Wow we’ve not heard from our good friend JT in quite a while. For those of you who don’t know, Thompson is a disbarred Florida attorney who has made it his mission to stop the sale of violent games, with the belief that all the schoolyard massacres you see on the news are fuelled by games.
Mr T has been very active in trying to get the latest Medal of Honor game banned – even going so far as contacting Robert Gates – the U.S. Secretary of Defence – with the following message:
“With all respect for everything else on your plate, but as someone who has represented the surviving family members of such video game-caused massacres, I personally urge you, as Secretary of Defense, to do what is necessary, proper, and legal to stop the release of Medal of Honor on October 12 on the basis that it poses a demonstrable danger to our troops by providing a training tool for those who wish to kill them.
I would also strongly suggest that the Defense Department find out who these Special Ops people are who have acted so foolishly in this regard.
Finally, I believe the full weight of the federal government should come down upon Electronic Arts and the video game industry’s Entertainment Software Association for their allowing, presently and fraudulently, despite promises to Congress, the widespread pre-sale of this adult game to minors throughout the country and around the world.”
As reported earlier in the week, the Taliban have now been removed from the multiplayer portion of Medal of Honor. When asked for comment, Thompson had the following to say:
“I win again, as usual. Any gamers who don’t think so and who don’t appreciate what I do to protect our culture can go to Hell.
And please add: Any gamers that don’t know how to get to Hell on an expedited basis, let me know, and I’ll send along the cheat code to get there more quickly.”
Wait…did Jack Thompson just make a video game joke?
Source: Ripten
Ryan1991
What an arrogant tosser.
PhilipJWitow
Yeah there’s so many annoying and wrong things about his statements it’s just not worth the effort.
asoccer
Cheat Codes? Damn he needs to leave his closet once and a while
3shirts
Haha, he is such a joke. You genuinely can’t parody him cos he is such a parody already!
I’d like to know in what regard the danger posed by Medal Of Honor is demonstrable!
Ryan1991
It’s a danger because the Taliban can use it as a training simulation. When the enemy go running into their base lone wolf style with a shotgun, they’ll know to shoot at them.
3shirts
That’s a fine point :)
But in all seriousness, an (ex) attorney really should know better than to use words like ‘demonstrable’ without there being any demonstration of what he’s saying at all!
woodsy321
Yes but they wont be able to train now that the names have been changed, they’ll be all like ‘we cant train if our names are incorrect’ …
metamorph
Yeah right. Give me a fuckin’ break. Who in their right minds would confuse a controller with a real gun, and why the fuck would anyone who’s already “training” in “real life” would bother. And furthermore, do you seriously think someone wouldn’t “train” through a video game – the very thought of which borders on the insane and of conspiracy theories – if they were playing someone that just looks differently from them, say, a white Marine or even some alien, in a game? Then basically, what you’re saying is that all FPS or third person shooter games could be used for “training” – but that’s stupid, because no one would seriously bother. IT’S NOT REAL LIFE.
Also, why the hell is Thompson claiming victory? It’s basically any other FPS or like GTA, both of which he’s railed against? What a dry, attention-seeking douche.
bunimomike
I’ve just read way too much about him. He was a disbarred attorney and now resembles a miserable old bastard, hell bent on applying his trade to whatever he lifts from his tombola of things to screw with.
PoorPaddy89
And he’s the new antagonist in Dante’s Inferno 2.
mugsybalone
I just looked him up on Wikipedia, to check out the whole disbarring thing. Parts of the article have been edited – apparently quite recently – with comments that probably aren’t fit for print here.
PoorPaddy89
Just checked this myself. People who retort in that kind of way just fuel the fires and create a greater rift between the two sides. Plus they didn’t even use proper grammar, the c*nt.
MegaBonez
Is he saying that if I play MoH, it will give me all the training and skills I need to take out REAL troops?!
Tuffcub
Yes. I’ve recently completed Ninja Gaiden 2 and can now hide undetected in the shadows and after completeing Dead Nation and Dead Rising I should be able to survive the forthcoming Zombie Apocalypse.
MegaBonez
So many useful lifeskills, and people say gaming is bad!
rht992
thanks to bad company i can now fly a black hawk and little big planet has taught me how to fly a jet pack
colossalblue
wait, you’re all being ironic, right?
Because if not then I’m totally putting my Peggle Master certificate and my Gran Turismo 4 Racing license in with my next C.V.
rht992
actauly this could all be true. look at the racing academy GT did
solidsteven
of cousre because games i am a master of stealth guns driving vechleis and fighting
bunimomike
I used to play Leisure Suit Larry when younger which explains a lot.
Origami Killer
LOL ^
Uhyve
And it now can’t because the “opposing force” is no longer called Taliban…?
TSBonyman
This guy works for EA, right? Only he doesn’t realise it.
scavenga
Wow.
tatoemonkey
I can’t believe someone actually gets paid to defend the earth from video games!
dizwod
what an idiot, so playing a game now is exactly the same as the training i would get in the army?
recommended4u.co.uk
This makes me think of FPS Doug so much:
“I’ve always thought about joining the army, I mean, its basically FPS but with better graphics right? But what happens if I get lag out there man? Im dead! I’ve also heard theres no respawns either!”
3shirts
What do you do if you are born to play FPS? You play FPS
recommended4u.co.uk
:D CS taught me loads of things. Though there was one iregularity. It claims you run faster with the knife but I generally find people around me run faster when I have a knife
bigdon23
whaat! hehehe,