Jack Thompson Gearing Up For GTA IV Fight

Next Generation reports on Jack Thompson's next big fight: Grand Theft Auto IV. A mass email was sent to news organizations entitled 'Bill Gates in the Crosshairs'. He vows to 'rally the troops' against the release of the next chapter in Rockstar's sandbox-style crime series. The game is due out sometime this year, on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. From the article: "Thompson said that he would 'undertake various means to prohibit' the sale of GTA IV to minors, and added, 'Please have your lawyers [Microsoft chairman Bill Gates', that is] contact me in order that such sales will be prevented.' He also said that the ICCR report 'makes it abundantly clear that unless such prohibitions are in place, then millions of units of the new Grand Theft Auto game will be sold directly to minors.' He continued, 'I am quite intent upon making sure that that does not happen. I and others will endeavor to stop Microsoft from participating in any fashion, directly or indirectly, in such sales to minors.'"

Comments

Pay attention to me!

[Gorkamecha]

I'm Jack T and no one has heard from me recently! I'm lonely and there are wolves...

My Prayer

[Stanistani]

Please, O Lord:

Bring the mighty weight of Microsoft's legal staff to bear upon Jack Thompson, and allow us to watch him disappear in a four-colored puff of smoke.

Amen.

Re:My Prayer

[Stanistani]

Actually, I'd like to see MS crush JT like a bug, and suffer bad publicity for doing so...

Win-Win!

Oh, Bill

[gregtron]

I sorta like the idea of Bill Gates as in insidious mischief lover, selling lewd video game content to minors in the form of XBox games he hides under his trench coat.

Poor guy

[tgd]

Doesn't he realize he'd feel so much better if he just went a beat up a hooker or two?

Re:Good Luck to him

[Captain Splendid]

I used to do the same thing with film critic Alexander Walker. If he hated a film, then it was most likely something I would enjoy. Worked like a charm.