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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/+597The world as I know it has ceased to exist. Up is down, left is right... Jack Thompson isn't being a douche...
  • PhoenixAgent, on 01/28/2008, -3/+525I don't know what your game is Thompson, but I'm onto you.
  • Rell812, on 01/28/2008, -8/+356Apparently hell froze over while I slept.
  • xTRUMANx, on 01/28/2008, -2/+303....B is A and Start is Select
  • Megaten, on 01/28/2008, -5/+286...the *****?!?
  • totorototoro, on 01/28/2008, -4/+272its a trap.
  • funknjunk, on 01/28/2008, -4/+193"I like your new glasses."
  • dheaddy, on 01/28/2008, -2/+167Welcome to Bizarro-world
  • blackbeardtron, on 01/28/2008, -6/+133Dogs and cats living together... MASS HYSTERIA!!!
  • cliffhanger407, on 01/28/2008, -2/+122This... 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?
  • DarkShroud, on 01/28/2008, -1/+111Apparently even the crazies expect you to do some research before shooting your mouth off on national television.
  • inactive, on 01/28/2008, -6/+114Basically, the order is now:

    Jack Thompson < Satan < 100% Pure Evil < FoxNews
  • logicalnoise, on 01/28/2008, -3/+104I'm going to have to ask jack thompson to stop making sense.....It's just weird.
  • 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?
  • goldenhearted, on 01/28/2008, -1/+88Big WTF of the day
  • inactive, on 01/28/2008, -0/+80Hates violence, loves lesbian sex.
  • Herostratos, on 01/28/2008, -1/+80His tendency to tempt otherwise pious virgins into committing sins of the flesh.
  • inactive, on 01/28/2008, -2/+80did he just play his first videogame?
  • Coven, on 01/28/2008, -2/+77*head asplode*
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  • Bahimiron, on 01/28/2008, -2/+72Even a broken atomic clock is right once a universal lifespan.
  • Kamisado, on 01/28/2008, -1/+70Who divided by zero?
  • 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.
  • thedragon4453, on 01/28/2008, -8/+69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _________
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  • missingnoh4x, on 01/28/2008, -2/+62Buried as "No way in hell can this be real."
  • cmgarcia, on 01/28/2008, -2/+52That Contra code is going to be a bitch to do with all these changes! FROWN
  • inactive, on 01/28/2008, -3/+45He only likes it when he's the center of attention, pissing and moaning.
  • DrMonkeyLove, on 01/28/2008, -2/+43No, defending prescription drugs.
  • 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?
  • 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?
  • Eldorian, on 01/28/2008, -2/+32Why you gotta be hatin' on Mr. T, foo?
  • Navicerts, on 01/28/2008, -4/+34Well he was an angel once. So goes the fairy tale anyway.
  • Daemonport, on 01/28/2008, -1/+30I think the alien sex scenes were just PC enough for his liking.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • MacEnvy, on 01/28/2008, -0/+27Sounds okay to me.
  • emjaymj, on 01/28/2008, -1/+28Is 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.
  • atticus8, on 01/28/2008, -0/+26Someone has been playing Brain Age! He trained his brain in only minutes a day.
  • ScionX, on 01/28/2008, -0/+26D D U U R L R L A B A B select
  • 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
  • winston1138, on 01/28/2008, -4/+28This still isn't getting you in my good graces Mr. T.
  • merripen, on 01/28/2008, -0/+24I don't see what you did there.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • inactive, 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.
  • daleksarewimps, on 01/28/2008, -8/+29i should've known something was up when i saw cats and dogs living together
  • inactive, on 01/28/2008, -0/+21He's got awesome dance parties.
  • bobbydigi87, on 01/28/2008, -0/+20no ;)
  • Yesplease, on 01/28/2008, -9/+29Man, these comments are full of epic-cliche fail
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