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Jack Thompson is ready to help Electronic Arts with Take-Two's takeover bid |
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We've been constantly bringing you guys with news regarding the Electronic Arts and the Take-Two Interactive takeover. It was only recently that T2 turned down EA's offer because they're still looking at other offers from other firms.
Even if the merger didn't push through, Analyst Doug Creutz pointed out that EA was still the best partner for T2. Jack Thompson thinks so too since, as it turns out, he's been "a longtime Take-Two shareholder." In fact, he has just released an announcement that he's willing to assist EA in their efforts in acquiring the game publisher.
In an email he sent out to the EA CEO, John RIccitiello, Thompson spoke fearlessly about T2's big wig Strauss Zelnick by saying:
I am delighted to work with Electronic Arts to evict the Zelnick Trojan Horse from within Take-TwoÂ’s corporate walls. In doing so, I can get the new Take-Two into the clear as to the trouble I and others can send its way.
Zelnick is the source of trouble headed Take-TwoÂ’s way, not I, and EA can make the case, with my help, that such trouble can be avoided.
What's surprising about this is that, the people from GamePolitics were able to dig up some astounding past information regarding Thompson in their archives. They found out Thompson earlier had been a Sims 2 basher. He stated that:
[The Sims 2 contains] “full frontal nudity, including nipples, penises, labia, and pubic hair. The nudity placed there by the publisher/maker, Electronic Arts, is accessed by the use of a simple code that removes what is called ‘the blur’ which obscures the genital areas.
In other words, the game was released to the public by the manufacturer knowing that the full frontal nudity was resident on the game and would be accessed by use of a simple code widely provided on the InternetÂ…
Now, Thompson's latest move could be read as absurd or just another silly way to make himself "popular" with the crowd. As for us, here in QJ, we'll be bringing you more news and updates regarding this matter.
Via Game Politics
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Actually, it's not his move that makes him "popular" with the crowd. It's these kind of news that does. It's the media that made him very well known. And I hate to say this but, you, QJ, is actually making Thompson's uproar even more "popular".
If people would just ignore Thompson, I guess the gaming world would've been a better place.
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I think he wants to help EA so that Grand Theft Auto can become less violent, well no, thats not about to happen. What a fool.
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I'm glad im british and this dumb f*ck can't change anything over here, then again the British Censors aren't much better, look what happened to Manhunt 2.
But to reiterate, Jack Thompson owns shares in Take Two but actually wants their games banning and now wants to help EA buy T2 even though he *****ed about their Sims games.
Only in America could this sort of craziness happen.
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He doesnt own anything of Take 2, infact over the years, all hes been doing has been attacking Take 2 interactive for every violent videogame that they brought out.
That crap he sent to EA is nothing but a lie, he hates Take 2, hes always hated Take 2, he wants GTA and Bioshock and every game that they own to be gone for good.
That statement is a lie he made up to be on EA's good side.
He say attacks Take 2 after all these years and then tells EA that he OWNS shares in the company.
Hes only doing that for publicity.
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oh I know, Micheal Jackson's neverland.
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