Because we miss Jack Thompson news… and Jesus too

One of the most difficult things any writer has to do in his lifetime is to remain unbiased in reporting certain things or responding politely to criticism that lacks a worthwhile basis for critique. In the interests of being unrelated to the views of the site itself, let’s imagine this is actually a post from the our new user-generated blog, where we don’t have to worry about that as much.

So… what’s up?

Over at the Grumpy Gamer blog during the weekend,  Harry got an email from the GTA–hating, non-“Sexy Back” JT regarding his preview for Canis Canem Edit (aka Bully). Now, you can safely say he tried to make the preview balanced. “I didn’t think for one minute it might be worth making stuff up about it being a Columbine simulator or featuring rape, bloody murder and the like,” he writes. Instead, he wrote about a fun game that seemed to downplay the violence we may have suffered from in school.

Jack didn’t like it so well. On the email he sent to Harry, Jack writes, “Are you so naive as to think that Rockstar would put out trailers that show the full-on violence, or allow gamer lapdogs like you to play well into the game to see the ‘missions’ that show the greater violence? Please…” You can sense the lack of diplomacy here, can’t you? Well, it gets stranger.

After a not-so-polite reply from Harry which, to be sure, invited Jack Thompson to dialogue with the grumpy gamer, a reply came from Florida‘s legal eagle. Consisting of a short line, Thompson wrote, “Okay, so you are that naive. Jesus insulted the Pharisees. Get used to it (sic)”

After repeated attempts to discuss the matter with him, Harry eventually receives one more email. Thompson makes his interest clear to Harry, as they lie in “stopping spreading your naiveté, useful to people with blood on their hands, that they would put out a trailer with the most violent material in the game to be found therein.”

Final verdict: Did Jack Thompson just liken himself to Jesus? The grumpy gamer thinks so, and it looks that way from the exchange too. Sigh… if you don’t believe it, check the source out for yourself, and send us your opinions too. Just refrain from the swearing that makes Jack Thompson wish he could shut down all of videogaming or something, ok?

One of the most difficult things any writer has to do in his lifetime is to remain unbiased in reporting certain things or responding politely to criticism that lacks a worthwhile basis for critique. In the interests of being unrelated to the views of the site itself, let’s imagine this is actually a post from the our new user-generated blog, where we don’t have to worry about that as much.

So… what’s up?

Over at the Grumpy Gamer blog during the weekend,  Harry got an email from the GTA–hating, non-“Sexy Back” JT regarding his preview for Canis Canem Edit (aka Bully). Now, you can safely say he tried to make the preview balanced. “I didn’t think for one minute it might be worth making stuff up about it being a Columbine simulator or featuring rape, bloody murder and the like,” he writes. Instead, he wrote about a fun game that seemed to downplay the violence we may have suffered from in school.

Jack didn’t like it so well. On the email he sent to Harry, Jack writes, “Are you so naive as to think that Rockstar would put out trailers that show the full-on violence, or allow gamer lapdogs like you to play well into the game to see the ‘missions’ that show the greater violence? Please…” You can sense the lack of diplomacy here, can’t you? Well, it gets stranger.

After a not-so-polite reply from Harry which, to be sure, invited Jack Thompson to dialogue with the grumpy gamer, a reply came from Florida‘s legal eagle. Consisting of a short line, Thompson wrote, “Okay, so you are that naive. Jesus insulted the Pharisees. Get used to it (sic)”

After repeated attempts to discuss the matter with him, Harry eventually receives one more email. Thompson makes his interest clear to Harry, as they lie in “stopping spreading your naiveté, useful to people with blood on their hands, that they would put out a trailer with the most violent material in the game to be found therein.”

Final verdict: Did Jack Thompson just liken himself to Jesus? The grumpy gamer thinks so, and it looks that way from the exchange too. Sigh… if you don’t believe it, check the source out for yourself, and send us your opinions too. Just refrain from the swearing that makes Jack Thompson wish he could shut down all of videogaming or something, ok?