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- BLyn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+89Well... i played the game a bit too much and one day I suddenly realized I was injecting myself with red Kool Aid while running around shooting little girls.
Now lets see if he quotes me on 20/20, i'm excited. - truspector, on 10/10/2007, -0/+83Will this guy never stop. He's an absolute lunatic. He's almost been disbarred in Florida. Who actually takes this guy seriously anymore? Jack Thompson, you're a self centered ***** with a psycho agenda. Do the world a favor and have an aneurysm.
- nymphetamine, on 10/10/2007, -0/+54As a malformed genetically altered freak, I am glad Jack is speaking out against BioShock.
- waterdrop, on 10/10/2007, -1/+53"This game promotes violence in underwater cities, therefore it must be banned. For God's sake think of Atlantis!" - Jack Thompson on Bioshock
- cerealjynx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+47Jack Tompson deserves an episode of South Park.
- Phocion55, on 10/10/2007, -0/+39Clearly we CANNOT afford kids dressing up in vintage scuba diving gear running around with power drills.
- geekfrom99, on 10/10/2007, -0/+37jack thompson: great troll or greatest troll?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -6/+34If you people don't like him, why do you keep writing stories about him, digging them and promoting him?
The more people report on this the higher his profile. Seems he's not the only one being stupid.
PS: I agree with many of his sentiments regarding video game ratings in the USA - ESRB doesn't work and should be scrapped. - mikeyeah, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27If anyone ever decides to assault Mr. Thompson, please dress up as Mario or Link. That would be a great headline.
- tapo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20Neither.
A great troll is slightly entertaining, this guy is just a *****. - chris9902, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17After playing Bioshock I went and found an underwater world and killed 971 people.
-backup quote. - byronm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17F Thompson.. on the other hand, this probably only gets more people interested in the genre.
- Klowner, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Or better yet, he survives a plane crash, and then he finds himself floating in the ocean after the plane crash, and then he notices a stone tower jutting out of the water nearby... *plays eerie music*
- projectstartrek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15It's not so much promoting him as it is letting everyone know he's a moron and generating hatred of him.
- connor2k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13***** Jack Thompson
- HolyChimp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12If he's anything like me he won't realise he's actually able to control his body yet and will think he's watching some kind of cinematic.
- ApokalypseNow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Its not so much that he might be RIGHT so much that he might get something PASSED which supports his position. He's still not RIGHT. No credible study shows a link between video game violence and real violence. Most of the early studies were flawed in the simple fact that the gamers they studied were not playing the games for themselves, they were playing them while under observation. They weren't relaxing, they were PERFORMING. Later studies that took this human element into account show no correlation.
- Pointman323, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11"pretty soon these kids will become so rotted they'll actually start shooting electricity out of their left hands!"
- dhVyse, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11The ESRB works just as good if not better then the movie rating system we've gotten so used to over the years. What could be more specific about what age group the game is for then having the actual AGES of the targeted groups? Should retailers enforce this more? Sure! No one complains when movie theatres don't enforce their ratings and allow kids to buy tickets to R movies.
But besides the point, I can't think of anyone else that should be held responsable for a younger child playing a mature game or watching an R movie then that childs parents/guardians. Period. - UberC, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9does this guy have a personal vendetta against take two?
- UncleBadTouch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I think that Jack Thompson works for the gaming industry. No one gets the hype up like this guy does.
- PatoLucas, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12Jack Thompson is an attention whore *****, it doesn't surprise me a bit that he's going after a game who already has a lot of publicity by itself and additionally is made by a subsidiary of Take-Two.
The only good thing is that he's a clear lunatic who isn't being taken seriously anymore, I'd be afraid if the "crusade against video games" where being leaded by an intelligent and articulated person instead of Jack "loony" Thompson - AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -1/+10Take Two beat Thompson in court: http://www.thelastboss.com/post.phtml?pk=2660
Thompson has agreed that he:
* will not sue or threaten to sue to block sale or distribution of any game published by Take Two or its subsidiaries (i.e., Rockstar)
* will not communicate to Take Two or anyone doing business with T2 (like, say Wal-Mart) any accusation that the company committed any wrongdoing by selling its games. Thompson is not restricted from criticizing the content of T2 games, nor is he prevented from acting as counsel in lawsuits brought against Take Two by other parties
* will make any future contacts with T2 through its attorneys
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Why don't any other companies do the same with him? Just block him off completely from the gaming world? - ragnar0kk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7agreed!
- SSCrow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Take2 touched him in his adolescence. :P
- mrfreeziexp, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10If Jack Thompson was going after movies, he would get laughed back into his shell. But because it's video games, he MIGHT be right..
- Leo55, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7If one day Jack's plane crashed into some underwater NSA base...he is going to regret not playing bioshock.
- misfitpanda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I SAY ***** JACK THOMPSON!
- SSCrow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6*snaps fingers*
WTF, I've been playing the Bioshock Demo nonstop. I should be able to light cats on Fire by now.
Stupid Games, Stop telling me I can do things when I can't! - toasty168, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7he's doing it because he believes it's his mission from God. another case for atheism.
Atheism... experience true freedom. no omniscient figure to forgive your every sin at your mere request. kinda scary, huh? - wonko33, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8I don't understand why they go after games instead of, for example shooting ranges.
In a game: I shoot imaginary people with an imaginary gun
In a shooting range: I shoot a real gun at imaginary people (those silhouette on paper)
Now which of the two will make me more dangerous if I go berserk and decide to shoot up a school, shooting at a moving imaginary target or learning to shoot a real gun?
JT is a moron, but people like DR Phil are just attention whores who use any "flavor of the day" event to get their 15 seconds sound bites. - Dhalgren, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Best idea I've heard all day... And Cartman is on Jack's side because he's trying to ban a game Kyle likes, kickass. Or maybe Cartman is playing a game about killing Jews...
- Jaserr83, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Adam Sessler vs. Jack Thompson part two! By his logic everyone who played video games are trained killers.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Jack Thompson's the only person in the world to me, who if he was in a car wreck, I wouldn't stop to see if he was all right, and I would hope he wasn't.
He's the kind of person who I hope gets cancer. - coheedcollapse, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Game companies should start paying him to advertise. Seriously. Although Bioshock has a lot of hype already, even more people will hear about it if Jack Thompson starts bitching about it.
- chris9902, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Why are you giving this ***** airtime? just tell him to ***** off and close the door.
- hadak, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Knock it off, Jack. ***** pansy.
- MackPrime, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5hoo-ah!
thats awesome
(the catchphrase not the *****) - NeoCortex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Damn! Another Halloween idea just shot down.
- DarkSideofOZ, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Dear Satan,
I've got an insane smacktard just for you, his names Jack Thompson. He loves mudkips but hates violent video games. He is immune to physical attack as anyone doing so would only further his unfounded raging creationist lunatic driven ideals. I would like to send him to you faster but I need some help from one of your minions, like say some lymph node cancer stacked on MS with a touch of Lupus and AIDS? If you could help me out here, I'll be sure and tag some catholic manboy ass ***** for you soon.
Yours truly, OZ - shredswithpiks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4LOL (really)
- ut2k4king, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Ah ***** him, I'm buying the game on release and I'm gonna ***** enjoy it no matter what ***** he spews.
- Useight, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Perhaps there was a time, a long time ago, when little Jacky wanted to buy some video game, but all the pre-orders were already filled. Ever since then...
- Chunken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I think Jack Thompson is actually an employee of Take-Two's marketing department.
- ragnar0kk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5i wish there was a god so Jack Thompson could burn in hell, unfortunately he will just disappear into nothingness without the eternal punishment he deserves.
- Spawn316x, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Jack Thompson has nothing better to do. Rockstar should parody him in GTA 4 in a lawyer storyline. (^_^)
- HerrEisenheim, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7I kind of agree with him. I mean, BioShock has creepy little girls in it. After playing the game I become even MORE afraid of 10 year old girls than I was before. If a 10 year old girl showed up at my door, I'd assume she was some kind of zombie child and reach for the shotty. AMIRITE?
- h4mx0r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4What the... Jack Thompson posts comments on GamePolitics? Look at the GP source, and then look at the comment link. Part of the source is a comment by JT himself on GP?
- drconnery, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Jack Thompson is an idiot. Maybe he'll die in a plane crash and we won't have to view this nonsense anymore. God willing anyways.
- TheFoundry, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3No, he doesn't deserve ANY kind of attention.
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