It seems that Jack Thompson, my favorite person in the whole wide world, is an avid Game Informer reader. After recently reading an article printed in the magazine, Thompson is worried that he's being parodied by Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV ... and he's not happy about it. Comfortable to sling childish insults at his opponents, Thompson just can't handle being on the other side of the mockery, which is ironic considering what a joke he is.
An early mission in GTAIV charges you with the task of tracking down and killing a lawyer who blames violence on videogames. Now, that could be anybody, surely ... snigger. Regardless, Mr. Dish It Out But Can't Take It has put quill to paper and dribbled out yet another one of his love letters to Take Two, which reads as follows:
I have this morning read with interest an article on page 80 and 81 of the September 2007 issue of Game Informer magazine which was generated when, according to its author, Rockstar Games “stopped by the Game Informer offices for an impromptu hour-long gameplay session with the Xbox 360 version of the game.”
The showcasing play of the game to Game Informer revealed that the first killing mission of the “hero” of the game, Niko, is to kill a certain lawyer. When Niko comes into this lawyer’s office, having used subterfuge to do so, Niko pulls a gun on the lawyer who says, “that the firm supports the second amendment and that ‘Guns don’t kill people. Video games do.’”
…The fact that the lawyer, killed on Niko’s first mission, would bring up video games, makes it clearly a reference to me… This is not the first time Rockstar Games and Take Two have targeted me in this fashion. Take Two references to me as a bisexual pedophile on its corporate website…
Wait ... you mean Jack Thompson isn't a bisexual pedophile? That's news to me. The fact that he's a whiny little crybaby, however, is not news. Still makes me laugh though. We're all going to think about you and laugh when we play Grand Theft Auto IV, Mr. Thompson, and there's nothing you can do about it.
[Danke to GoldenDonut and BS3 Owner]
Contest:
11:34 AM on 09.18.2007
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You are having a hell of a morning. I want to see the resemblence in the game to that whore. Thats going to be the decider. Even If the nameplate on the desk is Tack Johnson, I don't think that the king of all idiots has a legal leg to stand on
First you have the same surname as my girlfriend. Second you are english. You play videogames and you make a stand against morons.
But please, dont go and kill Jack Thompson, is more funny to have him alive and well... ok, maybe he is not "well" in the head, but who cares?
@bigpopagamer: Not as nice as your pic, but nice nonetheless.
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Every time he utters a sentence he gets on Destructoid.
Normally people don't care what mentally ill people say because it doesn't matter.
Awesome....You don't mess with Rockstar. They're Rockstars. They're like the punk rock of video games, Mr. T. Watch out or you'll get your ass kicked by dudes with spiked hair and tight pants.
As I said before, I know damn well Thompson is using the gaming media for attention. But we're using him too. It's symbiosis. Besides which, the man is hilarious.
Really? Where?
Anyway, that mission looks hilarious.
JT has already played that card.
Anyway, the guy's a twat. I really wish he'd give it up. I don't wish death upon him, but I do wish him to be sucked up into a transdimensional portal and deposited in Dimension X for the rest of his days.
now i'm definetly going to have trouble not imagining him while playing tha mission. and that is his fault. not the developers.
new desktop background FTW
Cheers!
jim sterling: stay the hell away from me.
jk jim. youre alright.
So I can say on good authority that yes, JT IS a bisexual pedo.
Also, JT coverage tickles my fancy and I'm keen on following it. Keep up the good work Master James Eruvius Delacroix Sterling.
thats as close to the mark as i can find