Sprout
18-10-2005, 08:06 PM
Yep you heard that right.
Source:http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000743063662/
Thompson breaks his word on $10k bounty, says he was just kidding
Banman to the BannedwagonA team of GTA modders called the Fighting Hellfish has created a San Andreas mod for the PC that Jack Thompson could have designed—that is, if he included himself as the vengeful father he proposed earlier, on a murderous rampage through the video-game industry. And there you have the story of JT and his Banman alter ego in Defamation of Character: A Jack Thompson Murder Simulator.
But that’s not all: not only is he unsatisfied with the mod, he claims his earlier proposal was merely intended as satire, to “highlight the patent hypocrisy and recklessness exhibited by the video game industry’s willingness to target cops, women, homosexuals, and other groups with some of their violent games.” (So the $10K offer to charity was satire, too?)
He then proceeds to ridicule gamers and the “video game community” for their lack of insight into his keen wit. Wait a second here, hasn’t Jack seen any of those open letters posted online for him on various game sites and blogs these days? If he won’t address these arguments directly in an objective setting, then how can there be any chance of a real dialogue? (Maybe you don’t have to answer that…)
Also:http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000627063759
Penny Arcade donates $10,000 in Jack’s name to charity
Jack Thompson may not be able to keep to his word, but Tycho and Gabe of Penny Arcade have no problem picking up his slack. After Jackie Boy deemed his Modest Proposal as satire and refused to pay the $10,000 he promised after a few games and mods responded, these two video game do-gooders put up $10,000 of their own money to the Entertainment Software Association Foundation (the charity where, Tycho predicts, TakeTwo president Paul Eibeler would have wanted the cash donated).
The best part? They donated the money in his name, which is just a slap in the face at his claims that we as a community who has “little frontal lobe activity” and promised the money was real in the same comment.
You know Gabe and Tycho are your new heroes.
Update: Jack Thompson sent Tycho and Gabe a little message: “This story is completely false and defamatory. Take it down or else.” Ironically, we got almost the exact same comment from him earlier today. Thanks, Mike Meunier.
Well done Penny Arcade :).
Source:http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000743063662/
Thompson breaks his word on $10k bounty, says he was just kidding
Banman to the BannedwagonA team of GTA modders called the Fighting Hellfish has created a San Andreas mod for the PC that Jack Thompson could have designed—that is, if he included himself as the vengeful father he proposed earlier, on a murderous rampage through the video-game industry. And there you have the story of JT and his Banman alter ego in Defamation of Character: A Jack Thompson Murder Simulator.
But that’s not all: not only is he unsatisfied with the mod, he claims his earlier proposal was merely intended as satire, to “highlight the patent hypocrisy and recklessness exhibited by the video game industry’s willingness to target cops, women, homosexuals, and other groups with some of their violent games.” (So the $10K offer to charity was satire, too?)
He then proceeds to ridicule gamers and the “video game community” for their lack of insight into his keen wit. Wait a second here, hasn’t Jack seen any of those open letters posted online for him on various game sites and blogs these days? If he won’t address these arguments directly in an objective setting, then how can there be any chance of a real dialogue? (Maybe you don’t have to answer that…)
Also:http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000627063759
Penny Arcade donates $10,000 in Jack’s name to charity
Jack Thompson may not be able to keep to his word, but Tycho and Gabe of Penny Arcade have no problem picking up his slack. After Jackie Boy deemed his Modest Proposal as satire and refused to pay the $10,000 he promised after a few games and mods responded, these two video game do-gooders put up $10,000 of their own money to the Entertainment Software Association Foundation (the charity where, Tycho predicts, TakeTwo president Paul Eibeler would have wanted the cash donated).
The best part? They donated the money in his name, which is just a slap in the face at his claims that we as a community who has “little frontal lobe activity” and promised the money was real in the same comment.
You know Gabe and Tycho are your new heroes.
Update: Jack Thompson sent Tycho and Gabe a little message: “This story is completely false and defamatory. Take it down or else.” Ironically, we got almost the exact same comment from him earlier today. Thanks, Mike Meunier.
Well done Penny Arcade :).