Jack Thompson getting sued...FINALLY!

Yes, after Jack's failed attempts to restrict distribution of Bully and his promise to follow suit when Take Two releases Manhunt 2 and GTA IV later in the year, Take Two has decided to file a federal court case against Mr. Thompson. They claim that Thompson has flagrantly abused Florida's "nuisance" law in his single-minded crusade to ban violent video games. Take Two's official complaint states that Thompson's penchant for bringing up threats and lawsuits before retracting and dismissing is irritating: that his lawsuits come at "unpredictable times and under unpredictable circumstances," in addition to harming retailers who do business with Take Two. 

Take Two also complains that Thompson's lawsuits represent an infringement of their first amendment rights, which may or may not be the very first thing every gamer in the world thought the moment we first heard about Thompson's war on gaming. Well, maybe the second thing we thought. The first thing was likely something along the lines of, "What a doucheface."

This is awesome, in so many indescribable ways. Destructoid's first birthday, Niero's 29th, and the filing of a lawsuit against Jack Thompson happened within three days of one another? Without a doubt, this has been one of the best single weekends in video game history.

UPDATE:

Mxyzptlk was kind enough to provide a link to Jack's insanely religious response to the lawsuit. It's worth reading in full, but suffice it to say that he quotes Psalm 35 (which he describes as brilliant, "since God Himself wrote it") and ends his letter by saying "Praise be to God Almighty." 

I'll be the first to say that Jack Thompson seems like a somewhat reasonable guy in person, but he sure knows how to be creepy as fuck in print.

[Via ars technica]