Check out this video from KRQE-13 in Albuquerque.
It's from today's Jack Thompson press coverage announcing the new lawsuit against Sony, Take-Two and Rockstar.
It makes everything perfectly clear - except for what role video games may have played. That's not so clear, other than Thompson's contention that they are "murder simulators".
MechaTama31: I mean, of the groups being bullied here, which of the two would you refer to collectively as "nerds"?10/19/2014 - 11:30pm
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MechaTama31: But that's the thing, it doesn't sound to me like he is advocating bullying, it sounds like he is accusing the SJWs of bullying the "nerds", who I can only assume refers to the GGers.10/19/2014 - 11:21pm
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Andrew Eisen: Interesting read. Unfortunately, too vague to form an opinion on but at least now I know what faefrost was talking about in James' editorial.10/19/2014 - 10:39pm
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Neo_DrKefka: Breaking GameJournoPros organized a blacklist of former Destructoid writer Allistar Pinsof for investigating fraud in IndieGoGo campaign http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2014/10/gamergate-destructoid-corruption-and-ruined-careers/10/19/2014 - 8:57pm
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Neo_DrKefka: Only good thing I seen come out of the Biddle incident was the fact a professional fighter offered to give 10k to an anti bullying charity for a round in the ring with Biddle.10/19/2014 - 7:49pm
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Neo_DrKefka: Even after all the interviews she is still on twitter making fun of people with disabilities (Autism) yet she is a part of the crowd that is on the so called right side of history...10/19/2014 - 7:48pm
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Neo_DrKefka: Which #GameGate supports are constantly being harassed and bullied. Brianna Wu who I told everyone she was trolling GamerGate weeks ago with her passive aggressive threats was looking for that crazy person in the crowd.10/19/2014 - 7:47pm
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Neo_DrKefka: I believe the problem #GamerGate has with Sam Biddle is he is apart of this blogging group that in a way hates or detests its readers. Also being apart of the crowd that claims its on the right side of history isn't helping when he is advocating bullying10/19/2014 - 7:45pm
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MechaTama31: Of course, I'm looking at these tweets in isolation, I don't know a thing about the guy.10/19/2014 - 7:06pm
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MechaTama31: If anything, the sarcastic implication seems to be that the SJW crowd is bringing back the bullying of nerds. But it's the GGers who are out for his blood? I'm lost...10/19/2014 - 7:01pm
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MechaTama31: I don't really get this Sam Biddle thing. The reaction to his tweets seems to be taking them at face value, but... they're tongue in cheek. Right?10/19/2014 - 7:00pm
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Andrew Eisen: I have it. The problem, so far as I can tell, is neither of them allow me to overlay my webcam feed or text links to my Extra-Life fundraising page.10/19/2014 - 4:08pm
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quiknkold: and yes, its free10/19/2014 - 4:05pm
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quiknkold: should grab Hauppauge capture. has mic support and can upload directly to youtube10/19/2014 - 4:05pm
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Andrew Eisen: The former.10/19/2014 - 4:00pm
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quiknkold: was it StreamEez, or the StreamEez feature in Hauppauge Capture? cause I know Capture has alot more support from the devs.10/19/2014 - 3:54pm
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Andrew Eisen: I actually tried StreamEez last week. Flat out didn't work.10/19/2014 - 3:53pm
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quiknkold: I use the Hauppauge Capture software's StreamEez. Arcsoft showbiz for recording. I just streamed a few hours of Persona 4 Golden with zero problem using the program. Xsplit is finniky when it comes to Hauppauge10/19/2014 - 3:40pm
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Andrew Eisen: Trying to capture console games and broadcast with Open Broadcaster System because I've had technical difficulties using XSplit 3 weeks in a row.10/19/2014 - 3:37pm
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quiknkold: and what are you trying to capture?10/19/2014 - 3:31pm
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Comments
"He played Grand Theft Auto and THAT is why he murdered his Mother Step-father and Step-sister."
I really hope the defense teams will get his out-of-state license revoked again. There really is far too much evidence to support that Mr. Thompson should never be allowed in a court of law ever again.
Violence begets violence. If a perso nis abused, they will fight back, eventually, but oh no, this man, instead of reportign it, or doing soemthign about it, we're suppoed to sit back and take abuse like good little pawns. oy, and hearing hsi voice makes me physically ill.
Andrew Eisen
Are we allowed to mention that the boy's parents screwed up, if it's true he played it at all, by letting a 14 year old boy play an M rated game?
I do like how the station logo purports to be "Balanced News", but we only hear from Jack's side.
Shame on the victims’ families for including entertainment companies that had squat to do with the murders in the wrongful death suit.
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This is what Jack does and why it's so vile.
He goes around to grieving people, people who are so sad and mournful that they're almost sick. When you're that stricken, you desperately want someone to lash out at for justice, but when the police have the person in custody, there's not much you can do.
So when this lawyer in this fancy suit comes and tells you there IS someone still out there who killed your loved one(s), and that he can help you and is even willing to do it for FREE... you *desperately* want to believe him... you want to get those heartless, faceless, soulless SOBs the nice man in the suit says killed your loved one(s) just to make a buck.
But invariably, they're going to lose.
And Jack's not going to care. He'll just go on to the next one, ever in pursuit of his white whale. But for this family, they'll be left thinking that not only did someone else kill their loved one(s), but that they GOT AWAY WITH IT.
And what could have been a normal and healthy process of mourning and moving on with one's life is screwed up forever. It's very unlikely that any of Jack's former victims will ever come to realize that the video games the killers played had as little to do with their loved one(s)' deaths as the breakfast cereal the killers ate.
That's one scenario. The other is the realization that a young farm boy doesn't have any money and that large companies do.
Grief or greed? Who's to say?
Andrew Eisen
And his superiority complex is grating on me, too. At this point, I'd punch hom in the face on principle alone.
Boffo97,
That’s one scenario. The other is the realization that a young farm boy doesn’t have any money and that large companies do.
Grief or greed? Who’s to say?
Andrew Eisen
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The two are unfortunately far from mutually exclusive.
Jack is a parasite with no respect for morals, dignity or the value of human life. He's in it for his own ego, and moves from case to case until he's either sucked it dry or been flicked off. But what Jack doesn't realise is that, like a parasite, without his host he too would die out. I think the Florida Bar should really get Jack to take another psychological exam, he's on a downward spiral.
Sure, some of them may start off with something more minor than murder, but just because one does commit a murder to start with doesn't mean that there had to be some specific outside factor that caused it. And if one does look for specific causes, there are plenty of other better choices in this case.
Really Jack? I seem to recall you saying something similar about... oh, I don't know... EVERY OTHER CASE LIKE THIS YOU'VE TRIED. So yeah... Jack Thompson's an ass. I think that sums this up.
Even that statement doesn't ring true, he was abused ffs. Isn't that a violent history, even if he didn't commit the violence himself. Here's a few questions that should be raised before asking whether he played games:
How did he get his hands on GTA despite being under the age guideline?
How did he get his hands on a GUN at that age?
Just how long and severely had he been abused?
How could the family EVER let JT on the case, and immediately use games as a scapegoat despite the killer's severe abuse?
Why isn't JT in a padded cell with a straight jacket?
btw: http://www.grumpygamer.biz/home.php/2006/09/23/jack_thompson_thinks_he_s...
Of course, something tells me he'll weasel out of that somehow.
yes... we all know what that means.
Brace for Impact.
According to the Wiki entry, Posey unloaded the snakeshot (like mini shotgun rounds, for those who don't know) and loaded "more lethal ammunition" into the gun. For him to do that, and even know the difference for that matter, means somebody in meatspace taught him about the ammo and how to use the gun. Or at the very least he read the manual or something. After all, GTA:VC does not have different ammo types to reload with.
Being that he was living/working on a ranch though, I'll bet money that someone (probably the father) trained and let him practice with the gun so that he could deal with cyotes and general varmints. If so, this case should fail in under two minutes of testimony. If it even survives a motion for dismissal.
Fear not. This new and improved version of GamePolitics has the ability to IP block and the first comment from each email is screened. I doubt we'll be having visits from any uninvited guests.
Andrew Eisen
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>>Fear not. This new and improved version of GamePolitics has the ability to IP >>block and the first comment from each email is screened. I doubt we’ll be >>having visits from any uninvited guests.
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>>Andrew Eisen
Ahh, I didn't know Wordpress had the ability to do that.
I'm used to using other apps like this, like Mombo.
Anywho thanks. (But the e-mail part can easly be changed)
(http://www.grumpygamer.biz/home.php/2006/09/23/jack_thompson_thinks_he_s...)
Wow. Just wow. Now, I don't believe in any religion but what Jack says there is just... beyond words really. Using the bible as some motive for his insane crusade offends even the anti-religious at heart. And, like the history of every crusade ever undertaken, no innocent is spared.
His one sentence, childish emails always amuse me though. It's as if he can't construct a full argument or back up his words, extremely funny considering he's supposed to be some kind of lawyer. Almost reminds me of his dialogue with Mike Krahulik from Penny Arcade, or Scott Ransoomair from VGCats.
Also GP, WTB a home link somewhere on the comments page (maybe hyperlink the pic up top). I'm too lazy to click back. o.O
Unbelievable..... Jack, you sir are a prime example as to why lawyer jokes are so popular. You're a ****ing punchline!
A link to the home page is something that's in the works but a little lower on the priority list.
Andrew Eisen
(IE 7, Opera, and Firefox support tabbing.)
JT is a lunatic.
...speaking of which, wasn't he supposed to tell us about how the gaming industry's continually harassed him for his appearance on 60 Minutes?
It's not surprising that so many people in the "gaming community" speak out aginst him so often. It's hard to contain your frustration with this clown. GO GET A JOB THAT YOU ACTUALLY TAKE SERIOUSLY YOU NUTCASE!
I've no doubt that the lawsuit itself will go forward (wasting precious court time and taxpayer dollars in the process) but like the Alabama suit, I expect it will continue without Thompson.
Andrew Eisen
Yeah, and it's not like the Alabama case ever had a chance in hell to begin with, since Devin Moore was also a victim of parental neglect and abuse. Any thinking person could see that it will eventually be thrown out just like similar cases in the past. When will Jack learn? He's not just fighting a multi-billion dollar industry that actually has competent lawyers, he's fighting a pretty hefty stack of legal precedent.
In both reportings of this story, neither paper mentions this.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4213643.html
Other wise both papers are reporting this suit fairly straight fowards. Expect the industry to either Hit back at thompson hard by citing his various ethics violations or to go after Sanders for backing a lunatic.
either way, should be fun
“grabs popcorn”
Nobody buys what Jack is selling.
People know better.
That being said, I rate jacks chances in this at about 0.00000000001 percent.
The guy is a joke, plain and simple. He only warrants coverage because he's become a joke to the gaming society as a whole and continues to try to associate our hobby with the most base, despicable acts he can find. No doubt within a year he'll be trying to convince people that games can cause ocular cancer (or ANY cancer) and blaming the greed of game companies for third world debt AND hunger.
Cheers,
Marshie
I'm 15, and I first played GTA 3 at 12 you moron. I've beaten GTA3, Vice City, and San Andreas and I am not violent at all. I let people at school pick on and hit me all the time without hitting them back. I avoid violence wherever possible and prefer for it to be the last option, but I enjoy blasting someone's brains out in a video game as much as the next guy. To say that these killings were caused by Grand Theft Auto is ludicris. Jack needs to go read the Wikipedia entry on this Posey dude.
No connection to video games whatsoever, other than in his delusional mind, yet the murderer was abused by his parents, whom he murdered, and someone here mentioned the kid was on Zoloft at the time.
And the single common denominator in every major youth violence event from Padauch to Columbine to Red Lake: prescription psychiatric medication.
http://www.ssri-uksupport.com/files/homicidesSSRISandADHDmedications.pdf
Note to GP: I'll have to change my email address eventually, as Comcast took over Time Warner Cable here in Houma recently.
What idiocy! It's no different than pointing one's finger. ??????