Jack Thompson - can he get any crazier??
More of Jack.... You gotta love this guy
First
"Thompson himself came under criticism this week for allegedly reneging on his promise to donate $10,000 to the designated charity of Take-Two CEO Paul Eibeler upon the completion of a game based on an extreme storyline submitted by Thompson. The challenge, made to the game industry at large, was apparently met by a group of Grand Theft Auto modders, according to online reports, but Thompson subsequently expanded on his earlier claims, explaining that his statement and charity promise were merely satire.The withdrawal of the charity funds led popular webcomic authors Jerry Holkins and Michael Krahulik of Penny Arcade, who have had several recent run-ins with Thompson, to put up $10,000 of their own money in Thompson's place. The two donated the money toward the charity Foundation of trade organization the Entertainment Software Association, which has been raising money recently with its "Nite to Unite For Kids" fundraisers to benefit children's charities."
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=6866
Then he does this -
"The simmering controversy over anti-game crusader Jack Thompson's controverisal $10,000 donation offer took an ugly turn this morning. The Miami attorney has tried to enlist the efforts of the Seattle Police Department in a dust-up with gamer website Penny Arcade.In a letter faxed to Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske (left), Thompson says, in part, "A Seattle business by the name of Penny Arcade... employs certain personnel who have decided to commence and orchestrate criminal harassment of me by various means... This company has done this because I dared to go on CBS's 60 Minutes in March and again in July to explain a wrongful death lawsuit I have brought on behalf of two police officers and a police dispatcher in Fayette, Alabama, who were shot in the head and killed by Devin Moore who obsessively trained on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to kill them.""
http://www.livejournal.com/users/gamepolitics/110152.html
More here - http://gr.bolt.com/articles/jack/jack.htm
He's a lawyer.... that explains it all!!
First
"Thompson himself came under criticism this week for allegedly reneging on his promise to donate $10,000 to the designated charity of Take-Two CEO Paul Eibeler upon the completion of a game based on an extreme storyline submitted by Thompson. The challenge, made to the game industry at large, was apparently met by a group of Grand Theft Auto modders, according to online reports, but Thompson subsequently expanded on his earlier claims, explaining that his statement and charity promise were merely satire.The withdrawal of the charity funds led popular webcomic authors Jerry Holkins and Michael Krahulik of Penny Arcade, who have had several recent run-ins with Thompson, to put up $10,000 of their own money in Thompson's place. The two donated the money toward the charity Foundation of trade organization the Entertainment Software Association, which has been raising money recently with its "Nite to Unite For Kids" fundraisers to benefit children's charities."
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=6866
Then he does this -
"The simmering controversy over anti-game crusader Jack Thompson's controverisal $10,000 donation offer took an ugly turn this morning. The Miami attorney has tried to enlist the efforts of the Seattle Police Department in a dust-up with gamer website Penny Arcade.In a letter faxed to Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske (left), Thompson says, in part, "A Seattle business by the name of Penny Arcade... employs certain personnel who have decided to commence and orchestrate criminal harassment of me by various means... This company has done this because I dared to go on CBS's 60 Minutes in March and again in July to explain a wrongful death lawsuit I have brought on behalf of two police officers and a police dispatcher in Fayette, Alabama, who were shot in the head and killed by Devin Moore who obsessively trained on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to kill them.""
http://www.livejournal.com/users/gamepolitics/110152.html
More here - http://gr.bolt.com/articles/jack/jack.htm
He's a lawyer.... that explains it all!!
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