It's possible that our favorite attorney will be making an appearance at the GDC to reprise his recent debate at this year's VGXPO, where he had it out with Lorne Lanning. GamePolitics found this news in a motion filed by Thompson with the U.S. District Court in Florida. Good eye, guys!
From the motion:
Because of the quality and coherence of my presentation, I was then asked by the GDC to reprise the Philadelphia debate, this time in February in San Francisco in a 5000 seat arena, as the keynote event.
Jacko at the GDC? At the keynote event? Really? Nothing has been confirmed yet, and the GDC Web site has no mention of Thompson's appearance, but you can be sure that all of the arena's seats will be filled. I'll see you there -- don't forget your tomatoes.
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i wonder if conference attendees will just hold up various pics from lolcats each time he tries to make a point.
If we dont pay attention to him maybe he will cease to exist
Now where can I buy a giant foam middle finger?
I truly want to see him get raped all over the place (no homo).
im so glad i can go to gdc next year now...this is going to be icing on an awesome cake next year.
Honestly if I was there I would tell him that if video games make kids violent whats would be your excuse. Since you started this crusade you have lied and used your son to get violent games and most of all are you that hard up to be on TV? Is video games the cause for this to? I might be stretching it a little but nothing compared to what he does on a media daily basis.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6ms73iLycd4
There was a woman in there with her kid about 12 who wanted the Orange Box. She was asking the clerk about the content and whether it was appropriate for him and the clerk was explaining that it seems he was at the threshold and it really comes down to his maturity. I added it has a lot of horror elements and felt pleased with my contribution. He said the best thing is to rent it and sit down with him while he plays and see how comfortable she feels and how he handles the content. She said she often did that and was talking about Bioshock and how she thought it was pretty intense but was comfortable with how her kid handled it so she didn't worry too much.
The other story was relayed to me by an incredulous clerk. He said he just had a woman in there who was yelling at him because their store carries a game where you raise a virtual child. She said it encourages teenage pregnancy and that "he should be ashamed of himself."
Now of the two who do you think was the more effective parent? Who do you think JT is more like?
Is he for real?