2007 means more Jack Thompson lawsuits
The virtue vigilante is at it again. This time, he’s decided on what to add to his list of new year’s resolutions, and opted to share it with the public. You can guess what it’s all about, we’re sure.
Despite failed attempts to get video games labeled as public nuisances, Jack Thompson is vowing to do more of the same in 2007. A recent emailed press release assures us of his continuing efforts to target M-rated games, even going so far as to call his attempt to make Bully a public nuisance a practice run.
His email reads:
ThompsonÂ’s 2006 suit to stop the sale of Take-Two/RockstarÂ’s Columbine simulator Bully was just a practice run for what is to follow. The courtÂ’s order of the production of the Bully game prior to its commercial release sets the precedent for what Thompson will do again, but this time with Mature-rated titles that the Federal Trade Commission has recently found are being sold to children across America 42% of the time!
Since his continued legal presence against videogames is basically assured for next year, the only thing left to wonder about is what games he’ll be suing for 2007. Our main predictions: the next Grand Theft Auto game from Take-Two Interactive, for obvious reasons, Halo 3, because Master Chief hides his genocide behind a mask, and Mario Mario, because he’s a shroom-sniffing communist.
The virtue vigilante is at it again. This time, he’s decided on what to add to his list of new year’s resolutions, and opted to share it with the public. You can guess what it’s all about, we’re sure.
Despite failed attempts to get video games labeled as public nuisances, Jack Thompson is vowing to do more of the same in 2007. A recent emailed press release assures us of his continuing efforts to target M-rated games, even going so far as to call his attempt to make Bully a public nuisance a practice run.
His email reads:
ThompsonÂ’s 2006 suit to stop the sale of Take-Two/RockstarÂ’s Columbine simulator Bully was just a practice run for what is to follow. The courtÂ’s order of the production of the Bully game prior to its commercial release sets the precedent for what Thompson will do again, but this time with Mature-rated titles that the Federal Trade Commission has recently found are being sold to children across America 42% of the time!
Since his continued legal presence against videogames is basically assured for next year, the only thing left to wonder about is what games he’ll be suing for 2007. Our main predictions: the next Grand Theft Auto game from Take-Two Interactive, for obvious reasons, Halo 3, because Master Chief hides his genocide behind a mask, and Mario Mario, because he’s a shroom-sniffing communist.
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