A team of GTA modders called the Fighting Hellfish has created a
San Andreas mod for the PC that Jack Thompson could have designed—that is, if he included himself as
the vengeful father he proposed earlier, on a murderous
rampage through the video-game industry. And there you have the story of JT and his Banman alter ego in
Defamation of Character: A Jack Thompson Murder
Simulator.
But that's not all: not only is he unsatisfied with the mod, he claims his earlier proposal was merely intended as
satire, to "highlight the patent hypocrisy and
recklessness exhibited by the video game industry's willingness to target cops, women, homosexuals, and other groups
with some of their violent games." (So the $10K offer to charity was satire, too?)
He then proceeds to ridicule gamers and the "video game community" for their lack of insight into
his keen wit. Wait a second here, hasn't Jack seen any of
those open
letters posted online for him on various game sites and blogs these days? If he won't
address these arguments directly in an objective setting,
then how can there be any chance of a real dialogue? (Maybe you don't have to answer that…)
[Thanks, Hellfish and Texas; also via
Game Politics]
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