Submitted by Shoehorn O'Plenty - May 5, 2008 at 11:08 am -050086.40.207.57
I only wish that article had a comments section. How dare that silly old bitch say things like that and insult me and countless other gamers.
"The average 32-year-old man who plays violent video games -- and spends his free hours fantasizing about murdering passersby and roughing up strippers -- is likely to be someone's husband and father. What qualities of character will his wife find when she looks to him for love, steadiness and fidelity?
And when his young son looks to Dad as a role model -- well, that's the problem, isn't it?"
I am a week away from 28 and am a Father to my partner and I's son. What gives her the idea that I spend my free hours doing what she says? In all of my time (well over 150 hours) spent playing any of the previous GTA titles, I have visited a prostitute once (because one of my friend's thought it was funny). The only passer-bys I have killed have been by accident. Guess what, in real life I don't fantasize about anything she suggests.
When my son looks to me as a role model, he is going to see an honest, hardworking man, which is what I am. How DARE she imply that due to my choice of entertainment I am some kind of a degenerate thug?
Posted 07/06/08 at 04:40am gamepolitics: eraser: see our original story on that:http://tinyurl.com/6nm9oe
Posted 07/06/08 at 12:21am infect999: because he's an idiot
Posted 07/05/08 at 11:41pm eraserheadthelynch: why did he send gay porn to the judges?
Posted 07/05/08 at 10:44pm Jack Wessels: @Silencets: Maybe it'll come to JT soon too, so he can finally complete that show cause order....
Posted 07/05/08 at 04:30pm Jose_Pedro_Ramirez: No one believed that the ice at the North Pole would ever melt, but...
Posted 07/05/08 at 04:28pm Haggard: Maybe he thought the judges would appreciate it?
Posted 07/05/08 at 03:27pm Silencets: I'm sure JT had a perfectly good reason sending gay porn....It'll come to me any day now...
Posted 07/05/08 at 02:54pm Grendal: once you send gay porn to judges, I'm comfortable calling you crazy
Posted 07/05/08 at 02:46pm eraserheadthelynch: I dont think hes crazy but his values and social skills are slightly wrack
Posted 07/05/08 at 02:38pm Grendal: Jacks actually a really good example of how not to deal with your mental illness and what can happen if it goes untreated
Posted 07/05/08 at 02:37pm Grendal: Well most people with a mental illness admit it and get help instead of trolling a website for their ego ala jack
Posted 07/05/08 at 02:32pm BlackIce: True, that does explain why the Patriot Act is legal, but..
Posted 07/05/08 at 02:21pm Grendal: As far as I know theres no law banning people with mental illness from holding jobs as lawyers or judges
Posted 07/05/08 at 12:40pm BlackIce: Sadly, the law banning Mentals from any sort of important job isn't well enforced. Therefore, Jackie is still a "Lawyer".
Posted 07/05/08 at 12:23pm Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Jack Thompson is drooling right now...
Posted 07/05/08 at 12:23pm Rodrigo Ybáñez García: "Two teens were apparently arguing over a Sony PSP in Jacksonville, Florida ended in a shooting".
Posted 07/05/08 at 12:22pm Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Have you checked this? http://kotaku.com/5022241/psp-at-the-center-of-florida-shooting
Posted 07/05/08 at 11:30am gameman9: I though Jack Thompson was banned.
Posted 07/05/08 at 08:30am sqlrob: metal is right. That metal just happens to be mercuryt
Posted 07/05/08 at 02:58am eraserheadthelynch: mental
"The average 32-year-old man who plays violent video games -- and spends his free hours fantasizing about murdering passersby and roughing up strippers -- is likely to be someone's husband and father. What qualities of character will his wife find when she looks to him for love, steadiness and fidelity?
And when his young son looks to Dad as a role model -- well, that's the problem, isn't it?"
I am a week away from 28 and am a Father to my partner and I's son. What gives her the idea that I spend my free hours doing what she says? In all of my time (well over 150 hours) spent playing any of the previous GTA titles, I have visited a prostitute once (because one of my friend's thought it was funny). The only passer-bys I have killed have been by accident. Guess what, in real life I don't fantasize about anything she suggests.
When my son looks to me as a role model, he is going to see an honest, hardworking man, which is what I am. How DARE she imply that due to my choice of entertainment I am some kind of a degenerate thug?