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Title: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: idolminds on Friday, March 16, 2007, 11:27:20 AM

It was bound to happen. (http://gamepolitics.com/2007/03/16/breaking-take-two-sues-jack-thompson/)

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: Pugnate on Friday, March 16, 2007, 11:45:31 AM

Why doesn't he go to Iraq and get kidnapped or something.

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: idolminds on Friday, March 16, 2007, 11:51:16 AM

Quick, someone tell him Iraq is known for making violent games.

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: iPPi on Friday, March 16, 2007, 12:06:15 PM

Haha.

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: Pugnate on Friday, March 16, 2007, 12:40:02 PM

:P

Sorry the whole kidnapping of innocents and then slaughtering them on camera is really getting to me. But that's another discussion.

So boo Jack Thompson and stuff.

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: MysterD on Friday, March 16, 2007, 02:07:26 PM

I knew someone was going to go after Jack, sooner or later.

And no surprise, it's Take 2.

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: Xessive on Friday, March 16, 2007, 02:35:41 PM

It's about time!

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, March 16, 2007, 07:00:44 PM

I'll be the first to raise a glass to Take Two when they win.

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: PyroMenace on Thursday, March 22, 2007, 12:06:39 AM

Jack counter-sues. What a douche. (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6167843.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0)

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: idolminds on Thursday, March 22, 2007, 12:29:13 AM

They should put his picture next to "douche" in the dictionary. He adds Penny Arcade and Gamespot to the suit?

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Thompson's defense also appears to contain a number of factual errors and misrepresentations. He claims the Entertainment Software Rating Board found that Take-Two Interactive failed to disclose objectionable content in its role-playing game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The ESRB said it found developer Bethesda Softworks was at fault in that matter, not Take-Two.

Thompson also said that Bully was found to have "homosexual sex" hidden in the game, about which Take-Two "forgot" to tell the ESRB and the judge in last year's suit over the game's release. The homosexual activity in that game was limited to kissing, and the ESRB said shortly after that game came out that such scenes were considered in issuing it a rating of T for Teen.

When asked by GameSpot about these incongruities and others, Thompson replied "I'm sorry you can't figure these things out."

He's right. We cant figure out why he gets this shit wrong, since it takes all of 5 seconds to do some fact checking. I seriously hope he gets bitchslapped in this case.

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, March 22, 2007, 12:31:01 AM

I hope he gets raped by elephants.

Title: Re: Take Two sues Jack Thompson
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, March 22, 2007, 01:19:17 AM

I don't think the elephants would consider it rape or interspecies sex.