GTAIV versus Jack Thompson's delusions of grandeur...

[Dario]

Apparently, the babbling 'Videogameophobe' (yes, I know its not a word) lawyer that is Jack "Think Of The Children" Thompson says that a character targeted in one of the missions in GTAIV is supposed to be him, and is threatening to block the release, despite the fact that.... well, he can't.

News story, with PDF of original statement included:
(link)

Originally Posted by Jack Thompson

The showcasing play of the game to Game Informer revealed that the first killing mission of the “hero” of the game, Niko, is to kill a certain lawyer. When Niko comes into this lawyer’s office, having used subterfuge to do so, Niko pulls a gun on the lawyer who says, “that the firm supports the second amendment and that ‘Guns don’t kill people. Video games do.’”

His statement, however, does contain this incredibly amusing revelation:

Originally Posted by Jack Thompson

This is not the first time Rockstar and Take Two have targeted me in this fashion. Take Two's references to me as a bisexual pedophile on its corporate website... resulted in the sending of sex aid products to my wife. I complained about all that, so you have all been on notice for two years that what you do in your virtual fantasy world has consequences to me personally in the real world.

Oh dear.

[XMachina]

you don't hear spinal tap greeting about love fist being modelled on them or dubya being written in as Alex 'Martha' Shrub.

[Dario]

Originally Posted by Jack Thompson

Failure to comply with the above-noted Friday deadline will result in my having to take necessary and proper means to stop release of the game which targets me personally in this fashion, given the copycatting of violent videogames that is known by everyone, including your company, to occur.

I think poor deluded Mr Thompson might be under the impression that, in his version of reality at least, as people copy what they see on TV and games, if they see an anti-videogame lawyer getting assassinated, then that must be Rockstar's way of sending out subliminal orders to their console playing minions to murder him.
Or something equally retarded.

[Fallenblackrose]

Originally Posted by Dario

Rockstar's way of sending out subliminal orders to their console playing minions to murder him.

Shame i was hoping i would get hypnotised into killing him heh

[Stew]

Odds on this game selling even more copies now?

[XMachina]

the real question is will he be doing the Lance Vance Dance?
Also Ken Rosenborg didn't get that bad a press in Vice City. He was one of the only NPCs to make it from beginning to end, mainly thanks to idiot powder tho.

[JZY]

I had a character modelled on me and my mate. No shit. We know the guys.

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by JZY

I had a character modelled on me and my mate. No shit. We know the guys.

In the new one aye? Well in.

[JZY]

nah, other one. Jizzy & T-bone.

[mini_dez]

Originally Posted by JZY

nah, other one. Jizzy & T-bone.

See if you can get a crime lord named Quail in the next one JZ...

[raymccoy]

I'm more worried about the growing level of hypocrisy in the BBFC. This is offa IMDB, and when read next to their SECOND banning of Manhunt 2 (a game I have no interest in in terms of playing, just find the mayhem around it interesting), seems... a little off -


British censors have been criticized over their decision to allow violent film Eastern Promises starring Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen to be screened uncut. The David Cronenberg film centers on the Russian mafia in London, and includes shocking scenes including one in which a knife is twisted into a man's eye and two victims have their throats cut in graphic detail. The scenes were so gruesome that members of the audience at the premiere last Wednesday at the London Film Festival gasped and turned away from the screen. Now the decision by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to award the film an 18 certificate without any cuts has come under fire from former censors. Andreas Whittam, former president of the BBFC, says, "If I thought this was the type of film that was likely to make people leave the cinema, or even make them have to look away for quite a while, then I would question why the scene should be left in." But the BBFC stood by the decision, a spokesman adds, "Scenes that make people turn away are part of the fun of going to movies. These days we are not here to cut; we are here to provide information and let people then make up their minds."

[Dario]

These days we are not here to cut; we are here to provide information and let people then make up their minds.

Hmm. Could've fooled me...