Apparently that self-styled anti-videogames lawyer (who can't draft a legal brief that doesn't ramble for pages about his so-called self-aggrandized contributions to American culture or, for that matter, craft a simple elegant sentence) is a "target" in Grand Theft Auto IV. In an early mission of the game, you're called on to whack an attorney who closely resembles Jack Thompson and spouts the phrase: "Guns don’t kill people. Videogames do." Naturally, Thompson is using this brief parody to possibly block the game's release. He writes: "You have until five o’clock P.M. this Friday to inform me that you are going to delete the above references and any other references that could reasonably be construed to be references to me in Grand Theft Auto IV and any other video games that are pending release. Failure to comply with the deadline will result in my having to take necessary and proper means to stop release of the game which targets me personally." Uh, most of us would just write 5 p.m. (especially in a legal document). You can correct the grammar yourself (consider it a mini-game). How'd this guy pass the bar, anyway...
Right now there are probably over a million gamers that really don't like Jack Thompson. Yet somehow we manage to restrain ourselves from taking any violent action against HIM. I find it hard to believe especially since destroying so many polygons has apparently warped my point of view.
I know. Most of us play these games for stress relief and to train our brains to be faster and respond to new patterns.
I've never fired a real gun in my life, and hope I never will. But virtual guns are a different story.
So because I might take some small satisfaction in taking out a Thompson doppelganger in a videogame, that makes me dangerous?
-=Gamewatcher