Submitted by WFern - May 1, 2008 at 8:53 pm -050065.54.154.24
I caught this interview today, but sadly missed Thompson's segment. Stepped out of the car five minutes, came back, caught the references to his call, and was a little bummed.
That said, it was a solid interview overall, though its shortness (twenty minutes or so in total) didn't allow everything to be explored or discussed. In particular, I was disappointed that Conan seemed to find some merit (however little) in MADD's condemnation of drunken driving in the game. He didn't seem to thoroughly understand the view that the difficulty served as a kind of penalty. I was relieved, though, to hear him admit upfront to not having played the game while still having an open mind to discuss its merits, story, characters, etc.
Posted 07/25/08 at 12:57am Artifex: http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/playstation-2-component-incites-african-war/1231745
Posted 07/25/08 at 12:57am Artifex: Yahoo has picked up the "Playstation War" story.
Posted 07/24/08 at 10:57pm gamepolitics: that whole running-for-bar-president was just another attention grab
Posted 07/24/08 at 10:26pm Silencets: Can a disbarred member become President? By the time of the election ol Jacko won't be a lawyo
Posted 07/24/08 at 01:45pm Dark Sovereign: A fitting metaphor lumi
Posted 07/24/08 at 11:21am lumi: their own. Looks like they're arguing with ghosts...
Posted 07/24/08 at 11:20am lumi: Ooh, and to prove the validity of their arguments, they've deleted all the comments from the gamers/outsiders, and just left
Posted 07/24/08 at 11:20am lumi: Wow...there's worse invective and vitriol on that first feminist site's comments than in most gaming forums I've read...
Posted 07/24/08 at 11:19am SimonBob: You guys can read the feminist blogs? One of 'em has over 1400 comments -- my browser locks up when I try to load the page!
Posted 07/24/08 at 10:49am M. Carusi: That's probably the message to describe hardcore feminism in general. :P
Posted 07/24/08 at 10:35am Tom90deg: Meh, it seems like most of the comments are "I'm right, and it you don't agree with me, you're a girl-hating masonogystic pig!"
Posted 07/24/08 at 10:30am M. Carusi: Those comment walls on the feminist blogs complaining about FP are generating some hilarious content.
Posted 07/24/08 at 08:48am E. Zachary Knight: @ lunatic, What you see is what you get. Once a comment gets pushed off it is gone forever.
Posted 07/24/08 at 07:39am sortableturnip: Best...comments...ever: http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2008/07/06/jack-needs-your-help.aspx?pg=5&view=threaded
Posted 07/24/08 at 05:42am sortableturnip: Alteffor: I 2nd that motion. GP you should have a special section for all of JT's correspondence to you
Posted 07/23/08 at 10:13pm GRIZZAM PRIME: Lunatic: Nope. Ever fading if I'm not mistaken.
Posted 07/23/08 at 08:05pm LuNaTiC: is there a way to view old shouts? sorry if its a noob question.
Posted 07/23/08 at 07:07pm gamepolitics: momma didn't raise no sock puppet
Posted 07/23/08 at 06:15pm Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Jack is a repressed man. Don´t be surprised...
Posted 07/23/08 at 06:07pm GryphonOsiris: So Jack admitted paying for gay porn... all I can say is wow... just wow...
That said, it was a solid interview overall, though its shortness (twenty minutes or so in total) didn't allow everything to be explored or discussed. In particular, I was disappointed that Conan seemed to find some merit (however little) in MADD's condemnation of drunken driving in the game. He didn't seem to thoroughly understand the view that the difficulty served as a kind of penalty. I was relieved, though, to hear him admit upfront to not having played the game while still having an open mind to discuss its merits, story, characters, etc.