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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he never gives up does he?
Dont vote for Hillary Clinton
VOTE FOR PEDRO!
He's such an annoying little fool.
“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 :]
Get out of here you stupid freaking moron your ruining us gamers!
dont forget chasing imaginary ghosts who turn different colors after eating a big pill XD
why does he not just stay home?
A tag team straight from the bowels of hell. Thompson is a total douchebag, and even though I wouldn't mind a female President, I don't want Hill-dog to be that person. There are many, many women capable of running the office. Why can't we elect one of them instead of Hill-dog the Sucubus?
Doesn't this guy have real cases to address to. I mean to be a lawyer and to google every night for games being banned and then act as if he knows it all is pathetic. Maybe its time you had some real ***** to deal with dolt.
Last I heard JT wasn't allowed to talk trash about Take Two anymore.
I can't wait until this scumbag loses his license once and for all.
Jack Thompson is what John Stuart is going to look like when he's 80...
Mentioning The Darkness has been banned in Singapore, so *****ing what? The BBFC have already rated it as an 18, meaning it's OK to be sold. He just has a vendetta against Take2 games.
Normally i dont get into politics and such but i think Ron Paul might be a good president if he is true to his word. He's a republican tho, but nobody's perfect.
what did video games ever do to him?
Well I guess postal 2 is nowhere near as violent as Manhunt. All Postal 2 was it to take simple missions and after you finish you kill your nagging wife. While you are able to piss on people, slice off their head and play golf with it, set people on fire and watch them run around like idiots setting other people on fire. Attach cats to your shot gun as a silencer and watch it fly at the end and explode.
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.
Here Here anyone but the b*tch from he11 billary ramrod clinton
if hillary Clinton is elected president then i wont live in the USA anymore. so this doesnt affect me at all :)
Hilary gon mess up going against the gamers... considering average age is 30?? read that somewhere... Hilary ain't gonna get my vote if she go against gamin'..
I wish that Jack ass would die already. Someone should use an energy sword on his ass.
Yeah, cause another gov't ran system is exactly what everyone wants. Go lick yourself jack
feels like my rights are being taken away
Seriously, someone should kick this guy in the nuts. Damn... They've proven he's got a mental problem, and people still listen to his stupid ass. Don't vote for Hillary Clinton, she's also a plauge to video games. I can't blame her, she has to ***** about something cause she's not satisfied from Bill Clinton LOL anyway, I can't wait for GTA IV, and if the game gets pulled from shelves, I'll be pissed off.
God, someone pop a cap in his ass.
You people are fools! You are all just jealous that I made something of my life and you can't. It isn't just Take-Two that's ruining the industry, it's also Nintendo and you idiots that are ruining it. At first, I was alright with people stomping on innocent goombas then you people tried to put your house pets into small plastic balls. I have to act to protect everybody from this madness. And for the record, my name is JACK THOMPSON..not "Jack-off Thompson" as you idiots frequently refer to me.
If that is the real "Jack-off Thompson" you can suck my d*ck. LOL you say you have a life? what is that life going around ruining others? Your a joke you cant and never will beat the gaming community.
I guess you never beat the 1st mario and are still holding a grudge huh?
Lmao.
SM3 must've been hell for you to play too, right?
Die of Retards Disease already so I can dance on your grave. Oh wait. If you die right now I'll smash a Playstation controller and put it on your grave? You like that!? So die!
ban all violent games!
stick to pokemon n yugioh games!
(btw, im still a laker n i own lebroom n d-fake, hahaha!!!)
--kb24
I hope him and Hillary chock on a ***** and die.
I said c0ck
I never was able to beat Donkey Kong Country. That crap game made me so mad. But that has nothing to do with why I am doing what I am doing. We need to protect our children from the violence in video games. Honestly, who can disagree with that?
I never was able to beat Donkey Kong Country. That crap game made me so mad. But that has nothing to do with why I am doing what I am doing. We need to protect our children from the violence in video games. Honestly, who can disagree with that?
So don't buy M rated games for your children. Problem solved.
He indeed never gives up. I mean, he's just acting foolish.
Im about to play counter strike.
why hasn't some pysco gamer killed him yet?
theres nothing wrong with our rating system.
see kids this is what happens when you get face raped in a video game you become a lawyer and try to get video games banned where in jack's case it was a sever rape T-T ah the hospitals were not ready for that one
jack thompson is one of the most annoying looking mother "F" i've ever seen.
Hillary Clinton is cool and all, but the reason I would never vote for her is that she is against video games. Obama is better.
lmao...niiice
this thompson ***** has a bullet with his and the majority of gamers name on it
i said c*u*n*t
Go die in a hole along with George Bush and Gordon Brown.
I guess you didnt hear she is for national health care which would kill health care in America. She tried the same thing when Bill was in office. All she is a power hungry ***** and does not need to be in office. We have enough idiots in office as it is.
Well, just so you know, a national health care system would be a very good thing. The state of health care in the United States is horrible.
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.
This guy should have been dead ages ago... I need to take care of this guy personally... He'll be dead soon, don't worry.
damn this ***** he's gonna ruin the video game industry forever
this guys problem is that hes got no friends and he just dont know how to make some...
IS THERE SOMEONE THAT LISTEN TO HIM ?
I think this guy loves to be hated by all
man who do these people think they are screw republicans and democrats to they are are slowly snatching away our rights and the bad part about the whole thing is we're just letting them this is freakin incredible how you can begin to brainwash a nation,these guys have fat bank accounts,maids, cooks,gardeners ,butlers and now they are trying tryinging to censor us and we are letting them,freaking incredible man.
I think he was raped by a plumber named mario when he was a kid
Didn't you mean "choke"?
Lol, and someone call it democracy country! =D
They banned the darkness in Singapur? That's odd, that game isn't that violent... Well, maybe if Rockstar wouldn't have made the game Manhunt 2 then their company wouldn't have gotten bad popularity among the rating systems. Anyways I'm glad Manhunt 2 is banned (but I hope the darkness doesn't get banned in the US).
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).
How can you go against national healthcare? People now in the USA dies because they don't have money to buy pills or pay treatment. What shocked me from Sicko was that heros of 9/11 couldn't have many problems treated in the USA cause it was expensive. They get treated for free in CUBA! Wow now third world countries have better health care than one of the richest country in the world!!!! I beleive everyone in the USA should get free health care, not just let people die because they can't pay, what kind of governmental responsability is that??? The USA should be more socialistic cause strict capitalism leads to rich people controlling a nation...
Oprah is helping Obama, so there is no need to worry about Hillary.
I hope this ***** gets raped up the ass by 3 horses. At the same time. Then he gets horse AIDS, and dies..... Goddamn it, just because his daddy *****ed him when he was young doesn't mean he has to take it out on us.
Yeah simple as that.
I don't get why parents get so scared of violence in video games.
Simply
Don't
Buy
The
Freakin'
Game
Omfg, he must die.
Wait, but how do you kill that which has no life?
I suck at spelling.
this guy obviously doesnt understand current day video games....i mean its games like this one and GTA that will save PSP. I'm even a conservative christian and I wanna check out this game
you cant get by with pacman anymore, Jack
wak up dude, go watch saw
You obviously do not know what it would do to the health care market if it became a national health care. The first downside is the lack of competition means the quality of health care will fall. You will not be able to choose doctors and will likely end up waiting for a surgery and at worse die before you are able to have it. Why do you think people come from other countries to get surgeries here. It cost more but you have a choice and are not required to wait like other countries which have nation health care. I agree prices should be lower but thats why they have health insurance. In all a health care market without competition will just end up with a poor quality health care market which is free.
Did you know Jack Thompson was made in as a KAF
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
Jeez, he actually starts to make sensible arguments, like with america adopting the uk age rating system (not favourable, but sensible anyway) and then the dumbass says somthing like this.
there is no chance in hell he is gonna touch gta IV
ya, Ron Paul is dope, but he's not gonna make it through the primaries.
this question has already been to the supreme court, and it is unconstitutiona l to ban vid games.
and deserves to go to hell, along with every other anti-videogame politician, parental watch group, etc. etc.
Some people never give up at trying to be f*cking @$$holes.
...
Jack Thompson sucks *****.