Not videogames, Blizzard. If he'd played something else... who knows?Tharticus said:Cue Jack Thompson rantings. And video games made me do it.
He might've numbered them.TimbukTurnip said:Why did someone count how many times he said 'CAN'T HOLD TERMINATION AGAINST FUTURE EMPLOYEE!'? It must've taken them a while.
The Journal article was very even-handed and didn't blame gamers for Loughner's madness---I mean, just look at the guy. Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.Tharticus said:Cue Jack Thompson rantings. And video games made me do it.
More like Mr. Clean's distant cousin who is always locked up in a basement and eats rats. The is followed by rolling up his feces into little balls and eats his crayons.Reed Spacer said:Oh my god; it's Mr. Clean.
Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:Cue the whining about how this is effects games, of all things. I mean, really? A man kills six innocent people, and your first thought is "Yes, but are my videogames ok?" Jesus, people, get your priorities straight. Let's just drop the whole "prosecution complex" thing. It only works when someone is ACTUALLY attacking games, which they aren't doing here. Besides no one's listened to (just for example) Jack Thompson for YEARS now.
NOTE: This post is directed at no one in particular. Just thought I'd point that out.
EDIT: Oh, and that whole "CANNOT HOLD TERMINATION AGAINST FUTURE EMPLOYEE" 117 times thing....very creepy. I mean, hell, that's ripped right from "The Shining".
Or they copy-pasted it in a Word document then did a word count on it.TimbukTurnip said:Why did someone count how many times he said 'CAN'T HOLD TERMINATION AGAINST FUTURE EMPLOYEE!'? It must've taken them a while.
He actually reminded me of Starbuck. The smile is dead on.poiumty said:He looks disturbingly like Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street, Blizzard's lead balance designer for World of Warcraft.
According to the inna-net, that picture is at a literacy fair. I loughl at the thought.sravankb said:That's clearly a fake smile. He was a depressed lunatic waiting to happen.Tim Latshaw said:It's not how he always looked. Here's another photo: http://newsone.com/files/2011/01/Jared-Lee-Loughner-in-Mar-007.jpgsravankb said:I would have called the cops on him before it happened. Hell, just look at him!
ARREST THAT MAN!!
Just dump it into Word or whatever and just word count "termination." It might not be perfect, but who's going to quiz you on it later?TimbukTurnip said:Why did someone count how many times he said 'CAN'T HOLD TERMINATION AGAINST FUTURE EMPLOYEE!'? It must've taken them a while.