The less said about Jack Thompson the better, but this is too good not to share. The lawyer recently promised to donate $10,000 to a charity chosen by CEO of Take-Two Interactive Paul Eibeler (publisher of the Grand Theft Auto series) if someone made a vigilante game where the object was to kill a poorly disguised stand-in for Eibeler and then go on a shooting spree that included videogame retailers, law offices and a final climactic showdown at E3. When some modders called his bluff, Jack claimed the whole thing was satire - keeping the money in his pocket. Penny Arcade's Mike Krahulik (aka Gabe) and Jerry Holkins (Tycho) decided to make a $10,000 donation in Thompson's name to the Entertainment Software Association Foundation, a group designed to help the kids Thompson claims to protect. So Thompson, claiming harassment, asked the Seattle police department to arrest the rampant donors. So far, it hasn't happened and the consensus (at least in the gaming community) is that Thompson has been schooled...
The Buzz - Jack Thompson wants Penny Arcade arrested
The less said about Jack Thompson the better, but this is too good not to share. The lawyer recently promised to donate $10,000 to a charity chosen by CEO of Take-Two Interactive Paul Eibeler (publisher of the Grand Theft Auto series) if someone made a vigilante game where the object was to kill a poorly disguised stand-in for Eibeler and then go on a shooting spree that included videogame retailers, law offices and a final climactic showdown at E3. When some modders called his bluff, Jack claimed the whole thing was satire - keeping the money in his pocket. Penny Arcade's Mike Krahulik (aka Gabe) and Jerry Holkins (Tycho) decided to make a $10,000 donation in Thompson's name to the Entertainment Software Association Foundation, a group designed to help the kids Thompson claims to protect. So Thompson, claiming harassment, asked the Seattle police department to arrest the rampant donors. So far, it hasn't happened and the consensus (at least in the gaming community) is that Thompson has been schooled...
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