Scariest Pic You Will See Today (or all week)
Scariest Pic You Will See Today (or all week)
April 29, 2008
Sent to us without explanation by the man himself...The only clue is the subject line of the e-mail, which says, cryptically:
Evidence
UPDATE: Some GP readers have suggested that Miami Jack has a GTA IV "sting" announcement coming up. That's certainly a possibility.
It's either that or he has entered a Niko Bellic look-alike contest...
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Posted 11/08/09 at 09:02am
DarkSaber: http://tinyurl.com/yez7jyo
DarkSaber: http://tinyurl.com/yez7jyo
Posted 11/08/09 at 09:01am
DarkSaber: Oh for gods sake, the Gearbox pres is gobbing off about Valve again
DarkSaber: Oh for gods sake, the Gearbox pres is gobbing off about Valve again
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:53am
JDKJ: But cheer up, Austin. If the unemployment rate continues to double-digit as predicted for the next few years, your half-dozen stands a better than likely chance of returning to power.
JDKJ: But cheer up, Austin. If the unemployment rate continues to double-digit as predicted for the next few years, your half-dozen stands a better than likely chance of returning to power.
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:46am
JDKJ: @DS: If he had added the line about "or hiring illegals aliens under the table to work as nannies," it would have been a completely perfect descripition. And, yes, it's about the same difference between a six and a half-dozen.
JDKJ: @DS: If he had added the line about "or hiring illegals aliens under the table to work as nannies," it would have been a completely perfect descripition. And, yes, it's about the same difference between a six and a half-dozen.
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:31am
DarkSaber: My god, that description makes them sound almost Republican. Still what did you expect, Obama is only marginally more left than republicans.
DarkSaber: My god, that description makes them sound almost Republican. Still what did you expect, Obama is only marginally more left than republicans.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:07am
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:06am
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Posted 11/08/09 at 12:24am
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
Posted 11/07/09 at 11:33pm
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
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The wild Thompson holds it's prey captive using a primitive form of the human hand.
As one can see, the ravages of constant court battles and appeals have taken their toll on this once ravenous animal. The unshaven stubble indicates that this specific Thompson has had very little sleep in days. In addition, the floral pattern on the shirt of this Thompson seems to indicate that it is celebrating a victory of some sort.
Of course, wild Thompsons are known to celebrate prematurely, and in many instances will attempt to create a monument for even their slightest successes.
Yeah he does.
Because only old farts from Florida who get fired from their jobs due to incompetence wear tourist shirts......
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9605/jackthompsonev7.jpg
michigan!
when he went to submit it as "evidence", therefore making it unplayable.
Still waiting for him to be disbarred. *sigh*
The horrible stubble he wears, as evidence that he's not really taking care of himself?
The tacky floral shirt?
Or just more evidence that Don Quixote is secretly Rockstar's biggest fan? He's probably spent more money on their games than anyone else in the country.
I wonder if he knows he's contributing to R* by buying that...
Congrats Jack, you win at losing.
You're what, 0 for 5...6...10? I like those odds.
BTW, thanks for supporting Rockstar sales.
That he's been hit hard by the bar trial and his impending disbarment and now sits in a curtained room drinking stale beer and playing GTAIV, and that he will soon go on a kill crazy rampage in a public place with a shotgun.
Guess what the defense will be afterwards.
TEH GAMES MADE ME DO IT! I TOLD YOU SO!
Evidence, yeah... This does, of course, mean the Jack owns an XBox360...
But, if I was a betting man, my guess would be that the photo "evidence" would be because he got his (or someone else's) kid to purchase the game from a major retailer with relatively little trouble. In which case, file under "Anecdotal Evidence"
>Your exhaustive search has led to the apprehension of "Retail Copy of GTA IV"
>Unfortunately, your warrant was for the arrest of Carmen Sandiego.
>
>The suspect has been released, and you will be demoted to Shameless Publicity Hound. Next time, be more careful, or you will permanently damage the reputation of the Acme Detective Agency.
(And do people in sunnier climbs than mine *actually* wear shirts like that?)
/b
which is complete and total bunk of course, but it is much easier to go after R* than it is Best Buy or Circuit city or whatever other retailer that sells M games to children.
You have to wonder where the outrage is with places that sell R rated movies to kids. I bet a 14 or 15 year old kid could get their hands on the Godfather (similar to GTA) or Eyes Wide Shut (with graphic sex) or the South Park Flick (language) or, worst of all of them IMO any of the Saw movies. Where is the outrage there Jacky?
Didn't he sign an agreement not to harass Take Two with threats of legal action? I don't think he's gonna try to have the game declared a nuisance or anything on that front.
Not, really. Maybe tacky tourists perhaps?
That picture just SCREAMS "Oh exploitable", doesn't it?
Honestly though, I can't wait to see what he's up to this time. So far, all we have is evidence that he's acquired a copy of the game but I can't help the feeling that he's done it in some nefarious way.
My worst fear is that he's deliberately asked an underage kid to attempt to purchase it using Jack's own money to 'prove' that this game is being marketed to kids and can be sold to kids and, therefore, causes kids to commit crime.
I'm afraid not because he might have been successful, but that he might have done this at all. I hope I'm wrong, but it makes sense to me when I consider: What would Jack do?
That or he didn't show ID to get the game and is trying to laud that he was right all along.
I think anyone with any pattern recognition skills at all could have told you that Jack Thompson was going to get bent out of shape over GTA 4.
- HC
The photo begs for shops though.
Cashier: "Ok, that will be $60"
JT: "Hah! I now have evidence that you didn't stop my underage son from buying this game!"
If he got his son to buy it, then he just made himself complicit in making a child go against the PEGI guidlines. Good for him. Means nothing over there thanks to your freedom of speech rules, it isn't illegal. It just means that the store he bought it in has a lax policy on age verification.
Also that shirt. How many turkey's had to die? seriously.
We knew he was going to get bent out of shape over it in some way. We're just amused by the picture Jack entitled "Evidence" and speculated on what he could mean by that.
Sort of a "Guess what wacky thing Jacky's done this time!"
The utter...ah, I can't describe it! It just makes me laugh even harder at him.
"I'm retiring and I'm going to enjoy myself."
Really if you ignore the fact that that's Jack Thompson it kinda does give that kind of feel.
Enjoy the game Mr.Thomspon.
You gotta shake things up!
Instead of "Evidence" as the subject line, use "Carrots" or "Juniper."
I mean, c'mon. Jeez!
In fact have you ever considered yourself being a pitchman for GTA? I’m sure Take 2 would love you! The irony value alone would be too good to pass up!
@ Phantom
Yeah, that’s scary alright, especially considering my dad kind of looks and dresses the same way when he’s not at work either (he lives in Florida too).
I’ve kind of wondered what would happen incidentally if my dad met him. They’re roughly the same age. The phrase, “My dad could beat-up your dad” comes to mind. ;)
If he was a real showman he'd get a LiveID, play through the entire game while letting people track his progress on Rockstar SocialClub, and then start spouting out press releases. I'd *actually* be interested in that
Oh and I just realised that Thompson could sign the game then put it up on Ebay and make a bit of money off of it.
Oh Jesus, don't tell me he's gonna try to play it off like his son bought it....Damn.
If his son is still 15 right now then that means Jack Thompson has mastered time control... DUN DUN DUN!
All I need to say
If this don´t explains the "attention whore" term, then nothing will do it.
Let me guess, Mr. Thompson, old 'stinger' did another vigilante half-sting with you when you camped out?
And let it be known that you are far too old to wear a hawaiian shirt in public.
*waits for acusations of sexual harrasment. I wouldn't put it past him*
It's been nothing short of amusing. Thanks R*. So far... it's been worth playing, all except the horrible driving controls.
BANE XXIII
Minneapolis, MN
that explains why the pic has the word "cropped" in the filename
The insinuation that Jack has been stalking Best Buys again to find the ones he can score games at without needing I.D., or the knowledge resulting from realizing his son is now old enough...
You see, that wouldn't escape him. He'd find another child to do the work.
So this 57 year old man is driving around with (?-16?) year old kids and showing them how to score copies of GTA.
Creepy, particularly with that shirt.
and like with M$, the gov won't shut down things that make them more money.
When will Jack learn that he is an idiot who's giving Rockstar free advertising?
Jack Jr: Okay dad, damnit can I drive home now? I have college applications to fill out.
Jack: What a precious little snoogems you are! Do you want papa to buy you a Happy Meal?
Jack Jr: For fucks sake.
Shit man, don't do that to me! That face would scare an unborn child GP!
Game: Possession of a game hardly proves anything. Unreliable.
Gay Porn: Unneeded. Hardly proves anything. Wrong. Obscene.
He did this stunt an hundred times. It's not that an hundred-and-one will work anyway.
He could be HUMPING the box. Or the game disc.
Now THAT would be real scary.
Oh crap.
Thanks for the spoiler. (not)
That it exists, or that he is pissed because he specifically pre-ordered the Special Edition and Best Buy screwed it up?
Unless he means it is related to one of those flawed stings(not even going to bother touching that bit) he is always doing, didn't the last one he gave his consent or something along the lines of "It is OK, Mr. Casher I give my son permission buy that game" when they checked his son's age?
Again, I don't see this proving a darned thing because kids have easier access to R/UN-Rated movies(which Dennis points out that GTA4 is tamer then the stuff allowed in R-Rated movies) and explicit music then games.
Finally, LOL again! I think I will need to "carjack" a Pop-Secret truck or two for this round of JT entertainment... Things would be even more fun if got disbarred this week.
"(I don't think that won me over too
well with the judge...)"
$20 says the "evidence" was acquired by beating a kid upside the head and snatching that copy from his hands.
Interesting :)
http://www.andrewauseon.com/blog/wp-content/TommyVercetti.jpg
Heck, it wouldn't surprise me based one his past lies and deceit if HE actually bought the game but falsely claims his son did.
:: Yawn. ::
If I was as ignorant, bigoted, and as big a liar and deceiver as John Bruce was, I'd throw a few stories of kids from Miami who were killed or driven to suicide by other kids or adults who attend and are mentally molested by his church and by him, since such crimes are cause by exposure to peripheral causla links (such as video games, TV, or terrorist training camps like his religion and church).
While the idea of the FBI, SBI, local cops, and Homeland Security kicking down his door and throwing him to the floor charging him with being the cause of those kids' deaths while confiscating his gun (which he admitted to having in a podcast some time back and admitted to having a callous regard for Human life by admitting he'd proudly kill someone (not "defend" or "use appropriate measures" but "kill" someone)), I am more intelligent than he is. Rest assured, I will not abuse other people's Rights to push my personal, religious, and/or political agendas, unlike John Bruce would and HAS.
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
No, he has a PS3. :D
Dude, John boy, you need a shave.
id appreciate if you at least put up warnings for us before you showed pics of creepy old men =p
/b
Or did he just click the Send button a little prematurely so the mail got sent before he could put the text in it?
he isn't even aware of the backslashes preceding his quotation marks. what makes you think he knows anything about hacking?
this guy has until AUGUST to even have to step foot back in court. Now what game to better keep you entertained until then? Its not like he was bringing in any money anyway.
..that 9yr olds can bye gta iv (jack obviously)
im just saying.... if ......we never know what will happen.
lol michigan the state with practically no jobs and i unfortunatly live there.
Those are some damn good articles...
this is the biggest stupidity i ever see in my whole life.
En Español:
Juan: Chinga a toda tu reputísima madre, después, te agachas e intentas besarte el ano si es que te alcanzas, luego, te consigues un embudo, calientas todo el aceite que tengas en tu pinche casa te pones el embudo en el ano que acabas de besar (si lo lograste) y te hechas toooodo el aceite hirviendo.
saludos.
have a nice day. :-)
this man's ugly.
I am taking away my son's copy of GTA and making him stick to watching less offensive and "government regulated and approved" entertainment programs like CSI Miami, The Shield, and Family Guy. Thank you Jack Thompson for saving my son from violent and offensive video games! Extreme violence needs to stay where it belongs - ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
Does he have video proof this time? Or are we just supposed to take his word on it?
Let me know when a *real* crisis of youth happens...
such stupidity offends me.
I mean... that's what I thought when I first saw the picture. He looks so happy he got his copy.
What's so scary about it?
It's not the shirt, it's not the fact that Jack has the game.
I would be scared if he said he actually enjoyed the game, but we all know he's showing "evidence" that he has the game, is going to play it, and pick out every little violent piece of the game that he can take it to the courts to complain about, harass judges halfway to Hell and back, break - oh I dunno, maybe two or more judge fax machines with the endless faxes, flood their e-mails with his complaints, and Jesus Christ why isn't his license revoked already?
Jeez, this guy is boring. What a drag.
classic.
Who would trust that face with their children? I wondered what a person on self-destruct looks like. It's a bit scary.
JT herasses T2 cause he's a shareholder, and his herassments give T2 games a LOT of publicity, even if bad, and boosts their stock doing it...
JT must be making a mint off of this deal!
What, no takers?
Wha...? Seriously... for all his rantings and ravings about how GTA gamers are murder simulators, I can't help but think that if anyone was gonna *snap* and go postal, it'd be jack-IMRIGHTANDYOU'REWRONG-thompson
This man is a such a tease. It's a wasted copy of the game but eh at least he gave money to R*. Even if he try to pick every bits of violence he will need weeks maybe even months to document it all. It means weeks of tranquility for us.
I'll get the ball rolling...
http://i45.servimg.com/u/f45/11/45/02/64/pants10.jpg
Yeah, how about a "disturbing photo after the jump" warning like Kotaku?
And speaking of Kotaku and that photo
http://kotaku.com/385459/rockstar-makes-a-grand-theft-auto-iv-fan-of-jac...
Hmm, does he still have a commenting account there?
@ AB
BAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHHA, good one! I highly doubt a tech-illiterate, ignorant, and phobic person like him would be able to do that.
@ Kincyr
Heh, and remember the time he used an Anonymous-proxy web site and gave it away?
I have to wonder though, if he is going to play through it, how is he going to play through it? I mean, here is a GTA critic that is quite vile and sees things that are not there(i.e. the Sims), playing through such a game.
Not sure how to describe or put this... Other then just that how he plays it will probably end up being a good personal reflection on himself. I picture him playing through it, taking the most violent option with everything, sitting there holding the 360 controller --extended out like those "non-gamers playing games" advertisements-- with a disturbing grin/smile almost like the pic above and screaming/mumbling things like "I KNEW IT I KNEW IT THIS WAS NOT DISCLOSED PORNO PORNO EVERYWHERE ROCKSTAR IS DEAD HAHAHHAHAHAH."
I think you are sort of right, but I think I'll go with the others here and say he went to a midnight launch event as "Tommy Vercetti."
At least we know he obviously couldn't be GTA3's mute "fetch-quest" mutt.... Or whatever his name was.
Stinger: DAD! I'M TRYING TO READ MY BOOKS! KEEP IT DOWN!
JT: That's good son, reading is very-FUCK YOU, YA' BITCH ASS MUTHA F*$KA! LOOK WHO GOT F&$KIN' SHOT! HOOAH! HOOOO-MUTHA F&#KIN'-HA! I RULE THIS SH$T, COCKSUCKA!
Probably raised some eyebrows.
"GTA made me do it!"
JT has been known to buy games at Gamestops and EB's in Miami. This actually doesn't surprise me. The smile though... man.
http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=10832
Landower Baptist Church is a fake site.
He'll come out with a press saying Rockstar was selling the game to kids without checking for ID. He went to one Best Buy and they didn't check, so by his messed up way of thinking, 100% of retailers didn't check for ID. Therefore, the ESRB is broken, everyone at Take Two/Rockstar should be thrown in jail for selling porno to kids, the games will cause mass amounts of murder, blah blah blah.....
His kid's probably too old for the stings now. I can just imagine Jack dressing himself up like a teenager...ugh. :)
Yes - http://gamepolitics.com/2007/09/18/jack-thompson-says-gta-4-mission-targ...
Judging by his comments on there on the bottom around February, then yes, I would say this is all part of some grand plan of his.
I would love nothing more than for Jack to be sitting in his living room playing through the game and actually enjoy it. Even if I never find out he enjoyed it. Just the fact that it would eat at him, the fact that he might recant. Remember in the old 'Grinch' cartoon when the Grinch's heart grows too big? That would be the greatest result.
But, JT is just going to wave it around and talk about cop killing. Or, he'll go on a real life killing spree to prove a point.
Well, two hours is a good break, back to Liberty City.
$2 says his son bought it in his "sting"
$5 says he bought it himself to play it through for "cop-killing" scenes.
$10 says it was a gift from someone.
$20 says a GP reader sent it.
and last:
$50 says Rockstar sent it themselves.
$1000 says he's secretly a fan of the GTA series and is lashing out at the producers because he feels guilty.
Yep. He loves wompin' on virtual hookers.
And by the way Mr. Thompson (who I know will read this), no GTA game is a simulator. Simulators are designed to simulate something. Killing someone in a game is not simulating murder. You don't press a button on a gamepad to shoot a gun. When you press a button on a gamepad it does not kick back like a real gun. When you kill a person in a game their body does not disappear.
GTA is no more a simulation than Phoenix Wright is a lawyer simulation.
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
What Mission you on???
Oh sorry.
Still stuck on the first one...
shame.
I had the exact thought when I saw the article. I'ma little bit scared of this guy right now.
Yes, said mission is about killing a lawyer, who's last words happen to be "videogames kill people!"
I personally see no similarity except for the two last lines, and even then, Jack's grasping at strawman conspiracies.
He really IS insane.
seriously
then sends a picture of himself holding a copy out to everyone..
i think he wants to be the new poster boy for GTA
maybe he does actually work for rockstar....
ha ha ha!!!
Is it more or does Niko resemble Borat in terms of accent....
kinda prefer Carl Johnson already...
bet you got b!TCHES EVERYwhere you ladies man.......
Oh yeah, we completely forgot about that "video games kill people!" lawyer in GTA4 = him. Now we are going to get some serious LOLs from that one!
Now that is probably the most likely reason, maybe that will be "update #2" material?
It is still laughable if he thinks that is going to be good evidence, or that Rockstar is going to get in trouble for that bit of satire. I'm betting it is the "Rockstar is using their murder simulators to make people kill me and threaten my real life" part he will go after. It couldn't possibly be libel/slander evidence, which is very hard to prove and highly unlikely to get a public "school shooting/first amendment" anti-video game figure like him anywhere.
Hmmm, didn't he do this before with some radio personalties mentioning his name? Fat load of luck he is going to have this time around, there is no in-game harassment of him here either.
Wonder if he is really going to violate the agreement from the lawsuit Take-Two brought against him...
I wonder if I was playing with him last night in multiplayer???? Oh noes, I better shower twice this morning.
Jack's Target? Judge Dava Tunis >.>
*cues dramatic musical interlude*
DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
Otherwise, it can only be evidence that he misses the media attention and needed to rile up some popularity.
I want to get this game, but I don't have a 360 yet. I'm wondering if I should just go ahead and buy the game before I get the 360 in case something comes up and they take it off the shelf.
If anything he just helped GTA IV's bottom line and gave them more free advertising.
Way to go Jack.
Maybe in GTA V they could include one of Jacks "sting" operations as a side mission. :)
Man I guess wasting your life makes you look old.
Evidence, you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. However, even if he is going to announce one of his stings, he seems to have just a strong a grasp on what evidence is as the rest of his legal definitions.
What you have is evidence that you were in the vicinity of a GTA IV case, nothing more. You would need more evidence to indicate that the case has a game in it, to indicate that you were the owner of the case, or to indicate how the case came to be in your possetion.
I'm sure you will eventually regale us with a tale of how your son bought the game. Details that should be included would be how many stores he went to before he was able to buy it, how far you were from him when he bought it, did he have to lie to the cashier about his age, and did he pay in cash or with your credit card.
As for evidence, how about security camera footage?
Now, after all that, what you have is ancedotal evidence that a store employee may not have followed store procedure. You wouldn't even have evidence of anyone breaking the law.
I would like to nominate JT for Epic Fail (not the AotS Epic Fail, just a generally accepted Epic Fail).
I feel that no one, at least not in the last few decades, has failed as much as JT. Sure, some people have managed to fail so bad that they actually have done injury to themselves, but usually they only do it once. JT has managed to fail so much, and on such a grand scale, that he is in an entirely new class of fail. He is the DVD Rewinder of the legal system.
J@¢k +#0|\/|p50|\|, Y0u p#41|_!!!11!!1
Then, finally, maybe he'll kill one. and after he does, more cops will come after him and kill him. And he'll lose money.
And maybe then, the planets will align, and he will realize that this IS NO reward for killing cops - quite the opposite.
A man can dream, no?
Of course, he forgot to bring sunscreen while waiting in line all day for his pre-order.
Jack: My son bought GTA and was not carded! (possibly because in telling him to buy it I gave him my consent...) THIS SINGLE FACT proves the massive conspiracy to market games like this to children and to shove it into their hands and turn them into mentally molested killers!
Me: I'm 27, gainfully employed with no criminal record, am non-violent and have played games all my life.
Jack: THAT SINGLE FACT proves nothing moron!
Most likely because he wants to shred the disc into tiny little bits and then turn it into a stress toy or something. Something self-promoting.
I wouldn't put it past him.
Honestly, I would be less surprised if monkeys flew out my butt, then if Jack-o got GTA4 pulled off the shelf. At the risk of using a slightly obscure hitchiker's guide quote, Jack has about as much chance of stopping GTA4 as a wet paper bag has of stopping a train.
T.O.S.: PLACE YOUR BETS!!!
Shadow: NO!!! *blows up the betting booth* You want to get us arrested?
BTW Jack, How's life in Margaritaville?
Like when they take a picture of a hostage holding up today's newspaper.
Or the old Osama Bin Laden tapes where he would refrence things that just happened to show that he really was still out there.
He already did. For BOTH games, if i remember correctly. I at least know he did for Bioshock and Halo 3. Both of which were the aforementioned flawed vigilante stings. Flawed because he admits he was standing right there at the point of purchase with his son.
SWEET MOTHER OF GOD! WHAT?!
@ The topic at hand...
I seriously wouldn't be surprised if he used his son or someone underage to purchase the game to "prove a point the game industry is evil" even though it's the retailer's fault...
Since we're on this topic, how old is his son, anyway?
Eh, I though that picture looks shopped, but after a close inspection, it seems real. I really want to know what he's cooking up this time.
"HOOOO-MUTHA F&#KIN’-HA!"
Best. Quote. Ever.
You sir Win the Internet
Did anyone notice that the wrapper and seal were off?
Wait a minute, it makes sense now, he is probably holding up a display copy!
Wonder if a Gamestop/EB-Games gave his son one knowing who he is, and said that copy was on the house....
he can SAY it, but he won't be able to back it up. And if he does play it, it'll to get footage of the game's most violent moments.
Considering the fact that I'm 17 (and haven't shaved recently) and was carded, as well as a man who was at least 45, were both carded means that by Thompson's standards 2 out of 3 times you'll be stopped.
Also take into account I got into Rambo uncarded and you have yourself a man with no life and only one singular obsession that he thinks might fill the gaping hole in his pathetic life.
I realize that my comment lacks cohesive structure and parts do ramble or run on a bit, but I have to get back to GTA IV, so I don't care that much.
Gift.
ARE YOU F***ING INSANE!?!?!?
T.O.S.: *gasp* HEATHEN!!!
Shadow: Shut up! *rapid fires a machine gun*
T.O.S.: AAAAAAHH!!! *runs away*
As I understand if you're 17 or older, you can buy this game on your own. If you're not of this age, you need a parent with you to buy this game.
There's no legally enforced carding rule nor is there law making this a requirement to purchase the game. In fact, the clerk in the store probably thought that the game was purchased for JT himself?
Though I doubt hes completed it.
Be funny if it came up on Social Club that Gamer ID: JackThompson had all achievements, 100% completion and level 10 online and had his profile quote as 'I LOVE GTA'
After all this time it turned out he loves GTA 4 and only wanted to get it banned so he could be the only one to play it ;)