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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.'"
The irony of this of course being that by making the claim, he just verified it....
Karma Whoring for Fun and Profit.
It is pointless articles like this that give that ridiculous man publicity (which he seems to thrive on). I don't want to read any more about it, stop posting on /. and he will be forgotten. Nobody is taking him seriously anyway (not anyone that counts at least - e.g. courts).
I must admit that the in game parody sound good though. But still, not newsworthy.
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I'm starting to think Jack Thompson was created by the industry to help sales. Every game this guy rails against becomes a top seller.
Hypocrite? Jack? Nawwwww....surely you Jest! I mean...minors can get into R rated movies all the time or obtain pR0n from the internet or go to school where bullying is a rampant problem. But them damn video games...that's what's driving today's youth to crime.
So Jesus, Mohammed and Abraham walk into a Bar....
After all, he lives in Florida, not New York (even a fictional New York), correct? :D
"People" using "unnecessary" quotes should be "shot".
Even if it is a bald-faced parody, sounds like a certain crazy lawyer needs to read up on Hustler Magazine v. Falwell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell
He's only in favor of the 2nd amendment, not the first one. Duh!
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Take Two makes a game where a New York lawyer who works for a firm that believes that "guns don't kill people, video games do" gets killed. Jack Thompson doesn't live in New York, doesn't work for a legal firm, and has never uttered that quote, and I'll bet the lawyer in the game doesn't even look like or sound like him.
Jack Thompson proposes a video game where a CEO of New York-based "Take This" called Paula Eibel gets murdered for creating violent videogames. Lawyers who work at "Blank Stare" are also massacred. Paul Eibel was the CEO of Take Two at the time, and their headquarters is in New York, as is Blank Rome, the legal firm that they employ.
Jack's stuff is parody (his claim), but GTAIV is a death threat?
Please.
Magic doesn't work in my presence. My power of disbelief is too strong.
I can't help but wonder, with all of the free publicity he has kindly given to GTA, if he isn't on Take Two's bank-roll. Seriously, this is great advertising. I'm sure they intentionally released this information about the game simply to get JT to put up a stink. What brilliance on their part!