December 13, 2006
Controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson has contacted GamePolitics to say that he will be profiled tonight on ABC's Nightline program.Nightline airs at 11:35 PM in the Eastern United States.
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Controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson has contacted GamePolitics to say that he will be profiled tonight on ABC's Nightline program.Nightline airs at 11:35 PM in the Eastern United States.
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Zen: I felt Brutal Legends was a funny & beautiful look at the world of rock from Double Fines point of view. The only parts I wasn't hot for were the RTS bits as it felt forced. Otherwise fantastic.02/12/2012 - 1:34pm
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DorthLous: Passed 1.5M$. And I'd also say that Brutal Legend is far from being a bad game. I just think it was a few levels under what people expected from the people working on the project.02/11/2012 - 8:25am
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Technogeek: Brutal Legend wasn't bad so much as "marketing had no idea how the game actually played", causing it to suffer accordingly.02/10/2012 - 10:38pm
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RedMage: Brutal Legend.02/10/2012 - 7:52pm
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Guamish: I think it is in good hands. Tim did a game for the GDC award show and that was fun for how short it was.02/10/2012 - 12:22pm
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Andrew Eisen: It'll be tragic if the game ultimately sucks.02/10/2012 - 12:17pm
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james_fudge: $1.3 million02/10/2012 - 11:32am
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Uncharted NES: Germany Says It Won't Sign ACTA [Update: ... Yet]- http://tinyurl.com/7r2twrg02/10/2012 - 11:21am
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Andrew Eisen: Damn. Double Fine's Kickstarter fund has already passed a million dollars.02/09/2012 - 8:16pm
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Andrew Eisen: Audrey didn't quote the sassy parts. Here's IGN's article: http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1218359p1.html And here's my original post: http://tinyurl.com/7y68a3902/09/2012 - 7:50pm
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james_fudge: I hope you some said something sassy! Where's the link?02/09/2012 - 7:46pm
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Andrew Eisen: Hey, neat. IGN quoted a blog I had writen only two hours earlier. I certainly timed that one pretty well.02/09/2012 - 7:38pm
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Andrew Eisen: Toki Tori has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android.02/09/2012 - 5:11pm
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james_fudge: Thanks for the heads-up DorthLous02/09/2012 - 4:33pm
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DorthLous: Will do, my apologies.02/09/2012 - 4:14pm
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Andrew Eisen: I appreciate the heads up but please keep typo alerts to the specific article's comments or PMs.02/09/2012 - 3:33pm
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DorthLous: The title says 30, but in the article, the developer says it's like a 20% net tax http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/02/09/developers-call-facebook-currency-transaction-fee-thirty-percent-tax02/09/2012 - 2:43pm
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*sigh* here we go again =P
1. Inform abc that this will be observed and closely scrutinized. If they show bias, either in favor of jack or against the industry we will know.
2. If they should chose to omit certain key factors about jacks carrer in an effort to keep it from looking like the total wash out it is, we will know and will be informing the industry of it.
3. I may only speak for myself, but I will inform them, that if they do either of the above, i wll request action against them be taken by both the ESA, and the ECA.
You people might think I"m going over the edge, but this is the point I keep trying to Drill into your heads. he will no go away untill the MEDIA knows that it will be to costly and foolish for them to glorify this psychos crusade.
It's why I keep saying, the ESA and ECA should activly and constantly threaten any media outlet that lies, defames, or other wise attempts to smear the industry, the industry needs to tell them, you either stop this shit or we see you in court.
Win or Lose, it would get the point across.
Besides that, I for one would be jsut fine with with jack being shown to be the self rightous bastard he is.
Yep, but, he can't post here, so thats good news.
heres hoping that abc isn't stupid enough to be biased like always and actually reports this fairly.
But I doubt it.
So from government to rap to video games to santa's horny helpers... looks like Jack's career is really taking off!!
Jack Thompson has already proven to everyone that he can neither
A) Write a constitutionally bulletproof anti-videogame bill
B) Prove that videogames are actually dangerous or
C) provide a logical and intelligent debate.
The man does nothing but grandstand and whore at every chance as has been shown by both the previous times he has appeared on your site. Whether by the times he used to post at GP or the occaisional post on joystiq or even a newspost about something he said. Jack Thompson has proven that he cannot be the game industries worst nightmare and he cannot destroy rockstar because every single time he has tried, he has failed.
I mean even if he DOES appear on Nightline tonight, so what. He will most likely get in about 20 seconds and then boast that he was on Nightline talking about violent games. Jack Thompson obviously has psychological issues and requires attention, that would be the most obvious reason to informing you about it (if that is how it happened, if he emailed you about himself being on Nightline).
Of course regardless of what happens he will try to make games look like supposed murder simulators (which we all know they are not) and claim that videogames are the reason that people are dead. I mean after watching him on Attack of the Show, the tidbits on CNN, and every time he has posted as a whole, the man is nothing more than a publicity stunt in himself.
As much as I respect you Dennis(and I know that it has been a while since a story that had anything to do with JT), I would love to see no more stories about Miami Jack. I mean I use Gamepolitics as one of my main news sources, and that is because I trust to be able to wake up and see that logic has once again prevailed over a videogame law. Besides, it isnt really a big news thing when JT talks, because you already know exactly what he is and isnt going to say.
You don't suppose that Dennis is doing this because he knows we all love to hate JT do you? Besides. As long as Jack has the media's attention, we're never going to be rid of him plauging the industry because he's ALWAYS going to be pushing for legislation. Failed or not, it's still important to know.
GP routinely issues a Tivo alert for any TV program that may relate to the politics of gaming. Whatever you may think about JT, he is deeply enmeshed in the politics of video games.
Oh ... wait ... it's another meaning of the word. And here I thought this was about an enemy of freedom coming under more constant police scrutiny. Darn. ;)
This TV appearance is all JT has left- 2006 has been nothing but a string of failures for him.
If anything, he will take credit for Take Two's dishonesty with their stocks. Even though that has nothing to do with GTA.
- Everytime he says 'pornographers' - 1 drink
- 'Smut peddling' - 1 drink
- 'murder simulator' - 1 drink
- 'vdieo games literally train kids to kill' - 1 drink
Wait. Bad idea. I sense alcohol poisoning from this game.
Ok, seriously now, will someone tape (youtube, whatever) it for me (us)? I refuse to sit through Niteline for what will amount to a 20 second blurb on his 'moral crusade.' And will likely ignore his glaring failures - notably his LA law, which will cost that thin-walleted state tax dollars.
Bah, pansy! It's not a party unless someone gets their stomach pumped!
-Grahamr.
But, yeah, I hope it gets posted somewhere accessable, as well. I want to see it for the hell of it, but not sit through Nightline while I could be watching other stuff, or, playing video games (a little bit of irony?)!
Personally, I like hearing about what JT's up to because I love to see him fail. It's kind of like why I like watching the Lakers, except those bastards actually win.
So ABC is doing a story on... what? Schister lawyers around the world and he's in the list of lawyers who couldn't even make that honorable of a list?
I could go on all day but I think if Dennis keeps making that angry of a look on his face because I'm not behaving, it might stick that way and I don't think his family would be happy with me one little bit. :)
nightwng2000
NW2K Software
I remember quite awhile back when an issue sprung up about John Bruce being interviewed and he had to send a list of questions to the interviewer for the interviewer to ask. As I recall, Dennis, or someone, pointed out that this is standard practice in many interviews (Dennis or someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall this).
There is no doubt that even if ABC News actually prepares a fully unbiased profile, John Bruce can reject the profile if it doesn't meet with the biased view he wants aired by the network.
Otherwise, and I'm only vaugely being sarcastic/funny, he'll threaten to sue them as he did with Amazon and Wikipedia. (Anyone wanna dare to bet against me on that one?)
nightwng2000
NW2K Software
Janet Reno - 2 drinks
2 Live Crew - 1 drink
Bodycount / Ice-T - 1 drink
Batshit insane - 5 drinks
disbarred - 10 drinks
moron (referring to JT) - 10 drinks
Louisiana bill not passing - 2 drinks
JT's love letters to Louisiana AG - 5 drinks
contents of JT's love letters to Louisiana AG - 10 drinks
Because if any of that ever gets mentioned in mainstream media report about him I've clearly already died and gone to heaven and no amount of alcohol can any longer hurt me.
Nightwing...the usual media trick to combat the manipulation is to NOT ask the questions the profiled doesn't want to get asked, but then introduce them into the piece anyway by either interviewing third parties or referring to other sources.
You'd loose the "disbarred" bit because, unless it happened while I wasn't looking, he hasn't been disbarred yet. Last I'd heard, the FL Bar was still investigating the complaints.
nightwng2000
NW2K Software
Anyhow, I highly doubt this will be fair and balanced, but few profiles are. If it is as bad as we think we can just flood ABC with complaints. They have words on their side, but we have facts. Words tend to be louder than facts, but if there's enough of them the words become useless.
Screw that. Colbert's on at that hour.
So far my favorite part is on the last page talking about David and Goliath.
Though the FBI reports that the number of teenagers arrested for violent crimes fell by half between 1994 and 2004, Thompson attributes it not to reduced violence but reduced reportage.
"The experts I talk to in fact indicate that assaults, violent incidents in schools, are up, and they're being handled in-house as opposed to going to the local law enforcement officials because schools don't want to have that stigma," Thompson said.
Talk about trying to warp the facts to fit your cause, but I like this opne even more:
"The murder rate is down because now the emergency response of emergency medical teams is so rapid that people aren't dying like they used to."
People aren't dying like they used to... Damn, that is priceless. Now there is a stretch to explain why official numbers contradict your case. "Back in my day people had the decency to die immediately!" I know that is not what he means, but it sure is what it sounds like.
The ESA and ECA should threaten legal action against the network unless it updates that story with several important facts they happened to omit. For example.
1. They talk about the Paducah shooting, but fail to mention that jacks argument was thrown out in court.
2. He once again Quotes that APA report, even after Dennis proved jack wrong on it.
3. They made no mention of bully or his ongoing contempt case, nore his multiple bar complaints.
Thats just for starts, I can go one, given some time, so could you all. We need to get the industry to rally against this kinda crap. Until they do, the media will continue to be against them.
But isn't his other job a medical malpractice lawyer?
That would be interesting. "Mr. Thompson, how did you become a god amongst men?" "Mr. Thompson, how is it you have this brilliant foresight that the rest of this moronic planet doesn't?"
""It was banned in Canada, taken off store shelves just about everywhere in the U.S., and 2 Live Crew doesn't exist anymore," Thompson said."
...what? They performed at the GotJ in 2005! They had 8 albums after that! I can go and buy it in a store TODAY! What is he talking about?
It's hilarious he's allowed air time, but with the networks biased so liberally slanted I guess even he can get some time on screen.
On the other hand this means the population of the US might think that it's "news" and not bias tripe. I'm not talking about the people here, or even people smart enough to use a computer, but the people who watch nightline normally will take it as fact.
I remember a time when conservative republicans would just about shit a brick about violent video games, now you have liberals like Hillary Clinton, and Joe Lieberman, and psychos like Jack Thompson (I won't attribute him to any party, neither deserves his brand of psychosis.)
I do advise people to write Nightline if the news story is biased against the video game manufacturers, I'm sure it will be as I'm sure they will ignore us. I won't say video game makers are blameless (just like Hollywood isn't blameless), but it's sure as hell more the parent's fault that they get the games then anyone in the game industry, from the gamestop employee, to Doug Lowenstein.
If 20 years old who have no previous mental problems start carving people up, we should start taking the threat seriously but there's many other factors contributing to these problems.
P.S. Love the fact he contacted you personally. Kudos Jack.
It's perverted.
It appals me how little research goes into making these "serious" "investigative" pieces that air on network TV. It's ridiculous.
MY EXPERTS who have purple skin, devil horns and live in the glowing green mushrooms in my pants assure me that Jack's split personality is the real programmer of all GTA games and the main founder of Rockstar.
See life is good with experts.
Anyway, not watching it.
I liked the Reno vs. Thompson part...
"I came up with this clever plan of handing her a questionnaire asking her, 'Are you heterosexual? Are you bisexual? Are you homosexual?' And so forth," Thompson said.
In response, Reno approached Thompson, put her arm on his shoulder, and said, "I'm only attracted to virile men, which is why I'm not attracted to you."
CLEVER? That was fucking asinine, Jack. As for Ms. Reno's reply... that was ownage before ownage was ownage.
At least Jack admittied that he made a mistake when it came to filing battery charges... but the sexual orientation question was still inappropriate.
Okay, about the Paducah incident....
"Nobody in their right mind says that video game or a movie can turn a little angel into a demon," Thompson said.
Shit, dude, that's what YOU'VE been trying to tell everyone all these years. Then again, technically, Jack, you're NEVER in your right mind anyway.
There is one potential culprit Thompson refuses to indict: the weapons.
Yeah, and I want to know WHY? Oh wait -- here's "why"...
"Kids went to school for more than 300 years in this country with guns because after school they would go hunt for dinner. And they weren't turning those guns on one another."
Really, Jack? I call bullshit on that one, but can anybody really confirm that?
On the legal front, Thompson is still searching for success.
Yup. Still searching... and still failing miserably. Success is a journey... and it seems Jack can't even leave the house. (Okay, that sounded bad, but you get the idea, I think.)
Thompson also blames his failure in some of his missions on the odds stacked against him. He says it's simply "not a fair fight."
Crybaby Jack just doesn't get it. If he had tried to keep people on his side and worked with them instead of turning against them and burning bridges (oh, I forgot -- "There are no bridges"), then maybe he'd have a better chance of winning. It's basically one man against the "giants" because Jack seems to keep it that way. He can't bring himself to add anyone to the one-man side.
Well, I've said all I could about that story. I've run out of stuff to say that hasn't already been said before. At any rate, I ain't watching JT on ABC.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson
Newscaster is presenting them as a solely-kids media...
"American culture going straight to hell"?!
/sigh, they used "murder simulator"
....."it is perfectly legal to sell them to kids"?
HAHA, they mentioned the gamer hatred for him.
Paranoid about people trying to kill him...
The "clever plan" stuff makes him look like a jackass.
Ah, interviewer brought up "rock and roll was treated the same way". Me like him.
Used a movie AND a game as a scapegoat? Wow, multitasking.
"No one in their right mind says a video game changes an angel into a demon." YOU DO!
He's using technobabble with a picture of a MRI...
Brushes off falling violence levels....
"the experts I talked to" Anyone else wanna see this experts?
This seems fairly NonPOV. Not a bad segment...
Hey, a "Modest Proposal". Too bad they don't mention Penny Arcade with that, and him backing down from money to charity.
Fine with bible violence, but not video games.
Is the segment over?