Jack Thompson Gearing Up For GTA IV Fight

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday January 3, 2007 @08:17AM from the let-loose-the-winged-monkeys dept.

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.'"

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Mod parent up! by Rob+T+Firefly · 2007-01-03 08:22 · Score: 0, Troll

Someone's already hit it with "flamebait" but it's actually a very good point.

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Wait a cotton pickin' minute by linvir · 2007-01-03 08:41 · Score: 0, Troll

Major GTA releases listed chronologically:
GTA
GTA 2
GTA 3
GTA VC
GTA SA
GTA 4

Spot the preschool arithmetic mistake