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Old 08-03-2004, 03:42 AM   #1
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Jack Thompson, a Florida attourney, is bent on destroying Rockstar for the teenager that went on a rampage under the influence of Manhunt.

Read this interview with him.

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GD: What is the ultimate goal here?

Thompson: To destroy Rockstar.

GD: What does that mean in terms of…

Thompson: (cutting in) So they don't exist anymore.

GD: How are you going to seek to do that?

Thompson: By taking all their money. It's very simple. You wipe someone out economically, they don't have any assets and therefore they cease to exist.
And he goes on to declare that Doug Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Association:

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...makes Saddam Hussein look like a post-reformed Pinocchio.
Wow. Is this guy joking, or is he mad?!
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Old 08-03-2004, 04:20 AM   #2
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Unfortunately I'm afraid it's the latter.
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Good grief, this is like suing MC Donald for making people fat...
I guess he just wants attention, or maybe it's "in" to sue Rockstar...
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OH GOD. Human stupidity

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Old 08-03-2004, 06:09 AM   #5
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Oh no, not Jack Thompson again........
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Old 08-03-2004, 08:03 AM   #6
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I saw a BBC documentary a while ago about Vice City. It featured some crazy American lowyer claiming he was on a mission from god to get Vice City banned. He even sang a song about it. May well have been the same guy.
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Old 08-03-2004, 12:40 PM   #7
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And I am on a mission from God to call Jack Thompson and people like him morons.
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We need to start an online petition to have him brutally murdered.
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Old 08-03-2004, 01:18 PM   #9
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And then blame it on a video game? Wouldn't that be predictably redundant?

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He should kill 'em and claim that Manhunt made him do it.
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If it weren't for the Max Payne series (can't wait for #3), I wouldn't care if Rockstar stepped into non-existance.
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Old 08-04-2004, 01:21 AM   #12
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GTA is a good game though.... funny in a very cynical way, and slightly annoying in that it's well nigh impossible to not run people over with your car, but it's a good game.
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If it weren't for the Max Payne series (can't wait for #3), I wouldn't care if Rockstar stepped into non-existance.
Rockstar don't even make it.. Remedy do
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Yeah, but Rockstar own Take Two who publish Max Payne 2, if I remember correctly.
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A quick search on the net throws up this website: www.stopkill.com
whose purpose "is to give you the means to contact Miami attorney Jack Thompson if you know of someone harmed as a result of violent entertainment, including violent video games." but I don't know if he would listen to reason!

I for one have played GTA 3 + Vice City, mown down countless pedestrians, sat on rooftops sniping at innocent passers-by and killed many virtual cops, but for some strange reason I've never had the craving to go out and do it for real - perhaps because I can separate reality from virtual reality.

I personally think his time would be better spent attacking the NRA and shops/websites that sell to underage buyers rather than taking away most people's freedom to play these types of games.
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Quote:
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Rockstar don't even make it.. Remedy do
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Yeah, but Rockstar own Take Two who publish Max Payne 2, if I remember correctly.
Remedy=developer
3D Realms=producer
Rockstar/Take2=publisher

And most likely Remedy won't do Max 3

And Rockstar/Take2 owns the rights for the franchise, because Remedy sold the rights.
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I DO believe violent videogames can make people kill. I want to kill Jack Thompso and people like him.
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