Murder sim to Wendy's with Jack Thompson

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 8th 2007 at 7:56PM }

Previously, we showed off Wendy's new Wii-based toys, part of their kid's meal and, as GamePolitics shows us, this is the last thing we would have seen coming. Turns out Jack Thompson doesn't like Wendy's working with Nintendo because Manhunt 2 will be distributed on the Wii console. Thompson says, "A dear friend of mine worked for Wendy's and with Dave Thomas closely for years. From that I know that Dave Thomas never would have tolerated the use of Wendy's good name to promote Nintendo's Wii, not with this game available on the Wii platform."

Here's your six-degrees of murder simulation:

Manhunt 2 is what Thompson calls a "murder simulator"
Manhunt 2 will appear on the Wii (among other systems)
Wendy's is promoting the Wii, therefore;
Wendy's is promoting Manhunt 2, which promotes murder, and;
Bacon is in the Wendy's burger
Bacon is last name of actor Kevin Bacon (oops, forgot what we were doing here)

Thompson is not suing Wendy's, nor Nintendo -- he's merely making it known that Kevin Bacon is connected to a "murder simulator." What won't he think up next?

Tags: jack thompson, JackThompson, manhunt, murder simulation, toys, wendy's

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

2kings @ May 8th 2007 8:03PM

kevin bacon was murdered in friday the 13th

2kings @ May 8th 2007 8:04PM

friday the 13th is a game with murder!

Skippy @ May 8th 2007 8:04PM

I think my brain just died reading this

zwarrior @ May 8th 2007 8:04PM

Why won't this man STFU?

ToastyBuffoon @ May 8th 2007 8:09PM

LOl. +1 for the "Kevin Bacon" connection.

Milk shot outta my nose.

losttoys @ May 8th 2007 8:10PM

I wonder why he doesn't sue ABC, NBC, CBS and so forth for their airing of ads for violent video games. How about gaming publications like Ziff Davis and Future, or magazines like Maxim.

The sky is the limit Jack. Connections and conspiracies are everywhere!

Arno @ May 8th 2007 8:10PM

He's gets an F for creativity.

Grant @ May 8th 2007 8:12PM

haha.
i soooo should have seen that coming.
i hate Mr. Thompson.
i hope he dies a very ironic and hilarious death, related to his doushery and nothing to do with video games, unless it's:
1. Death by turtle shell
2. Hit by a truck with some sort of video game promotion on the side.

Rubang B @ May 8th 2007 8:22PM

I don't want him to die, but I would like him to lose his job, or be marooned on a deserted island with nothing but Pokemon games.

Pokemon come in balls.
Meatballs are also balls.
Bill Murray was in Meatballs.
Bill Murray was in Ghostbusters with Dan Aykroyd.
Dan Aykroyd was in The Blues Brothers with John Belushi.
John Belushi was in Animal House with Kevin Bacon.

E.J. @ May 8th 2007 8:26PM

Careful with the death "threats", people.

Jack just might come after Joystiq and us commenters!

Alex, +1 to you for that article. Thanks for the humor.

Blizz4l9 @ May 8th 2007 8:26PM

lol @ Grant

if he died from being beatin by a turtle shell that would be the funniest thing that could ever possibly happen.

Aberu @ May 8th 2007 8:32PM

Kevin bacon was in a movie about underground giant worms trying to kill him and his town-buddies.

Worms is a popular pc series game depicting multi-weapons violence simulation between worms with human-like names.

Humans are victims of murder from time to time.

Coincidence? I think not.

Mark @ May 8th 2007 8:32PM

I thought he wasn't allowed to comment on Take Two or Rockstar games anymore. Whatever happened to that?

oz. @ May 8th 2007 8:33PM

Alex, I sure hope you keep putting "murder simulator" in quotation marks like that purely for comedic effect.

I don't think it should be disputed that is in fact what Manhunt 2 is.

Tom @ May 8th 2007 8:37PM

Kevin Bacon simulator coming to the Wii, eh? Cool! Sign me up!

mike @ May 8th 2007 8:37PM

Im with mr thompson. My kids were watching sesame street and barney on TV and during the commercials I saw an add for a nintendo wii. I can have my children watching commercials that advertise products that support murder simulators. I also had to ban my kids from going to school because I found out my school purchased all their supplies from staples, and staples sells these murder simulators as well.

Im also shutting off my internet connection because it can be used to take these simulators online and create gangs (the kids reffer to them as clans). So yeah, Im packing my bags and we are moving to the mountains. Ill find a nice cave for us to live in where my children will be sheltered from all the murders

Rubang B @ May 8th 2007 8:40PM

SimBacon.

rTwelve @ May 8th 2007 9:02PM

Madden Footloose 08

losttoys @ May 8th 2007 9:03PM

Mark,

He is not allowed to take Take2 or Rockstar to court over the game. However, that does not stop him from trying to block other outlets from supporting the game.

Air Guitar @ May 8th 2007 9:04PM

THATS IT! kevin bacon was the cause of every school shooting ever, its all so clear...

Zachary Hinchliffe @ May 8th 2007 9:10PM

Rubang wins

SpartanWalrus36 @ May 8th 2007 9:10PM

Anyone else worried about what he will do with this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070508/ap_on_re_us/fresno_shooting

Dan @ May 8th 2007 9:16PM

Where does jack thompson make money?
I mean, who would hire this guy?

Markham @ May 8th 2007 9:21PM

I am morbidly curious as to what would happen if a gamer gave Jack Thompson a hug.

wahay @ May 8th 2007 9:27PM

Oh, cool. Cool.

I"m outlawing computer monitors. They can show the internet to people. The internet has porn on it.

I'm also outlawing televisions. They can display graphic content through some cable broadcasts.

Books I will also ban. No tasteless materials will attack MY country through their venomous black fonts and sexy pictures!

And finally I shall ban women. This is the only sure-fire way to prevent the births of mass-murderers and terrorists that would attack my God-fearing country of the United States of America.

Mr. Krinkle @ May 8th 2007 9:29PM

Lay off my pork, Thompson! You damned jihadist! Somebody report this guy to the DHS. :@

DarkTetsuya @ May 8th 2007 9:37PM

Joystiq just won the internet with that Kevin Bacon bit.

Kincyr @ May 8th 2007 9:39PM

too bad Jack’s too STUPID to know what Parental Controls are…

Capt. Castellanos @ May 8th 2007 9:45PM

#26
"You damned jihadist!"

careful there sir krinkle,
don't go using that word if your not
too sure what it means.

Rubang B @ May 8th 2007 9:46PM

Now let's all cross our fingers and hope Joystiq keeps sneaking in Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon jokes in every post like their wacky Star Wars day.

Mr. Krinkle @ May 8th 2007 9:53PM

I'm well aware what it means Cappin. Thompson did go on record that this is a holy war for him.

Capt. Castellanos @ May 8th 2007 9:59PM

alrighty, cool.
thanks for clearin' that up for me Krinkle.
(i really didn't know
he has an actual jihad on this! hahaha)

Halo_DS @ May 8th 2007 10:24PM

I seriously wish this guy would shut the fuck up. Now he's just making fucking excuses. Just leave the gaming industry alone.

NeverSage @ May 8th 2007 10:35PM

Uh oh, I hear there are violent games on computers. Anyone that owns or has used a computer must be pro-"murder simulators". We should find these people and have them quarantined.

miles foreman @ May 8th 2007 10:47PM

"A dear friend of mine worked for Wendy's and with Dave Thomas closely for years. From that I know that Dave Thomas never would have tolerated the use of Wendy's good name to promote Nintendo's Wii, not with this game available on the Wii platform."

...Colonel Sanders?

geek @ May 8th 2007 10:51PM

I always thought there was something wrong with that man. Call me crazy, but I admire what he's trying to do, just not in the fashion he is doing it. You can't sue a company for creative decisions, and it seems he's become fundamentalist in almost every way. He, it seems, hates any platform with violent games, and concidering every platform has violence in general, games in general.

I think he has a serious fault of logic and should read up on the constituition and civil right laws, which ironically for a lawyer he does not fully understand, before he goes and sues anybody.

If he does sue Wendy's, I will fall flat on my ass and laugh until my lungs start dying. Whatever, he is not a major threat to anybody because laws prevent that.

Tim @ May 8th 2007 10:57PM

I'm with you on that joke theme idea Rubang, the Star Wars day was frikkin hilarious.

airtoast @ May 8th 2007 10:59PM

Kevin Bacon was in the movie "Beauty Shop." It was so horrendous it made me want to kill, even more than my nervous breakdown during "The Age of Innocence." Therefore it is a "murder simulator." Now I am feeling hungry for some Wendy's. OMG, Kevin Bacon is actually on a Hanes TV commercial right now! The TV is speaking to me! Must kill... blame it on Manhunt. Jackass Thompson must be a saint! Praise our massacre-chasing savior because I just can't think for myself!

Rallion @ May 8th 2007 10:59PM

Actually....huh. Yeah, I guess Manhunt actually IS a "murder simulator." Well, damn.

Alexander @ May 8th 2007 11:09PM

" * Manhunt 2 is what Thompson calls a "murder simulator"
* Manhunt 2 will appear on the Wii (among other systems)
* Wendy's is promoting the Wii, therefore;
* Wendy's is promoting Manhunt 2, which promotes murder, and;
* Bacon is in the Wendy's burger
* Bacon is last name of actor Kevin Bacon (oops, forgot what we were doing here)"

LOL man politics against games is so funny but no one cares about the war LOL it cracks me up

Anni @ May 8th 2007 11:23PM

Using dead fast food owners to back up your arguements now, Jack? Usually you just use dead school kids.

JustinS @ May 8th 2007 11:42PM

Jack T. is an idiot. He is probably just commenting on any slightly game related piece of news he can because that Virginia Tech thing didnt work out the way he planned it.

This is such a horrible stretch, he is starting to sound like a comic book villain. There is nothing wrong with Manhunt 2 being a murder simulator, Im not going to buy it but there is nothing wrong with its existing. I just hope that Nintendo doesnt see this and start forbidding violent games from being on the Wii...that would be stupid.

I really hope he sues Wendy's over this. It will finally be the thing that shows the mainstream media that he is completely out of his mind, and is more dangerous to everyone then the games he is so afraid of.

Rubang B @ May 8th 2007 11:45PM

THIS JUST IN!

Kevin Bacon will be providing the voice talent of the main character in Manhunt 2.

shaoron @ May 8th 2007 11:59PM

...
what is jack thompson?
a miserable excuse for a man!

man... i love a good stupid thing every once in a while (like monty python and some uber randomness of certain animes), but jack thompson needs to be sent to sparta and get the stupidity beaten out of him... if not his life

Purple Haze @ May 9th 2007 12:24AM

Im not sure if anyone agrees, but i dont like jack thompson, hes being a bit of a dick.

Maskatron @ May 9th 2007 12:24AM

I think Fred Thompson is trying to murder Kevin Bacon.

Oh wait, is that someone trying to sue me?

wackychan @ May 9th 2007 1:27AM

Kids could be doing so many other things besides playing videogames. Theres other fun activities, you know? Like board games, sports, Graffiti, shoplifting, sex, drugs, gang activities, playing doctor, making a mess of the house, and playing Magic the Gathering.

orAngeMicro @ May 9th 2007 1:34AM

yay! i needed my jack thompson fix... i was beginning to get the shakes.

ronaldraygun @ May 9th 2007 2:06AM

hmm no comments from JT about the transfat who knows what else is in wendy's food that lead to atherosclerosis which leads to heart attacks, etc, hmm odd.

i wonder when JT is going to go after "Risk!" because personally that's a dictator/genocidist simulator