The man in question, no one else but



I believe this man is a plague to the human race, but not for the same reason many do.

He campaigns against violence in videogames, using bible quotes and southern state logic in order to craft something resembling an arguement. He is mocked by the general media, especially the gaming press, with whom Mr Thompson has become synonomous.

I believe Mr. Thompson has a point, after I witnessed a kid no older than 12 pre-order a copy of GTA IV. Sadly I believe that violent video games such as Manhunt and GTA can cause children of an influencial age to become more violent. I'm not saying it does for everyone, but even if it affects drives even one child to violence then it is not woth it. This level of influence can also be found in films and music, but these forms of media do not have a laughing stock with which to divert attention.

In the film industry it is generally understood that violent movies are bad for children, they are encouraged to steer clear of violent movies by their (hopefully responsible) parents. The point I am trying to make here is that as long as Jack Thompson represents one wild end of the spectrum debating without any proof or substance to his arguement, then much of the influential gaming world will stand opposed to him.

Mr Thompson is, in my opinion, responsible for the existence of manhunt 2, by provoking rockstar he encouraged them to make what is an uneccessary game and pointless violence.

I am not opposed to violence in videogames, I just think that Jacky Boy is turning a legitimate point of view into incredulous bible bashing

these are my thoughts

also soon I will be posting a review of silent hill the arcade game, possibly the scariest game made from 5 polygons