Jack Thompson Vs. Penny-Arcade Score: 0-3

[James]

The Penny Arcade guys do have a point about Thompson, though. The mainstream media listen to him, and that's bad for us. We know he's a raving loony, but when he can get on tv and claim to the masses his delusional beliefs, and even worse not get called on them because the news guys aren't knowlegeable enough about the topic to see how crazy he is, that's bad for gaming.

First TNL post in weeks. Woo!

James

[Grave]

First TNL post in weeks. Woo!

James

Hey, you're back. Teach me the ways of Zoo Keeper quest mode before I go insane smash my teeth out with a hammer. I have no clue how you guys did this.

Anyway, this whole Jack Thompson fiasco gave me some fun material to write a response letter on, so I'm grateful for his raving lunacy.

[Thief Silver]

The Penny Arcade guys do have a point about Thompson, though. The mainstream media listen to him, and that's bad for us. We know he's a raving loony, but when he can get on tv and claim to the masses his delusional beliefs, and even worse not get called on them because the news guys aren't knowlegeable enough about the topic to see how crazy he is, that's bad for gaming.

First TNL post in weeks. Woo!

James

... I haven't seen any media pay him any attention, where is he getting good media? I've never met anyone outside of gamers who know who this moron is.

[James]

Jack was on CNN tonight to talk about Midway’s new football game. Like I said in my news post above , this is why Jack is scary. Because he has no fucking clue what he’s talking about yet they put him on CNN to talk as though he was an expert. This is a quote from him:

"The NFL wouldn't allow it's name to be used, so that tells you something."

He doesn’t understand that EA purchased the rights to NFL games and that Midway’s new game is a direct response to that. Like I said before the time for ignoring this coot is over. He can’t be allowed to pull this kind of shit anymore.

-Gabe out

I didn't see it either. Anyone catch it?

Also, Jack Thompson reminds me of Andrea Dworkin, the fattest, ugliest, meanest lesbian on the planet. The media used to love her because she said such stupid and outrageous things.

James

[gameoverDude]

Originally Posted by Jack "Public Nuisance" Thompson
Senator Lieberman, bless his heart, wants with Senator Clinton to fund a study with taxpayer dollars to find out if violence in entertainment really makes kids violent. That was decided years ago. It is a dodge from having to do something about the violence. The entire ESRB rating system is a joke. It is a tool for marketing violence to kids. It does not stop the sale of violence to kids. You know that. It would be better if we had no system, and then parents would not have been fooled for more than a decade into thinking that the system was actually protecting their kids.

Then how come Japan's CERO and the UK's PEGI have similar rating systems? Rating systems mean something.

Watching this attention whore/asshat own himself is almost entertaining. Who needs sitcoms with something like this?

[ChaoofNee]

Anyway, this whole Jack Thompson fiasco gave me some fun material to write a response letter on, so I'm grateful for his raving lunacy.

I want to write something and send it to CNN to let them know how fucking dumb he is. Writing or talking to him does nothing.

[bVork]

I want to write something and send it to CNN to let them know how fucking dumb he is. Writing or talking to him does nothing.

YES! This is exactly what should be done. As amusing as Mr. Thompson's responses can be, there's nothing to be gained from talking to him. Nobody is going to change his position. What can and should be done, however, is exactly what he has been doing: talking to the media. I'm as aware as anyone else of the general tendency towards sensationalism that the media has, but this can be turned to an advantage: the only thing better than a lone lunatic nutjob is a proper conflict between two opposing sides.

[Grave]

I want to write something and send it to CNN to let them know how fucking dumb he is. Writing or talking to him does nothing.

Oh no, not to him, I mean it was topical to a response letter for class I had to write, and it was fun.

I don't think I'd like to talk to him. He's a jerk. I will let other people do that.

[Zerodash]

Thompson is fighting a losing battle anyway: Today's youth (and not so young children of the 80's) grew up with videogames, and will be the policy makers of the future. Videogames = teh w1n.

[Chux]

Then how come Japan's CERO and the UK's PEGI have similar rating systems? Rating systems mean something.

Watching this attention whore/asshat own himself is almost entertaining. Who needs sitcoms with something like this?

I mean WHAT THE FUCK... It's not protecting the kids? No shit dude, it's there so the parents won't BUY it for said kids.