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Perspectives On Thompson's Latest Crusade
Game Girl Advance has a much needed perspective piece on Jack Thompson's crusade against the Sims 2. From the article: "Tabling lying to the ESRB and even putting the whole Sims2 points aside (because honestly, I find any of Thompson's arguments against Sims2 to be hollow at best, I just included them to show a trend), isn't it just a lot bit late for anyone to be complaining about the sex issue? I don't mean us complaining, I mean I find it almost laughable at this point that people might think that there's any seventeen year olds who haven't seen worse than Hot Coffee already, and those that are playing GTA:SA need to have their virgin eyes saved. Let's face it: you've already lost that battle. If a kid has the ability or inclination to mod GTA:SA for Hot Coffee, they've probably bit-torrented their fair share of porn by now." My own commentary below.
I just don't get this one. You want to go after GTA? Fine. There's enough ho-slapping and cop-killing in that game to make a politician's career. But the Sims? The raciest bits you find in there are the kind of stuff you see on a reality TV show shown at prime-time on one of the big networks. The Sims has been one of the cornerstones of game sales in recent years. Hundreds of thousands of people are going to play that game today, people that might not have otherwise gotten into video games if not for the easy to understand controls, intriguing gameplay, and the ability to project yourself onto the gamespace.
Blood-sucking remora like Thompson are the biggest dangers to further acceptance of gaming as a healthy passtime. He is taking the specific case of GTA and the ESRB ruling and broadening it out such that a 3rd party mod is affecting perceptions of an excellent game title. I have no doubt in my mind, either, that his righteous fury is entirely motivated by a desire for personal profit and prestige. He is using the prevailing winds of U.S. society to increase his place in the public eye, at the expense of gaming as a hobby and game-making as a profession.
My hope is that the mainstream media, when they pick up this story, will be able to see beyond the smokescreen Thompson has created to the real issues at hand.
Thompson is obsessed with sex. I'd love to know what a psychiatrist or psychologist thinks of someone who thinks sex is just So Damn Dirty.
Trolling is a art,
Rumour has it that, with the right modifications, Jack Thompson can be naked. A penis and exposed ass are both visible when this mod is applied, and the makers of Jack Thompson released him to the world in full knowledge that he can be naked.
Dear God! Won't somebody please think of the children?
I need a list of game titles that Thompson's gone after, so I can buy them. If Thompson hates it, there must be something right with it. And every little bit helps when it comes to countering Thompson's efforts to destroy mature gaming and shut down the 1st amendment.
Consensual sex and prostitutes in a game require an extra year of maturing before purchase.
Dear god, this is the most level-headed post I've read in all of these ad-flogging hot coffee draining stories. Where do you get off having an account on /.?
You've got to get more demagoguery in there - and you should know full well by now that the number one practice of the "tolerant" is intolerance of anyone who disagrees. If you keep making sense and being insightful like this, it might catch on. We can't have that here.
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