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Jack Thompson Decides He's In GTA IV
gzerphey writes "Outspoken anti-games lawyer Jack Thompson has decided that a representation of a 2nd amendment lawyer in GTA IV is a mocking version of him. He has declared that if the representation is not removed he will attempt to block the release of the game. Excerpt from GamePolitics: 'The showcasing play of the game to Game Informer revealed that the first killing mission of the hero of the game, Niko, is to kill a certain lawyer. When Niko comes into this lawyer's office, having used subterfuge to do so, Niko pulls a gun on the lawyer who says, that the firm supports the second amendment and that 'Guns don't kill people. Video games do.'"
But what if you parody someone who is already a parody of himself. The deepness is as unlimited as the psychosis.
...The fact that the lawyer, killed on Niko's first mission, would bring up video games, makes it clearly a reference to me... And the fact that Niko is a regular guy just looking to make some money & very eager to kill a certain lawyer to start off his career makes it clearly a reference to me!Can I join you in this suit, Jack? Perhaps a class action lawsuit? I'll meet you in your office tomorrow at noon using methods of subterfuge
What was your address again? "The magical man, from Happy Land, who lives in a gumdrop house on Lolly Pop Lane?" It's so very hard to remember when you're all over the road.
P.S. I hope the president has gotten back to you about your appeal to him. Your entertainment is endless & I highly value it, it would be a shame to have men in clean white suits censoring your communications to the outside world. Truly, it would.
My work here is dung.
from the i-bet-i'm-in-there-toooo dept.
::grabs molatov cocktail::
I hope you are, Zonk.
But wouldn't Jack Thompson had to have played the game to know that the game has a parody of him? Is that hypocrite I smell?
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Come on Jack! Let's go to candy mountain! http://youtube.com/watch?v=JPONTneuaF4
-Rick
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
I recall a funny statement about how GTA4 was going to be placed in an alternate universe NYC, to which some idiot congressman replied, "placing GTA in New York City is like placing Halo in Disneyland" (because New York is supposedly the safest big city). Well that got everyone thinking, "you know what? That would be the COOLEST BOARD EVER, to play in Disneyland". In a likewise fashion, I would like to make a mod for unreal tournament 3 (since they are much friendlier for user created mods than microsoft) where everybody is Jack Thompson. Who wouldn't want to have a death match of you versus 15 Jack Thompsons??
Hmmm... maybe if I could kill him in Disneyland, that would be even better!
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people still listen to what this guy has to say? simple solution: by his logic, surely real lawyers can sue for an injunction against jack thomspon ever speaking again since he is clearly a representation of them...
I had no interest in "Bully". THe plot concept didnt apeal to me. The name was simple and basic.
Jack made me buy it.
This guy is a laugh. I love hearing about him. He's like a four year old that was given a law degree.
And in other news, Carly Simon finally admits that Jack Thompson was the object of her scorn in her old hit song, "You're So Vain (You Probably Think This Song is About You)."
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I think it's pretty obvious that Thompson doesn't feel hindered by silly laws.
I read wikipedia for the articles.
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Anyone else amused by the fact that Jack Thompson apparently spends more time playing video games and reading gaming mags than some gamers? Of course, it's all for research. Just like my collection of porn.
Isn't enough that I ruined a pony, making a gift for you?
The in-game lawyer's name is Tom Jackson, not Jack Thompson, so obviously it's nothing like him!
(actually, I have no clue. But that'd be pretty cool)
That's only true if it's not Jack Thompson.
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ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
It's a good thing my COV character is called Jackie Thompson, Because A villian that learned all of his Nijitsu arts from playing Ninja Gaiden to prove that video games are just mindless cop killing simulators that turn kids into violent sociopaths doesn't sound like something Mr. Thompson would do at all.
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...that I'm not the lead designer on that game.
There would be a 10 minutes hidden scene where the Tom Jackson character is repeatedly raped by an enormous number of large farm animals.
The he'd be forced into oral copulation with filthy homeless guys who have genital sores as yet unidentified by science.
And it would just go downhill from there.
Finally, Dexter would show up and end Tom's pain.
But Jack Thompson is already a parody of himself, and a second parody would violate that quantum mechanics law on two bosons in the same place -- or something like that, I am sure I have the name wrong, IANAQMP. His lawsuit will be thrown out for being in the wrong court. It should be in Mother Nature's court, since he is suing for a violation of one of the fundamental laws of nature.
Infuriate left and right
I think they should sue Jack Thompson for illegally reproducing their fiction character... in real life...
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Is there a place to buy the T-shirt yet?
I'd be 50% satisfied if someone would toss JT into a Schrödinger box.
+0 Meh
I dunno, I don't think I could tell you whether I were satisfied or not until someone opened the box.
In honour of Jack Thompson, could we please name one of those new elementary particles "morons" ?
I for one want to stick up for all the Bozo the Clowns by saying that comparing them to Jack Thompson is an insult to the Clowns. At least they are trying to make an honest living.
Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon what's the difference? All steal money from devs and control with walled gardens.
There, fixed that for ya.
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Actually I'm now tempted to buy this game specifically because of this lawsuit. I never bought the previous GTA games due to moral objections but because its got a lawyer in it this time. I'm all for it. :D
Really, some gamer please shoot him, preferably in the gut. Try to make it as non-fatal as possible. Use a small caliber, to the gut. Or even better, stab him. As long as he lives, he will spend all his time trying to get you off, as you will be happy to prove that "videogames made you do it". You might even get off without being charged if he is convincing enough. And if that happens, we will have legal precedent allowing gamers to stab this man in the gut are not to be held accountable...
As far as I can see it, its win/win for all parties...
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Because of Grand Theft Auto 4, a 3rd rate lawyer whines about a 2nd Amendment lawyer in a video game and tramples the 1st Amendment in order to earn zero respect.
Then we could be both satisfied and dissatisfied at the same time.
Which is good because we'd get the satisfaction that he's in the box, but we don't know that he's dead so we can still ridicule him for being a moron.
Just leave him in there long enough and the cat will have clawed him to death.
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But regardless, he'd be dead...right? Can I say that? Shit, I'm going to get sued aren't I...
1) Create "Legal Fiction" that video games cause people to be violent.
2) Fail repeatedly to convince the courts of same.
3) Start "loosing it".
4) Start playing video games.
5) Kill my old high school rival in a GTA re-enactment.
6) Call myself as an expert witness for the defense during my murder trial.
7) Profit??
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GeneralEmergency
That's an interesting combination of comment and sig.
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I had moral objections to the original version in 2D. I played it and had to delete it. I had fun, but the wrongness of the game struck me.
Maybe