He is videogaming's final boss, the arch nemesis of everything that interactive entertainment fans hold dear. He is a silver-haired Lothario and purveyor of righteous retribution. He's also available for work and will do birthdays, weddings and bahmitzvahs. He is of course Jack Thompson, and he's here at the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention.
Hard News' Destin will be moderating a debate between Mark Methenitis and the Silver Jackal. Just what will happen in the great verbal joust between these two wordsmith warriors? Hit the jump to read our liveblog, right here in Dallas, where Jack the Ripper takes to the stage. The debate starts at 4pm.
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3:50 PM on 07.04.2009
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The great thing is that if Wardrox is with him, you can just navigate by the titanic piss streak in the middle of the crowd.
That's a very, very interesting point of view.
LMFAO!!!!
:)
Wow! that screams controversy right there.
That's only part of his malevolent plan , gaining acceptance of his enemies , then BANG! backstab/rapin/both time !
We know he's passionate about the subject, so he has the potential to be a great model for this! Just get rid of the "trained on doom" and "causation blah" stuff, and put more of an emphasis on the subject of the good and frankly bad parenting that is involved.
After these guys have shook hands I hope JT does go through and rethink his strategy here. Maybe ally with the gaming industry even, that would be interesting.
Still doesn't stop idiot parents buying them for the kids and then writing to the Daily Mail condemning games
CONFIRMED: Jack Thomson supports child labour.
It just shows how calculating he is, pitching his message to his audience. If he'd been attending an antivideogame rally, we would be back onto 'vidjagames are the devil'.
I like it how school shootings are now 'videogame linked' (4:44). 97% of teenagers are playing games, but we can still tell its the videogames that are the culprits.
If the opportunity ever presents itself, I'd love to see what his thoughts are on the book Grand Theft Childhood.
Hell throw in an internet tax as well.
How about a cake tax?
how can they be so fucking stupid?
12 and below: Everyone/"Young adult" (one of my new categories, which would include games with mild 'fantasy violence') games
13-15: "Teen" Games (another one of my new categories. These would include Halo, Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2 [not sure about 3 and 4 though])
16 and above: Mature games (GTA, Mad World, Gears of War)
My two cents.
I've only thought about the debate in terms of freedom of expression, but now I wonder what I would think if I had a small kid and it wanted to play GTA. Course, I'm never gonna pop a sprog anyway but it does bear thinking about...