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Jack Thompson commends UK, gaming industry for game bans, takes swipes at Take-Two |
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US attorney Jack Thompson has commended the UK for banning Take-Two Interactive's Manhunt 2 from sale, adding that he "would absolutely like to see the US and other countries following the UK’s lead."Thompson said in an article published in MCV UK that the British have a working model where a law has a functional sanction that prevents people from purchasing the concerned material. "I think you all have it right and I think the ruling on Manhunt 2 was spot on – and I see also that Take 2’s The Darkness was banned in Singapore," he says to the UK ratings body BBFC.
Thompson also took a swipe at nemesis publisher and developer tandem Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games, saying that the fact that they made Manhunt 2 made it all the more likely for a ban to be imposed. The high visibility of Take 2 and Rockstar – the poster child for what’s wrong in the industry – made it more likely that it would get a ban," comments the activist lawyer.
"In a way the BBFC rating is redundant because the industry itself, the format holders, have banned it," Thompson says in reference to what he says is a sensible act by Sony and Nintendo to not allow an Adults Only-rated game to be sold in their platforms.
And if you think gamers are the only people excited about Grand Theft Auto IV's launch, you're in for a shock. Thompson says "the next big thing thatÂ’s going to hit is Grand Theft Auto 4 and weÂ’ll have to wait and see whether or not that deserves a very restricted rating or doesnÂ’t get rated at all."
The US attorney then concluded with optimism that Americans will adopt a similar rating system to that of the UK, especially Thompson says, if Hillary Clinton becomes the next President. "This has been one of her issues for many years, so I think if sheÂ’s elected youÂ’ll see a real push from the White House to have a national sanction hooking into the GovernmentÂ’s rating system."
Via MCV UK
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VOTE FOR PEDRO!
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“Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music”
I rest my case :]
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I can't wait until this scumbag loses his license once and for all.
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Postal 2 is far more violent than any other game I have seen to be released but yet Jack dont give a ***** about that and is only focused on Take 2.
I think both Hilary and Jack should go home and slice their wrist in a corner and slowly bleed to death. This way we wont get a Whore Dictator as president and Jack will finally be gone.
That my {COMMENT_BODY}.02.
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Lmao.
SM3 must've been hell for you to play too, right?
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stick to pokemon n yugioh games!
(btw, im still a laker n i own lebroom n d-fake, hahaha!!!)
--kb24
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That being said, if she wants to do anything against games, ***** her. I am over 18 so games getting an M or AO rating doesn't bother me but if Hillary wants things happening like they are in England where games are just getting banned altogether, I would like to kill her.
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IS THERE SOMEONE THAT LISTEN TO HIM ?
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PS: Wow, people here talking about not voting for Hillary because she defend stricting the video game rating system? That's really dumb, she seems like a highly capable preseident (unlike Bush, and we know Bill Clinton was one of the best presidents in the USA) and I would vote for her (if I had the age), just because she may be a small blow for videogames doesn't mean one must hate here if she brings new plans for restructuring the US. hopefully she'll bring socialized medeicine back (Can't beleive almost the rest of the world have free medicines, medical plans, treatment, ect. including CUBA and the USA which supposedly is a very rich country lets people die because they don't have money to be treated, very sad :S).
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I don't get why parents get so scared of violence in video games.
Simply
Don't
Buy
The
Freakin'
Game
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Wait, but how do you kill that which has no life?
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you cant get by with pacman anymore, Jack
wak up dude, go watch saw
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in MK: Armageddon?
Also to anyone's "Surprise" Little Jack-ass Complained
about it, thinking it was an original character and
ordering the end of the game. :(
Which never happened of course.
here's the article.
http://forums.realmmedia.com/showthread.php?t=10109
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Some people never give up at trying to be f*cking @$$holes.
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