain't never seen anyone go up dat road. Six years ago a group of campers went out dere and got lost, had to eat each other to stay alive. Used to be da way to da O'Reilly house, he butchered over 50 children and kept der bodies in his cellar. But you should find an old bridge 'bout half way up. Dat bridge is cursed, ya know. Dey built it with the bones of 200 Chinese laborers who were massacred in '34. Ya, a lot of history on dat road.
    • emjaymj, on 01/28/2008, -1/+29Is it really that hard to figure out that Jack Thompson is probably doing this in order to build a bit of credibility? He looks crazy to everybody now as being anti-everything-to-do-with-video-games, but next time he's accused of such he'll be able to say, "actually, if you recall, I've defended some pretty violent and sexual games, but this new game is just obscene." And most of the public, not being gamers and so not being able to see for themselves, might just take his word for it.
      • Tiak, on 01/28/2008, -4/+1It is unlikely that he actually expected such an email to be published.
        • emjaymj, on 01/28/2008, -0/+8There is absolutely no way he would have written that and expected Brian to keep quiet about it. I am sure that Jack Thompson is just as aware as the rest of us how jaw-dropping his statement was. As if that wasn't enough, he continues by saying, "Report that, why don't you?"
      • johnnysaucepn, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1I suspect it's more because the original report of this issue is so blantantly inaccurate that it harms the credibility of his own crusade. Guilt by association.
    • bocaJWho, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4Jack Thompson later added, "Besides, Fox beat me to the punch."
    • swankboy, on 01/28/2008, -1/+9Why the F do we keep paying attention to him? Just gives him reason to keep running his mouth. Ignore him and he'll go away.
      • Tiak, on 01/28/2008, -0/+9You sir are why thousands of trolls die of starvation every year. Have a heart damnit!
      • rabidbob, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Because he's entertaining. Admit it - we're the kind of people who'd pay 5c to get into the freak show at the fair.
    • willb285, on 01/28/2008, -0/+12This is just to help him build credibility to attack the big name games like GTA
    • Vandessa, on 01/28/2008, -0/+16Is today opposite day?
    • Kamisado, on 01/28/2008, -1/+70Who divided by zero?
      • Dwebtron, on 01/29/2008, -0/+7awesome.
      • blast_flame, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2I think whoever did it has now never been born so we'll never know...
    • drakenlot, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4Since when did I enter Bizarro-world?
    • sponeil, on 01/28/2008, -2/+1He's still being a douche. He just doesn't want anyone else trying to muscle in on his turf. He probably also considers this good PR (as willb285 pointed out).
    • antiorblkflag9, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2down, down, up, up, right, left, right, left, a, b, select
      • rentmitchum, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1I was gonna say, I'll have to relearn the Contra code.
    • tektalk, on 01/31/2008, -0/+1Color me cynical, but I think I need some official confirmation of this by JT himself. There have been quite a few articles of people badmouthing Fox News for their ignorant bias towards Mass Effect on the internet recently, perhaps, rather than get bad mouthed defending Fox, he may have decided to read the articles and just agree with them to avoid the rancid angry gamer poo waiting to be flung at him.
  • Rell812, on 01/28/2008, -8/+355Apparently hell froze over while I slept.
    • unkle, on 01/28/2008, -4/+17whats next? scientology defending mass effect too?
      • DrMonkeyLove, on 01/28/2008, -2/+43No, defending prescription drugs.
      • Daggity, on 01/28/2008, -0/+16It's much more likely they would incorporate Mass Effect into the religion. :D
      • Tiak, on 01/28/2008, -0/+3This just in: Scientology has said sorry, refunded all money, and Hubbard returned from the planet he moved on to to use his powers over time and space to bring Lisa McPherson back from the dead.
    • orangefly, on 01/28/2008, -2/+7and psychiatry....
    • Asianwaste, on 01/28/2008, -1/+5*KABOOOM*
      AH my head!!!
    • theodenking, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10Is that pig... nah... impossible.
    • pistonhonda, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6Only Fox News could possibly make Jack Thompson look sane.
    • sgtbutterscotch, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7I can't believe you just copied the joke from the description and will probably get around 300 diggs.
      • Rell812, on 01/31/2008, -0/+1haha, I didn't even notice it was in the description.

        Oh well.

        That is a lot of diggs, though. I'm impressed.
  • Megaten, on 01/28/2008, -5/+285...the *****?!?
    • deadmann, on 01/28/2008, -0/+80Hates violence, loves lesbian sex.
      • orangefly, on 01/28/2008, -1/+5and....???....
      • MacEnvy, on 01/28/2008, -0/+27Sounds okay to me.
      • theragu40, on 01/28/2008, -0/+22Honestly, that sounds a lot more sane than the other way around, which is how American culture normally perceives things.
        • GliTCH82, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1But we're American, and we perceive it differently from the norm. Does that mean times are changing?
    • Myst3r1o, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1Yeah... exactly.
    • Cyber_Akuma, on 01/28/2008, -2/+40What next?

      Bush ending the war, fixing the economy, killing the Patriot act and making the Constitution actually worth something again?

      The RIAA and MPAA stop-suing everyone and embrase drm-free P2P distrobution? Microsoft endorsing FOSS?

      Comcast stops trying to screw with Bittorrent?

      One of my stories actually makes it to front page?
      • kweeky, on 01/28/2008, -0/+17Akuma, your dreams made me smile. Here's to the future of hope!
      • drakenlot, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1Bush would create world-peace before a story of yours makes the front page.

        Then again, he'd do so before a story of mine gets even 1 digg...
      • GliTCH82, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1*embrace
        *distribution
        *the front page

        Helpng mke Diggg bettar one post at a thyme!
    • esbern1, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1is there any proof at all that the kotaku guy actually talks to thompson? i'm calling *****.
    • Lynx34, on 01/29/2008, -0/+7Rule of Acquisition #76: Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.
  • Del129, on 01/28/2008, -61/+9hypocrite
    • ThndrShk2k, on 01/28/2008, -1/+29Not really. This only defines what we can assume he sees. Logically one could think that a story based game with an actual plot to the madness before the love-making would be the same as a movie, while GTA's effortless ability to shag any woman be a product of the more... indecent movies.
      Violence without cause and effort is nothing but savagery, but a well played and optional storytelling such as Mass Effect could be a healthy game when played.
      No one can argue that what he has complained about video games isn't what someone could logically see and not like. But likewise, no one can argue that video games are this generation's comic books, and that to limit what interactive things people can do in them is nothing short of limiting free speech. Thought policing in essence as comic books where non-interactive and could spark thought, while video games are interactive and people can try to emulate the thought based on the 'realities' of the virtual world they play in.

      Granted this doesn't explain why the hell he is such a goddamn douche to people who do things like Penny Arcade did, does, and will continue doing. It's possible that his inner lawyer is coming back out in light of his impending barring, but who knows. Currently it's looking like his views only apply to games that senseless violence, sex, and drugs are part of, or even can be done voluntarily apart from the story
      PS. Also it's sad that I have to include this from being dugg down, but here goes:
      This post just states a rationalization of what could possibly his actions, based on his previous actions and this current article. He is still a crazy jackass, but with this, he becomes a more defined crazy apart from the general Giant Nutcase
      • ThndrShk2k, on 01/28/2008, -0/+9Also: I like the new glasses as well.
      • nickj6282, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1Not that I'm defending Wacko Jacko, but I think part of the argument stems from the "accessibility" of the objectionable content in the game. in GTA, you can pretty much get to the nasty stuff just by putting the disc in the tray. With Mass Effect (I'm assuming as I only played through the first mission) you have to spend several hours actually playing the game beforehand. Something that most children either won't be able to figure out or will not have the patience to do long enough to get to the Prime-Time-TV-esque sex scene.
      • RandomGorilla, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2The fact that you can now divine a rationale behind his mania means that this is the first step to devising a medication/therapy treatment regimen for him so that he may become a normal and productive member of society.
  • dheaddy, on 01/28/2008, -2/+166Welcome to Bizarro-world
    • Sensai, on 01/28/2008, -2/+17Hi! I'm Bizarro Stormy!
    • Cyber_Akuma, on 01/28/2008, -0/+15Does that mean somewhere in this world there is a Bizarro-me that is a Football jock that absolutely hates computers, electronics, and anime and actually has a girlfriend?
      • tuddy666, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6yes. yes it does.
      • ThndrShk2k, on 01/28/2008, -0/+5But in bizarro world, bizarro-you would be adept at using the computer. The computer would be used by smashing it hard, and it makes things pop out.
        The bizarro-internet is just people yelling at each other.
        • LoopyChew, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1I always that that was THIS internet. Bizzaro-internet would be people engaging in polite, thoughtful, and generally engaging discourse.

          *****.
      • verkon, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4No, bizarro you would be gay and have a boyfriend.
    • ECas123, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Well I gotta go. Hello and see you later!
    • Hinducow28, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Hey, a goatee!
    • Misinformant, on 01/29/2008, -0/+0ITS A TRAP
  • PhoenixAgent, on 01/28/2008, -3/+524I don't know what your game is Thompson, but I'm onto you.
    • Transmission3k, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6He's just trying to grab his part of this particular spotlight.
      • DreKor, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4And the part of "Uninformed reactionary bitch" had already been filled. So, Jack needed something else to set him apart.
    • atticus8, on 01/28/2008, -0/+26Someone has been playing Brain Age! He trained his brain in only minutes a day.
      • drakenlot, on 01/28/2008, -1/+7But that raises a question... how do you train something that doesn't exist?
        • blast_flame, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1He has one and used it when he was young. One day he must have damaged the wires. Today just for a few minutes it started receiving power again like a laptop with a damaged power cord if you jiggle it around. Sadly it will not last.
    • Modizzle, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1He's probably been spending too much time around gamers.
    • stopbrorape, on 01/28/2008, -0/+3He's just supporting his main hobby, which happens to be ***** aliens.
  • funknjunk, on 01/28/2008, -4/+193"I like your new glasses."
    • korea, on 01/28/2008, -2/+2Everyone looks smarter in the right pair of glasses; maybe he's acting the part now.

      Mr. Thompson likely finds this particularly subject matter much more suitable to his palette than clockwork-orange-esque ultra-violence and inner-city relations therefore has nothing bad to say about it. Sort of like what would happen if legislation for homosexual rights isolated those rights of female-female couples because it is a sneaking suspicion that the people in power in DC would have much less of a problem with that particular configuration (reasons can remain unstated).
    • Starviper, on 01/28/2008, -0/+15Cause, you know, I didn't read the actual story or anything.
    • ubuwalker31, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4http://tolppa.apina.biz/3346.jpg - Your right, everyone looks smarter in glasses (saw this on reddit earlier today)
      • DeadlyAlpaca, on 01/28/2008, -1/+0I really, really hope that _you're_ wearing glasses ubuwalker. It puts importance on the word 'looks'.
    • MasterThief117, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2It looks like they let him see that games are actually good.
  • logicalnoise, on 01/28/2008, -3/+104I'm going to have to ask jack thompson to stop making sense.....It's just weird.
    • contradictator, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7I guess when you're insane all the time, the occasional moment of clarity can occur.
      • Cyber_Akuma, on 01/28/2008, -0/+9I'm still waiting for Bush to show signs of that...
  • DarkShroud, on 01/28/2008, -1/+110Apparently even the crazies expect you to do some research before shooting your mouth off on national television.
  • goldenhearted, on 01/28/2008, -1/+88Big WTF of the day
  • daleksarewimps, on 01/28/2008, -8/+29i should've known something was up when i saw cats and dogs living together
  • evilpoptart, on 01/28/2008, -6/+22i have just died of a heart attack.
  • charlescheese, on 01/28/2008, -17/+5I like how he's calling Cooper uninformed, but then calls Cooper a guy. LOL!!! Nobody else find that funny?
  • darkstar07, on 01/28/2008, -3/+27Jack Thompson not being a jerk!? ITS THE TWILIGHT ZONE! I could have sworn while reading this I could hear the Twilight Zone music.
  • frenchi, on 01/28/2008, -13/+32I have to repack my suitcase to hell now. Thanks Jack.
    • wal9000, on 01/28/2008, -7/+21It seems that the humor in this statement is going over a lot of people's heads. Allow me to explain:
      Hell froze over
      It is now cold in hell, rather than hot
      One typically brings heavier clothing when going somewhere cold.
      • wal9000, on 01/28/2008, -6/+16Oh sure, go ahead and dig me down because you didn't get it. Hope it makes you feel better.
        • Nebberz, on 01/28/2008, -2/+9I get it. That should probably get me dug down as well then. Dig me a grave to hell people!
        • Akaji, on 01/28/2008, -3/+1QQ more...
  • Wartyboskfapped, on 01/28/2008, -3/+45He only likes it when he's the center of attention, pissing and moaning.
  • winston1138, on 01/28/2008, -4/+28This still isn't getting you in my good graces Mr. T.
    • Eldorian, on 01/28/2008, -2/+32Why you gotta be hatin' on Mr. T, foo?
  • totorototoro, on 01/28/2008, -4/+271its a trap.
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    • Jereso, on 01/28/2008, -2/+11Our brains can't handle paradoxes at this magnitude.
  • maddog66, on 01/28/2008, -10/+2Ahhhhh, isn't he adorable?
  • Coven, on 01/28/2008, -2/+77*head asplode*
  • missingnoh4x, on 01/28/2008, -2/+62Buried as "No way in hell can this be real."
    • twishart, on 01/28/2008, -4/+1Everyone relax. Mass Effect still sucks.


      OOOOOOOOOOOH
    • strafefire, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1"Buried as "No way in hell can this be real."

      Almost spit my coffee all over my keyboard over that one!
  • aahpandasrun, on 01/28/2008, -6/+9Well, it shows he at least has some common sense.
  • Simmo13203, on 01/28/2008, -3/+6Yeah well he's just trying to gain a little respect in the gaming community... If he had came out in support of Cooper Lawrence then it would have been an extremely retarded move. He's still an ass in my opinion.
  • xxl3w, on 01/28/2008, -10/+3You guys don't get what happened? He stopped playing Bully and played Manhunt 2. That instantly cured his anti-gaming ways. Has anyone noticed how fun it is to blow a hole through someone's face with a shotgun on Manhunt? Not a small hole, but a gaping crater.
  • myranttoyou, on 01/28/2008, -6/+114Basically, the order is now:

    Jack Thompson < Satan < 100% Pure Evil < FoxNews
    • mescad, on 01/28/2008, -0/+41This is a little Off-topic, but my curiosity is piqued. What are Satan's good qualities that rank him a little less than pure evil?
      • Modiga, on 01/28/2008, -2/+70He has a surprising fondness of cats. Although that's understandable since the little bastards are practically satanic themselves.
        • RobotChicken1, on 03/07/2008, -4/+2You should have stopped at:

          He has a surprising fondness of cats.
      • Herostratos, on 01/28/2008, -1/+80His tendency to tempt otherwise pious virgins into committing sins of the flesh.
      • Navicerts, on 01/28/2008, -4/+34Well he was an angel once. So goes the fairy tale anyway.
      • Audacitor, on 01/28/2008, -0/+21He's got awesome dance parties.
      • Zyrix, on 01/28/2008, -1/+11 .
    • fatdog789, on 01/28/2008, -5/+34Hey! Don't drag Satan into this! It's his Gods-given job to tempt people. All the others made a choice to be evil.
    • Zyrix, on 01/28/2008, -0/+15Where do Scientology and the RIAA rank in this hierarchy?
      • ptanonimo, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1We are talking about good and evil here.
        In one side you have good and evil, in the other side you have
        scientology
  • sipofsoma, on 01/28/2008, -4/+12He called self-help author Cooper Lawrence? What did he say to him?
    • Wartyboskfapped, on 01/28/2008, -0/+13her.
      • j4200, on 01/28/2008, -9/+1I would've called him a girl a little more creatively in order to insult him. I hope that you aren't actually serious that he's a girl. The short factor of your 'sentence' implies that you're serious.
      • JoeDiggsIt, on 01/28/2008, -3/+1she.
      • chingy1788, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1it
  • snyperr2s, on 01/28/2008, -8/+4*looks to the sky for signs of the apocalypse* dear god, it's the first horseman of the apocalypse.
  • Hauk2004, on 01/28/2008, -6/+8o_0
  • KingAdrock, on 01/28/2008, -8/+3in imagination land where you burp where fart and fart where you burp. ah yes indeed, that is how it happens
  • Mikhail101, on 01/28/2008, -2/+80did he just play his first videogame?
  • jm4847, on 01/28/2008, -5/+2Well this is something I didn't expect...
  • ahnonamis, on 01/28/2008, -3/+17He needed to shake things up; people stopped paying attention to him.
    • MasterGrief, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4That was the first thing I thought. Still, quite interesting.
  • Supernova36, on 01/28/2008, -3/+95"The guy who shot his mouth off about it had no idea what the Hell he was talking about."

    Sound familiar Jack?
  • Bahimiron, on 01/28/2008, -2/+72Even a broken atomic clock is right once a universal lifespan.
  • thatcrazycommie, on 01/28/2008, -1/+18It's not that he's being nice, it's that he thinks *he's* the only one informed enough to rant about the evils of video games.
    • polyh3dron, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4LOL Jack Thompson is the authority on video game violence, who's this bitch trying to steal his shtick?
  • ufee, on 01/28/2008, -8/+2This doesn't make any sense at all. I thought Jack Thompson was the satan of satans.
  • Synthesize, on 01/28/2008, -4/+2Did someone knock some sense into him?
  • Daemonport, on 01/28/2008, -1/+30I think the alien sex scenes were just PC enough for his liking.
    • leerayIG88, on 01/28/2008, -8/+2I'm so horny, give me a kiss. *Moans & Grunts*
  • xxl3w, on 01/28/2008, -1/+13He must be getting ready to join Hilary on the campaign trail.
    • Tyrghast, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1very clever. i salute you.
    • MasteRR, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1I thought Hillary was on the side of government regulation for violent games and games that contain sex? This seems like he is shying away from that because she is on that side. Odd.
  • Mikhail101, on 01/28/2008, -7/+29Buried, inaccurate title. He did not defend Mass Effect he only sorta defended it, also hes probably still against mass effect and video games as a whole. He just said the author was misinformed which even she admitted it. Nothing that amazing.
  • andycr512, on 01/28/2008, -1/+5Looks like someone got visits from the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future...
    • jessi74, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1More like the ghosts of Wintereenmas past, present, and future.
  • sarhiley, on 01/28/2008, -3/+3Of course he's saying that person is misinformed. He wants to be the one getting interviewed on Fox and getting all the attention, not this upstart 'expert' that they brought in. How dare she try to usurp him!
    • LiquidShield, on 01/29/2008, -0/+0he's and expert? Oh snap I'm sorry I mean she... got confused there for a second... Since she is very manly looking... I don't condone anyone calling anyone who is not in the field of work that they are trying to talk about as being an expert... I think a group of early adolescent teenagers should snatch her up duct tape him to a chair and make him play video games till they "Ohhh wow these games aren't actually that bad for you"
  • terencec, on 01/28/2008, -1/+53 letters describe this: WTF
    • Abominous, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2My friend that is an extra large order of WTF with a side of "you gotta be ***** me."
  • cnot3, on 01/28/2008, -1/+5Has he grown a goatee recently?
  • evil-doer, on 01/28/2008, -7/+1i dont get it. theres tons of killing in the game. he is ok with that?
    • postalblowfish7, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2it's hard to get things when you don't read the article.
  • diadem2, on 01/28/2008, -1/+7...dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria...
    • postalblowfish7, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1i think he can hear you ray.
  • Yesplease, on 01/28/2008, -9/+29Man, these comments are full of epic-cliche fail
    • postalblowfish7, on 01/28/2008, -8/+3man, your comment is full of epiclulz-failboat-memecat-MOARsauce-sagepasta-chan-fail-o-thon-goatsekiss.

      *USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST*
  • slicecom, on 01/28/2008, -1/+6Double you tee eff!?
  • SwedishNinja, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1Here's what I don't get about the whole Mass Effect thing: How come it's okay, even expected for movies and TV shows to have sex in them, but whenever there's a video game with it (See: GTA:SA), every one goes ballistic. Not to mention that you need to be 17 to buy these games, but any one can turn to FX at 9 o clock and see Nip/Tuck and it's parade of *****.
  • The2ndRunner, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6Jack Thompson: Defense Attorney
    http://i27.tinypic.com/1z32xpz.jpg
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