Taken From VG cats I love the way he belittles a LARGE amount of people and says how gamers are all on drugs. Wanna spam him on Comcast? His adress is shown! :smt082
the sad thing is that the masses will probably never know what a clown he really is.. just the gamers. I wish they would take up this kind of things on the news..
Very amusing indeed, and worth the rather long read. Although there is something rather pathetic (in the original sense) about the whole thing. Just glad they don't have this crap in Japan!
Jack Thompson is under investigation by the Florida Bar Association after he tried to get Gabe and Tyco from pennyarcade arrested. Here are links: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/10/18/1516223.shtml?tid=123 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051019-5458.html Don't pick on nerds, some have a posse.
was just about to post it too: http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=353005 edit: just have to post this flash movie.. it's exactly whats happening right now ;D http://www.fat-pie.com/thechildthatsmeltfunny.htm
Wow, I had no idea jack went around harassing people and claiming harrassment when they fight back, and trying to get people arrested for such stupid crap, like a 10,000 dollar check? Oh so ILLEGAL... Makes me wonder if when my site goes up, i'll get pounded with all sorts of bullshit. Doubtful, though. I may get "arrested" for saying this, but Jack Thompson...you are an ASSHOLE.
Might I interest you in this? I was going to mention that Penny Arcade has been having a bit of a protracted battle with him as well, but a few others beat me to the punch. For a decent transcript of the events, check out the news posts on www.penny-arcade.com for Monday and Wednesday, 10/17 and 10/19.
Im not interested in even buying a hateful shirt with his name on it. He really is acting like a 2 year old. He is acting younger than the kids he is trying to "help". Telling older gamers to get a life, attacking us and telling when we fight back. I know Im talking like I have had an encounter with him, but just the fact that he is doing this crap is..pathetic. Does anyone know if he registers to game forums and starts this shit? BTW, you know that game where you kill game creators and all sorts of crap, he is OK with that, but not in real video games. So lets start a checklist... Childish--Check Anger issues--Check Stupid--Check (Where the hell did he get his law degree anyway? An Alley?) Crazy--Check Hypocrite--Check Breaks promises--Check Thinks up lame excuses for said promises--Check Ass in general-Check Pathetic--Check Probably going to be forgotten when this whole ordeal is over--Check Anyone is welcome to add on, but thats all I could think of.
Jack Thompson is some lawyer hell-bent on trying to put different ratings or something on already mature rated games. Threads about this guy and his "Accomplishments" http://assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5943&highlight=jack+thompson http://assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5903&highlight=grand+theft+auto EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(attorney) BTW, I think this is one of the main reasons he hates VGcats (I think) Not by VGcats, but perhaps he got confused?
The more Jack talks (or write in this case) the more he reveals himself for the childish fool that he is.. he uses legal mubo jumbo and silly rationalities for his arguments.. I also hate it when he talks about religion.. as i feel he isn't a good representation of that either... There are ways for (normal) people to address things that they feel are wrong or might need to be improved in this world... but his way of going about it is all wrong...
