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Utterly pathetic
 
Jack Thompson DESTROYS BioShock ... oh wait ... no he doesn't
Jack Thompson DESTROYS BioShock ... oh wait ... no he doesn't screenshot
Jim Sterling
\\ 08.19.2007
101 comments

Last week, Jack Thompson promised "big trouble" for the eagerly awaited BioShock. While I felt dirty that such a beautiful game was being uttered from the filthy mouth of the silver haired panty-buncher, I patiently waited for this trouble, wondering what it was that Jumpin' Jack Twat had up his sleeve. Now the time has come and BioShock's ultimate doom has been decided ...

Jack Thompson ... WROTE AN ANGRY LITTLE LETTER! OH NO!

For some undisclosed reason, Jack Thompson was watching World Wrestling Entertainment's Smackdown and spotted the classy BioShock commercial that's been airing. Sensing some straws to clutch at, Darth Thompson has written one of his classic little love notes to Take-Two, whining about how people under 17 like wrestling, so this means BioShock and all its terrible violence is being marketed to them. Jacky baby, take it from me, this is one of the most desperate things you've ever done in your quest for relevance. Ever.

Hit the jump for more, including Jack's latest rant in full.

[Thanks to TheGoldenDonut]

Take-Two… is aggressively marketing its newest Mature-rated video game to kids under 17 years of age… On this Friday’s night’s 8 pm Eastern time airing of WWE’s wrestling program “Smackdown,” there were repeated ads for Take-Two/Rockstar Game’s Mature-rated, incredibly violent BioShock…

A check of the demographics of the audience of that program reveals that teens under 17 years of age watch that program in huge numbers…

Remarkably, the video game industry is running ads for games like BioShock on teen-intensive television programs while at the same time its industry-captured “watchdog,” the ESRB, is running a self-congratulatory ad campaign to assure parents that the video game ratings system is working and that the industry can be trusted not to target their kids with these Mature-rated games.  It is all a lie, as the BioShock ads prove.

This rampant fraudulent trade practice is precisely what “Big Tobacco” did with its “Joe Camel” and other teen-targeting ads, while at the same time lying to Congress that it was not marketing its adult product to kids.

Even when watching half naked men wrestling around on a canvas mat, Jack Thompson can't stop himself from thinking about children. On a 'serious' note, this newest spectacle has clearly shown that there is no low he won't sink to in order to get his attention. It's attention I'll gladly give him as well, because he's free comedy at this point and there is no greater entertainment than watching a bitter old man make a complete fool of himself. Thompson feels a little less insecure about his lack of significance, the videogames get more exposure and we get to laugh. Everybody wins!

The game in question, on its way to becoming the most critically acclaimed interactive masterpiece of all time, is being released on Tuesday and there is nothing he can do about it. It will be played, it will be loved, and children WILL experience it ... but not because Take-Two sold it to them. Of course, we all know that, but we'll be too busy having fun to stomp our feet and whine about something so pointless. That's the job of this old wanker. Also, when did showing a TV spot classify as aggression? Thompson, you are utterly pathetic.

Now who's Jack's favorite wrestler? I think it's Randy Orton, since they both look like they've done some terrible things with dates and a glass of wine.



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There are 99 comments about this post:
Calla's Avatar
ahhhh, good ol' jack thompson, i think we should start calling him "the hit-maker". all the free press he doles out for these games, just makes them sell better. couple that with the amazing reviews bioshock is getting, take-two should be giddy with laughter. more people should hear about this game; any press is good press.
savagesaladin's Avatar
Jack Thompson watches wrestling? Thats weird... I mean, its so violent. Not to mention all the trash talk and girls walking around wearing a string for panties.
UnnDunn's Avatar
Jack Thompson is still alive? Coulda fooled me.

Anyway, I think it's getting to the point where Jack Thompson is just a part of the landscape; he doesn't make nearly as much noise as he used to.

But he's still an irritating twatface.
tazarthayoot's Avatar
It's definitely Orton. Both of them shit in gymbags.
madmatt's Avatar
I'm with savage; he watches wrestling? I always figured him as a little league baseball guy.
Professor Pew's Avatar
Poke of War disapproves of Jack Thompson

Orionsaint's Avatar
Jack needs to be sent to Rapture
BuckF1tches's Avatar
He's an idiot. It's not airing during Saturday morning cartoons... this is wrestling (a violent show at that).

Jack, if you are reading this comment, I want to let you know that you are LOSING this war, man. No one takes you seriously. Even the Florida Bar is against you. Judges are against you. You went too far and got too weird, and now you just ramble and spin your tires while we laugh at you. We all laugh at you. I sent your wikipedia page to my parents (who are very conservative) and THEY laughed at you. You are a joke. You are a nothing. The more you talk about video games, the more publicity you give them. Send me an email at tips@destructoid.com if you have a comment. You tool.

Origim's Avatar
I'll guarntee you he was watching Smackdown to bitch about something to do with that and the ad came along. The WWE is probably happy Bioshock is distracting the old fart
Kif 's Avatar
Jack has to watch WWE since it's the least violent wrestling ever made ever. Anyway, who did he write this angry letter to anyway?
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Kif:

Probably himself. It's the only human correspondence he receives.
Heliophage's Avatar
Take-Two? Rockstar?

Is he even paying attention anymore?

Has he ever been paying attention?
Lethal Dosage's Avatar
For the record, the owner of the shit-filled gym bag totally deserved it. She sucks. In the bad way. Randy Orton is my hero for performing such awesomeness.

Just wait till Jack gets his hands on the full game, and realizes that you're essentially required to kill a "child" repeatedly in order to collect ADAM.

He'll have a fucking field day with that one.
Cyberxion's Avatar
So he doesn't have any problem with under-age children watching sweaty men beat one another half to death? I mean, wouldn't that be a problem too? I know that it's all fake, much like video games, but it's still violence just the same. Why is it that he didn't latch on to that?

He's terribly inconsistent.
Heliophage's Avatar
@myself

That's supposed to be "Take-Two/Rockstar?"
Kif 's Avatar
I wonder if he wrote a reply to himself praising the letter and giving him a gold star too.
Virtualgirl's Avatar
Take-two should make a bad guy who looks just enough like JT to not get sued...I bet a bunch of gamers would get a kick out of that...LOL
Doomtrain's Avatar
On a totally unrelated note, does anyone have that cartoon-y rendition of a Big Daddy that says "Mr. Bubbles" on it. I'm trying to find it so I can make a "Mr. Bubbles is my homeboy" shirt.
ZeeJayTL's Avatar
wait...people still watch wrestling? I think Jack just wants to be a wrestler.
shadowlike's Avatar
and here i was thinking he was gonna bitch about the blood drinking little sister being punched in the demo, but he instead chooses something that pathetic.

not that i have a problem with the little sisters, they have a purpose in the game and actually add something to it.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
shadowlike:

The BBFC and ESRB have already rated the game, he can't do much to rally against the content, especially now the killing of the girls has been toned down. Thompson shouldn't have slept so late on this one.
Kif 's Avatar
I had a dream last night that someone made a Destructoid game based on Emogame, and Jack Thompson was the main boss. I realize it's kinda sad to dream about a website, but Dtoid rocks that much.

It also made me want to play Emogame more.
Magesx's Avatar
Guys, ignore the troll, please.
Velt's Avatar
Oh humanity...
I would pay more than a bioshock copy costs to see a big daddy dealing with jack thompson.
Kif 's Avatar
If JT is a troll, he's the worst troll ever. Worse than those trolls with the long hair
Lethal Dosage's Avatar
@ VG:

I have faith that Running With Scissors will find a way to put Jack Thompson in Postal 3.

And, if not them, certainly the modding community will come up with an...interesting mod.
Doomtrain's Avatar
Why the hell isn't Destructoid "BigDaddytoid"?

It would be win.
xBBx's Avatar
If you happen to watch the Cartoon Network or any show that's geared towards kids, I think all of the food products that are laced with sugar, glucose and other nasty shit is having more of a terrible impact on kids today than videogames. At this point, the US is the most obese nation in the world and it's having a REAL negative influence on our day to day lives.

Why doesn't Jack Thompson talk about that and try to help all of us lead healthy lives instead of making up these false "facts" to stop violent video games from being produced. We'll all die of heart attacks before we can even play these games. That's kind of ironic too since we all know Jacky boy has been having some recent heart problems.
shadowcast's Avatar
Oh noes a Jack Attack.... what ever can Take Two do oh yeah that's right roll in money. Seriously though this guy is a bloody idiot... I mean he watches WWE, for the love of the sweet baby Jebus.

Note to Jack Thompson: NO ONE CARES!
Rosseh's Avatar
Yeh, the games ratings system is working so awesomely well. That's why I can't play a game of Gears of War without a 10 year old shouting in my ear.
DannyBoy's Avatar
@ Kif:

I think the GamePolitics article said this was an FTC complaint.

I'm not lolling nearly as much as when the man threatened Wendy's with a lawsuit if they didn't pull their Wii happy meal toys, but this is pretty pathetic. I can't wait till this man gets disbarred.
Tino's Avatar
Every time Jack Thompson is mentioned I die a little on the outside.

I think we need to do a "Gamer Eye for the Tight-Assed Politician" style intervention.

Personally I think we should give him a video game review TV show and put it on E! Imagine the entertainment! Nobody in their right mind would take him seriously so everyone at Dtoid could just sit around a fire and watch this half hour program nightly and crack jokes about how hes drawing assumptions about games hes never played.
Heretic's Avatar
I for one applaud Jack Thompson for sticking up for what he believes in. He is only trying to stop the poisoning of America's youth. He should be considered a saint by all. Yet you people continue to make him look like a jackass just because who goes against your perspective. You all need to grow up and realize Jack Thompson is doing whats best for everyone.

[i]Sincerely,
Dr.Phil [/i]
aupton's Avatar
Jack Thompson, from the bottom of my heart. Please die, perish, hang, and by any and all means, DROP THE FUCK DEAD you worthless left over fuck hole used by 8 foot tall prison inmates. In case you read this and didn't catch my drift, I personally wish endless hours of pain and suffering upon your disruptive media whoring ass.

Have a nice day :)
Spilt_Milk's Avatar
I thought he was disbarred and locked up in a asylum?
twincannon's Avatar
lol @ Rockstar. Time to run over a big daddy with a taxi. Well, vice versa, probably.
Little Burro's Avatar
Why are there people on this earth that feel the need to control so many lives.First kids cant even look at ads for games.What next?"Oh no Billy a Gamestop!Close your eyes!Plug your ears!If you dont Jack The Ripper Thompson will get us!!"
Jack Thompson=Right Wing Nutjob Controlfreak
Gamers=Regular people of all ages.I am 13 and plan to get Bioshock the day it comes out and play it to my hearts desire.
Neonie's Avatar
I can hounestly not think of anyway to insult Jack Thompson. The man dose it BY HIM SELF. He is a liveing, walking breathing joke.

As anyone who saw Nireos video of his hearing will tell you, I fucking lol'd when he held up that sign "Can I just hold this up please?"
MaximusPaynicus's Avatar
"Aggressively"? I've seen two commercials. Ever. I saw the one on Smackdown, and I saw the other during a 4am rerun of Attack of the Show. Unless Take-Two is marketing towards insomniacs and/or stoners, I doubt there is anything "aggressive" about anything regarding BioShock.

As far as children playing BioShock... only if irresponsible parents let them. If you see the "M" on the box, don't buy it for your nine year-old. Simple as that. However, in the case of BioShock, I doubt kids are going to be stabbing each other with giant drill bits attached to their hands.

Thompson has proven time and again that he fails, in every aspect of life. I almost feel bad for him. I almost think he's become a victim of his own paranoia, but the more I read and hear about him, the more I realize that he's just a fucking douche.
NinjaX's Avatar
Bah. I hope Jacko faces a pissed off Big Daddy. That would be a fitting end.
The Incredible Edible Egg's Avatar
Yes, I would like some digital fake violence with my real fake violence. Thank you!
The Last Noypi's Avatar
"Yes!! With Bioshock I can create an underwater utopia, where I can kill creepy little girls. I can finally inject ,yself w/ chemicals so that fire and electricity can come out of my hand."

"I can finally RULE THE WORLD!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!"

*turns on the 360*
*3 red lights appear*

"DAMN YOU MICROSOFT!!!"
tom90deg's Avatar
Ahh, good old Jack. I believe someone once mentioned that it's a very good thing that we actually HAVE Jack, as compared to someone who actually knows video games, and can form coherent arguments. That'd be much worse.

That being said, Nothing can stop Bioshock. It's the modern equivelent of...I don't even know, maybe Wolfenstien 3D or Alone in the Dark. It will change everyting. To quote Tycho from Penny Arcade, "It is my intention to secure two copies of the game, entire - one Collectors' edition, and one exclusively to shove up Roger Ebert's ass. If Bioshock isn't "art," then art is the poorer for it."
pkhilson's Avatar
Jack Thompson brings a great point here as usual. He is a great man and should be heard out and respected.
Ghoulunatic's Avatar
Jack Thompson is the Uwe Boll of law.
onomelon's Avatar
The funniest thing about this is the thought of JT being a wrestling fan. I can picture him sitting in a La-Z-Boy, wearing a faded Ultimate Warrior shirt from 1991 with Frito crumbs all over him cheering his favorite wrestlers

Hmmm...JT watching wrestling wrestling, isn't that a bit, I don't know, hypocritical?
DJO90's Avatar
Why doesn't a Big Daddy shove a drill up his ass. JT is so pathetic, he thinks that by writing a letter he's made 2k uncomfortable. I bet that letter had the whole 2k Boston office laughing so hard that they cried.
Spectral's Avatar
Why isn't he dead yet?

You know, someone's oughta go 6 stars on him.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
"Ahh, good old Jack. I believe someone once mentioned that it's a very good thing that we actually HAVE Jack, as compared to someone who actually knows video games, and can form coherent arguments. That'd be much worse. "

Actually, I'd welcome that. If someone had an educated argument against videogames, I'd enjoy talking to them. The only thing is, there AREN'T many coherent arguments you can form. As soon as you realise that the whole "kids shouldn't play adult games" argument is moot because these games aren't FOR kids, you lose your entire basis of argument. People like Jack ignore that entire foundation-shaking fallacy. Smarter people can't.
ZombieEmily's Avatar
I am pretty sure Jack Thompson was disbarred in 2004, correct me if I am wrong. But it doesn't matter he has no power what so ever. He is like an old man on a highway whose power wheelchair just ran out of battery no one to help him, just sitting there waiting his demise of a semi truck to come barreling down the road. To smash him into dust....
Blaaguuu's Avatar
From WWE's website:

# 86% are male
# Mean Age = 24 yrs old
# 36% are ages 12-17
# 58% are ages 18-49
# 40% are males 18-34

While a lot of 12-17's watch, the majority are over 18. Also,I would note that a lot of the times when I watch shows that have less of the male/female splite, I see shit like tampon commercials... Are those being targeted at me? Fuck no.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Awesome, I'm sure Take Two appreciates the free press from JT.
DannyBoy's Avatar
ZombieEmily:

He is currently facing disciplinary proceedings with the Florida Bar, but as of now he's still licensed to practice law. In 2005 he lost pro hac vice admission in Alabama (permission for an out-of-state attorney to practice in that state) for a wrongful death case involving GTA.
Arro's Avatar
Because video games are as bad to your health as cigarettes...

Yeah...good one Thompson...

Almost laughed there...
comradetrotskii's Avatar
I'm with Jack on this one, an advert for a mature/18 rated game probably shouldn't be aired during a show with a large proportion of teenage and children viewers. Can anyone tell me what time Smackdown airs.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
comradetrotskii: Surely then, the network is to blame, not Take-Two and the ESRB?
LordRegulus's Avatar
[i]Jack Thompson, from the bottom of my heart. Please die, perish, hang, and by any and all means, DROP THE FUCK DEAD you worthless left over fuck hole used by 8 foot tall prison inmates. In case you read this and didn't catch my drift, I personally wish endless hours of pain and suffering upon your disruptive media whoring ass.

Why doesn't a Big Daddy shove a drill up his ass.[/i]

[b]Okay, guys? The death threats?

NOT HELPING.[/b]
LordRegulus's Avatar
And apparently BBCode doesn't help much either...

Regardless, could we chill out for a few seconds and not give the man even MORE reason to think we're a pack of psychotic philistines?
Ghoulunatic's Avatar
@ LordRegulus:

YEAH! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!
LordRegulus's Avatar
Jesus. I just realized that without any ACTUAL italics, my above comment looks like I'm saying that demented crap myself rather than quoting peeps.

Nevertheless, telling people you want them to suffer heinous torture is probably not the best way to make them go away, y'hear?
DannyBoy's Avatar
I'm Regulus on the death stuff. Thompson has showed several times he's incapable of distinguishing internet from real life, and has gone to the police several times apparently with similar comments. This is also what lead to his suit against Kotaku.
DannyBoy's Avatar
Fuck... I'm with Regulus.
mikeohara's Avatar
why's ol' shitdick mad now??
ghettosmurf's Avatar
I wonder how many R-rated movies were previewed during the event - I hope he wrote to all those distributors too.
Geoff's Avatar
I called Jack Thompson up and he was a complete dick to me. So I e-mailed him and he was really dickish.

Jack: The "cut off time is 9:30?" Really, where is that written. Your rudeness has eclipsed what you attribute to me. I don't do term papers for people.

Me: Well, Mr. Thompson, I would appreciate it if you could tell me what your personal cutoff time is, so I don't have to keep guessing, though I doubt you will get very many calls from me any more. I do not believe I was rude whatsoever, but please tell me how else you believe I am being rude so I can learn from my mistakes. I want to make myself a better person, Mr. Thompson. And yes, I realize you don't do term papers for people, thank you for restating that. I believe since we are Christian followers, the Bible says we must forgive those who have wronged us, so I am asking you to forgive me for my rudeness. I respect you Mr. Thompson.

Jack: Thanks.

---

I got owned! T_T
comradetrotskii's Avatar
I just noticed that it actually states in the 'letter' the programme was aired at 8pm. Reading skills FTW. I also just noticed Blaaguu's handy post indicating the viewer demographics and would hereby like to withdraw my support for Jack Thompson on this matter. My impression was that pro wrestling was much more popular among children and teens than adults like it appears to be here in the UK.

Jim: I'm not sure what the ESRBs involvement would be in advertising matters other than providing the rating for the game so I can't comment there.

If there was any blame to levelled though surely it would be shared among the network (for actually showing the advert) and Take Two (and/or whatever advertising agency is working on their behalf) for having the advert shown at that time. The network and Take Two (or their ad agency) will be fully aware of the demographics watching shows and both should have a duty to use advertising time appropriately and responsibly.
Lucca's Avatar
...Yeah. Whateva.

*ignores*
thisissami's Avatar
i'll just listen to layla...

good ol' derek and your dominoes!!!
Eschatos's Avatar
If someones "mature" enough to watch WWE, then I'm sure they're "mature" enough to watch a bioshock commercial.
boxhound's Avatar
Jack Thompson + Random videogame = Ultimate LAWLS!!!!
joeisremy's Avatar
can someone please shove a dick in his mouth so he stops talking?
narcosis219's Avatar
I saw commercials for tampons. I am now fully influenced to buy tampons for my 16 year old male body.
I saw a commercial for birthcontrol. I am now fully influenced to buy and take the advertised birthcontrol pills for my 16 year old male body.

By the way Jack, you should be smashing people with steel chairs, since watching anything violent WILL make you a violent person. Oh? You're saying you don't do that? Fucking hypocrite.
Trevor McGee's Avatar
Jack is currently over at GamePolitics.com hinting/treating a lawsuit against them if they don't moderate what people have to say about him, haha. What a piece of trash.
unstoppablejuggernaut's Avatar
Does anyone else find it ironic that JT is bitching about a violent video game while watching Smackdown?
If i remember correctly Smackdown is one of the most violent, sexist , masonganistic bit of asswipery that has ever graced the airwaves of television cause kids across the world to start backyard wrestling leagues where they routinely beat each other with bats , light bulbs nails and various other assorted objects thus resulting an slew of ACTUAL DEATHS from this practice of emulating wrestlers.

I dont know if someone have already seen the irony or not cause i havent read any of the comments yet but im gonna go read them now and see.
plkrtn's Avatar
I'm pretty sure he won't be hitting them with a law suit, unless he wants to end up on the wrongside of the Florida bar.
comradetrotskii's Avatar
[i]I saw commercials for tampons. I am now fully influenced to buy tampons for my 16 year old male body.
I saw a commercial for birthcontrol. I am now fully influenced to buy and take the advertised birthcontrol pills for my 16 year old male body.[/i]

Come on, you are being fucking stupid.

Do you, as a sixteen year old male, want to purchase Bioshock?
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain's Avatar
Dammit, why isn't everybody ignoring him yet? Jack Thompson is a fucking troll. A troll trying to make a career out being a troll. You can't debate him because he has the sagacity of a 12-year-old girl at a Britney Spears concert, and he's too much of a wuss to reply to anyone's well-written counterpoints.
Wargasmic's Avatar
I <3 Jack Thompson and the amusement he brings me.
BlackbeardonGuitar's Avatar
This is where anyone sane responds to Jack with "and?"
Obviously they market on Smackdown, but so do horror movies, because we know only 40 year old couples go see Hostel 2 right.
Vos's Avatar
@ joeisremy

I believe that the dick must be removed from his ass first.
Cyberxion's Avatar
"Come on, you are being fucking stupid."

No, he was being ironic. There's a difference.

Anyway, whether or not he wants to buy it, it's up to his parents and the clerks at his local video game store to make sure it doesn't fall into his hands, at least not without their consent.

See, that's where JT's argument apart. When you consider that no matter whether or not this was marketed towards kids (Which is ridiculous when you consider that it played during a violent program not particularly intended for children...), it's all in the hands of the parents to make sure that their kids aren't getting their hands on age-inappropriate materials.

Personal responsibility is great.
Brandon Undead's Avatar
Jack Thompson is off my AIM friends list after this stunt!
comradetrotskii's Avatar
Nah, I'm pretty sure he was being stupid.
str8raz0r's Avatar
The most delightful part about this is Jacko has sealed his death warrant w/ the Florida bar.

Jack agreed to not go after Rockstar as an agreement for them dropping a countersuit a few months back. Seeing as how Rockstar is a subsidiary of T2, wouldn't this same luxury apply to T2 as a parent company?

The Wendy's suit wasn't a direct attack against Rockstar/Take 2 (although Manhunt 2 was named specifically in his grievances with the Wii toys), but this is the same bullshit he was pulling before.

I'm sure this will be pulled, as R-Rated movies are advertised all the time during WWE shows (including the Kane-starring See No Evil, as it was a WWE Films production), and there have been no issues there. However, the legal recourse that Take 2 could seek could be devastating for Jack.

I, personally, welcome his latest action. He's standing on the chair with the noose around his neck, and Take 2 has definite reason to kick the chair.
blehman's Avatar
Why are sites like this one still promoting JT's stupid meanderings about games. I think that if enough of us just ignore him, maybe he'll go crawl into his ignorance hole and die. Hopefully. If not, then maybe he'll realize that movies and music have just as much violence promotion in them too, so he'll leave us alone and go fuck up fighting against them too.
mikeohara's Avatar
str8raz0r:

I completely agree with your comment man ... and I'm fully surprised that as a part of the agreement that was reached earlier this year that 2K Games wasn't named as a company that ol' shitdick could not go after. If there ever was a reason for Take Two to kick out the proverbial chair, this is definitely it.
Andrew5329's Avatar
Its hard to deny that his intentions at their most basic levels arent good, but however he seems to have most definitely taken this to an illogical level, its my personal opinion that Jack Thompson isn't just a guy with a dick shoved in his ass as an above post claimed, but rather I think he is afraid of us the gamer, that he has developed this notion that all gamers that expereriance violent content in a game, are programmed to repeat that violence in real life, the horrors of that violence he has personal experiance with as a lawyer, and as such he is afraid of us and that fear has lead to an illogical reaction such as that similar to a person suffering from a classic phobia. As someone on the D-toid site said a good while ago, as with any new form of entertainment there will always be some fear of that not understood by the older generation, be it rock and roll a few generations ago, or film before that, the principle is inevitably the same. To whoever read through this enormous block of text thanks for reading, and if it all makes any sense good, if not, oh well.
Stewball's Avatar
"take two/rockstar"

what the does he mean by that the game is being made by irrational games now known as 2k?
The Unbiased Voice's Avatar
For all of you with DVR's. I would like you to answer one question, I don't think has been brought up. How many R-rated movies were advertised during the same WWE broadcast. I personally lost interest in wrastling a long time ago but it seems to me he should be upset at any form of media that is advertised during the time his precious little someones could be watching.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
"Its hard to deny that his intentions at their most basic levels arent good"

Actually, the intentions he PRETENDS to have are good, if misguided.

His real intentions -- notoriety by any means -- are not so admirable.
Stewball's Avatar
oh nvm
ZMTToxics's Avatar
Not to be a stickler or anything, I hate Jack The Fucking Asshole Thompson as much as the next guy, but I really think we the gamers are prolonging his reign of terror by reacting the way we do.

The real truth is we need to defend our positions and that parents and retailers really need to enforce ESRB etc etc. The other hand is, I think if we just ignored Jack that he would go away. If people stopped caring about every letter he wrote or dumb thing that came out of his mouth, he would stop getting the media press that he his keeping him alive in our sacred community.

I didnt even consider him (at all, let alone a problem) until this article was posted.
bumbuliuz's Avatar
Jackie rubs me the wrong way, I am thankfull that I dont live in the same country as that man. Amazing that he still tries to force Rockstar into every sentece he speaks. Rockstar has nothing to do with this game. Itīs a Irrational game last time I checked. Jack has never been good with the facts.
ZMTToxics's Avatar
Bumb, I love the fact you and i both ripped off vgcats for avatars.

*Highfive.
moclippa's Avatar
Bioshock advertises on a professional wrestling channel? People still watch professional wrestling? Jack Thompson watches professional wrestling??!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?1headxplodes..........
ShawnKelfonne's Avatar
It just reminds me of Ned Flanders from an episode of the Simpsons that was on recently.

Rod: Daddy, what are you doing?
Ned Flanders: Imploring people I never met to pressure government with better things to do to punish a man who meant no harm for something nobody even saw, that's what I'm doing!
jerrt's Avatar
wow, so he saw the '2' in '2k' and thought 'take-two' made this game? am i missing something, or did he just totally drop the ball on this one? and he was watching wrestling? something fishy is going on.
Brandwag's Avatar
I think the more attention we give this tosser the more his going to come back and do this sort of thing over and over. I mean really, who gives a flying fuck what this guy thinks?
Anduryl's Avatar
Professional Wrestling almost makes me ashamed of being a HS wrestler. I personally believe people who watch it really are a part of the Lowest Common Denominator for American Society.


Funny, why is JT watching it?
/sarcasm

@Little Burro
That's a common misconception. JT actually in favor of a nanny-state. Which is Far left. Damn neocons >.<

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